Director dealings: Greencore's new CEO makes share purchase

Philips, who joined Greencore in September, purchased the shares on Thursday at an average price of 64.95p each, for a total value of £126,652.50.

Last week, Greencore said that it had seen "strong growth" in food-to-go and other convenience categories in the 53 weeks ended 30 September, driving both revenue and profits higher.

Greencore said group revenues had grown 31.3% year-on-year to £1.7bn, and were also up 20.3% above 2019's pre-Covid performance, while adjusted operating profits almost doubled from £39.2m to £72.2m and operating margins expanded from 2.9% to 4.2%

As of 1625 GMT, Greencore shares were up 1.08% at 65.70p.

Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com

Top Director Buys

Greencore Group (cdi) (GNC)
Director name: Philips ,Dalton
Amount purchased: 195,000 @ 64.95p
Value: £126,652.50

Smoove (SMV)
Director name: Scott,Oliver Rupert Andrew
Amount purchased: 136,735 @ 37.00p
Value: £50,591.95

Seeing Machines Ltd. Npv (di) (SEE)
Director name: Brown,Michael
Amount purchased: 500,000 @ 6.40p
Value: £32,000.00

Smoove (SMV)
Director name: Scott,Oliver Rupert Andrew
Amount purchased: 47,071 @ 36.75p
Value: £17,299.20

Smoove (SMV)
Director name: Scott,Oliver Rupert Andrew
Amount purchased: 37,929 @ 38.12p
Value: £14,458.00

Victoria (VCP)
Director name: Morgan,Brian
Amount purchased: 2,500 @ 435.00p
Value: £10,875.00

Top Director Sells

Bank Of Georgia Group (BGEO)
Director name: Breach,Alasdair (Al)
Amount sold: 1,155,000 @ 2,565.00p
Value: £29,625,749.56

Tbc Bank Group (TBCG)
Director name: Butskhrikidze,Vakhtang
Amount sold: 205,000 @ 2,201.00p
Value: £4,512,050.05

Ergomed (ERGO)
Director name: Barfield,Richard
Amount sold: 125,000 @ 1,345.00p
Value: £1,681,249.98

Tremor International Ltd (di) (TRMR)
Director name: Druker,Ofer
Amount sold: 26,228 @ $3.61
Value: $78,162.77

Tremor International Ltd (di) (TRMR)
Director name: Druker,Ofer
Amount sold: 22,632 @ $3.60
Value: $67,147.64

Tremor International Ltd (di) (TRMR)
Director name: Druker,Ofer
Amount sold: 16,632 @ $3.97
Value: $54,491.85

Tremor International Ltd (di) (TRMR)
Director name: Druker,Ofer
Amount sold: 18,426 @ $3.43
Value: $52,143.44

Tremor International Ltd (di) (TRMR)
Director name: Druker,Ofer
Amount sold: 14,832 @ $4.00
Value: $48,864.76

Tremor International Ltd (di) (TRMR)
Director name: Druker,Ofer
Amount sold: 14,632 @ $3.66
Value: $44,208.50

Tremor International Ltd (di) (TRMR)
Director name: Druker,Ofer
Amount sold: 12,748 @ $3.77
Value: $39,605.32