Director dealings: Watches Of Switzerland CEO makes share sale

Watches Of Switzerland said on Monday that chief executive Brian Duffy had disposed of 1.0m ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed retailer.

Duffy, who took over as CEO back in 2014, sold the shares at an average price of 663.25p each, for a total value of £6.63m.

Back in early February, Watches of Switzerland said that it had witnessed continued strong growth in the US and had also recorded a "robust" UK e-commerce performance in the third quarter of its trading year.

Watches of Switzerland said group revenues were up 6.6% year-on-year at constant currency to £272.6m in the thirteen weeks ended 25 January, with UK revenues up 1.5% at £186.1m despite the impact of lockdowns and US revenues 19.2% firmer at £86.5m.

As of 1625 GMT, Watches Of Switzerland shares were down 6.67% at 657.0p.

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Cenkos Securities (CNKS)
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Paypoint (PAY)
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Top Director Sells

Stenprop Limited (STP)
Director name: Watson,Patricia
Amount sold: 425,000 @ 14,400.00p
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Watches Of Switzerland Group (WOSG)
Director name: Duffy ,Brian
Amount sold: 1,000,000 @ 663.25p
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Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.npv (cdi) (WPM)
Director name: Smallwood,Randy V. J.
Amount sold: 114,800 @ $49.34
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Ocado Group (OCDO)
Director name: Steiner,Tim
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Ocado Group (OCDO)
Director name: Jensen,Luke
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Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.npv (cdi) (WPM)
Director name: Smallwood,Randy V. J.
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Liontrust Asset Management (LIO)
Director name: Ions,John Stephen
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Ocado Group (OCDO)
Director name: Rausing,Jorn
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Value: £889,485.59

Ocado Group (OCDO)
Director name: Richardson,Mark
Amount sold: 38,352 @ 2,017.35p
Value: £773,693.71

Liontrust Asset Management (LIO)
Director name: Abrol,Vinay Kumar
Amount sold: 43,006 @ 1,363.07p
Value: £586,202.30

Ocado Group (OCDO)
Director name: Abrams,Neill
Amount sold: 25,749 @ 2,017.35p
Value: £519,447.21

Lancashire Holdings Limited (LRE)
Director name: Kershaw,Natalie
Amount sold: 25,982 @ 645.00p
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Mitchells & Butlers (MAB)
Director name: Urban,Phil
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Value: £67,574.49

Mitchells & Butlers (MAB)
Director name: Jones,Timothy (Tim) Charles
Amount sold: 18,331 @ 308.32p
Value: £56,518.14

Physiomics (PYC)
Director name: Millen,James Simon
Amount sold: 2,354 @ n/a
Value: n/a