Vipera directors pick up 1.1m shares

Four of the directors of Vipera, a specialist provider of mobile financial services, bought a total of 1.05m shares in the company at 3.25p each.

Chief executive officer Marco Casartelli, non-executive director Petter Neby and director Mauro Duca picked up 300,000 shares each while chief financial officer Martin Perrin nabbed 150,000 shares.

Elsewhere, Jarvis Securities said Sion Securities, a company in which director Andrew Grant has a controlling interest, acquired 18,500 shares in the stockbroker at 337p a share.

He now holds an interest of just under 5.9m shares or 53.1% of issued shares.

Top Director Buys

Jarvis Securities (JIM)
Director name: Grant,Andrew J
Amount purchased: 18,500 @ 337.00p
Value: £62,345.00

Vipera (VIP)
Director name: Perrin,Martin Henry Withers
Amount purchased: 150,000 @ 3.25p
Value: £48,750.00

Vipera (VIP)
Director name: Casartelli,Marco
Amount purchased: 300,000 @ 3.25p
Value: £9,750.00

Vipera (VIP)
Director name: Neby,Petter
Amount purchased: 300,000 @ 3.25p
Value: £9,750.00

Vipera (VIP)
Director name: Duca,Mauro
Amount purchased: 300,000 @ 3.25p
Value: £9,750.00

Techfinancials (di) (TECH)
Director name: Nissani,Hillel (Hillik)
Amount purchased: 30,000 @ 12.00p
Value: £3,600.00

Techfinancials (di) (TECH)
Director name: Lange,Jeremy
Amount purchased: 20,000 @ 12.00p
Value: £2,400.00

Techfinancials (di) (TECH)
Director name: Lahav,Asaf
Amount purchased: 19,549 @ 12.00p
Value: £2,345.88

Techfinancials (di) (TECH)
Director name: Lahav,Asaf
Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 11.50p
Value: £1,150.00

Johnson Matthey (JMAT)
Director name: Farrant,Simon
Amount purchased: 18 @ 2,416.21p
Value: £434.92

Johnson Matthey (JMAT)
Director name: Jones,Den
Amount purchased: 18 @ 2,416.21p
Value: £434.92

Johnson Matthey (JMAT)
Director name: Walker,John
Amount purchased: 15 @ 2,416.21p
Value: £362.43

Johnson Matthey (JMAT)
Director name: MacLeod,Robert
Amount purchased: 15 @ 2,416.21p
Value: £362.43

Centaur Media (CAU)
Director name: Vidler ,Andria
Amount purchased: 254 @ 59.00p
Value: £149.86

Pennon Group (PNN)
Director name: Davy ,Susan
Amount purchased: 15 @ 828.90p
Value: £124.33

Top Director Sells

Urban&civic (UANC)
Director name: Austen,Jon
Amount purchased: 46,477 @ n/a
Value: n/a

Urban&civic (UANC)
Director name: Leech,Philip
Amount purchased: 54,856 @ n/a
Value: n/a