Director dealings: Trustpilot chair invests £0.2m, AB Dynamics CEO covers tax bill

Reviews platform Trustpilot Group was on the list of director buys on Thursday, after its chair spent almost £200k on shares.

The company said Zillah Byng-Thorne purchased 261,437 shares on 21 June, in a single transaction on the London Stock Exchange.

Byng-Thorne paid 76.5p for each share, valuing the transaction at a total of £199,999.31.

On the selling side of the ledger was AB Dynamics, after its chief executive officer sold a portion of a recent option award to cover his tax bill.

The firm said it issued and allotted 33,334 shares to James Routh after he exercised his options under certain share schemes.

After that, Dr Routh sold 27,101 shares to meet the cost of the exercise, and to satisfy his tax liabilities arising from it.

“Following these transactions, Dr Routh's shareholding in the company will increase by 6,233 shares to 25,433 shares, representing 0.11% per cent. of the company's issued share capital,” AB Dynamics confirmed in its disclosure.

At 1501 BST, shares in Trustpilot Group were down 1.46% at 72.92p, while those in AB Dynamics were 0.5% weaker at 2,010p.

Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com.

Top Director Buys

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)
Director name: Brand,Martin
Amount purchased: 9,359 @ 8,592.47p
Value: �804,169.25

Trustpilot Group (TRST)
Director name: Byng-Thorne,Zillah
Amount purchased: 261,437 @ 76.50p
Value: �199,999.30

Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY)
Director name: Nunn,Charlie
Amount purchased: 315,154 @ 44.04p
Value: �138,778.06

Tullow Oil (TLW)
Director name: Dhir,Rahul
Amount purchased: 360,900 @ 28.56p
Value: �103,073.04

Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY)
Director name: Chalmers,William
Amount purchased: 151,274 @ 44.15p
Value: �66,779.91

Centralnic Group (CNIC)
Director name: Royde ,Max
Amount purchased: 50,000 @ 111.92p
Value: �55,960.00

Centralnic Group (CNIC)
Director name: Royde ,Max
Amount purchased: 50,000 @ 111.34p
Value: �55,670.00

Grafton Group Ut (cdi) (GFTU)
Director name: Smith,Paul Hampden
Amount purchased: 6,291 @ 786.86p
Value: �49,501.36

Grafton Group Ut (cdi) (GFTU)
Director name: Smith,Paul Hampden
Amount purchased: 6,285 @ 787.45p
Value: �49,491.23

Synthomer (SYNT)
Director name: Willome,Michael
Amount purchased: 55,500 @ 72.01p
Value: �39,965.55

Experian (EXPN)
Director name: Lee,Esther
Amount purchased: 825 @ $37.71
Value: $25,654.12

Foresight Solar Fund Limited (FSFL)
Director name: Markey,Ann
Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 101.00p
Value: �10,100.00

Dowlais Group (DWL)
Director name: Innes,Alexandra
Amount purchased: 6,008 @ 123.37p
Value: �7,411.85

Bango (BGO)
Director name: Larbey,Paul
Amount purchased: 852 @ 193.70p
Value: �1,650.32

Panther Securities (PNS)
Director name: Saunders ,Paul
Amount purchased: 500 @ 285.00p
Value: �1,425.00

Johnson Matthey (JMAT)
Director name: Condon,Liam
Amount purchased: 22 @ 1,695.00p
Value: �372.90

Integrafin Holding (IHP)
Director name: Gunby,Jonathan
Amount purchased: 58 @ 148.71p
Value: �86.25

Integrafin Holding (IHP)
Director name: Scott,Alexander
Amount purchased: 58 @ 148.71p
Value: �86.25

Top Director Sells

Ab Dynamics (ABDP)
Director name: Routh,James
Amount sold: 27,101 @ 2,000.00p
Value: �542,020.00

Barclays (BARC)
Director name: Venkatakrishnan,C.S.
Amount sold: 121,564 @ 154.02p
Value: �187,232.87

Barclays (BARC)
Director name: Cross,Anna
Amount sold: 68,659 @ 154.02p
Value: �105,748.59