Director dealings: Outgoing GVC CFO ups stake

Bowtell, who announced his retirement just months after the group's acquisition of Ladbrokes Coral, picked-up the shares at an average price of 732.71p each, for a total value of £732,709.98.

Chief financial officer of Ladbrokes Coral was appointed group deputy CFO back in October and will succeed Bowtell as the group's CFO when he steps down next March.

"After seven years as CFO of first Gala Coral, then Ladbrokes Coral plc and now GVC, Paul Bowtell has decided to leave the company in order to take up a role with Alchemy Partners, the private equity firm,” GVC said.

As of 1640 GMT, GVC shares had dropped 5.34% to 683p.

Top Director Buys

Gvc Holdings (GVC)
Director name: Bowtell,Paul
Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 732.71p
Value: £732,709.98

Breedon Group (BREE)
Director name: Bhatia,Amit
Amount purchased: 400,000 @ 56.44p
Value: £225,760.01

Augean (AUG)
Director name: Mills,Christopher
Amount purchased: 245,000 @ 61.00p
Value: £149,450.00

Iwg (IWG)
Director name: Dixon,Mark
Amount purchased: 30,946 @ 202.40p
Value: £62,634.70

Thomas Cook Group (TCG)
Director name: Fankhauser,Peter
Amount purchased: 172,117 @ 29.05p
Value: £49,999.99

Dialight (DIA)
Director name: Rapp,Martin L
Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 380.00p
Value: £38,000.00

U And I Group (UAI)
Director name: Upton,Richard
Amount purchased: 14,150 @ 212.00p
Value: £29,998.00

Ediston Property Investment Company (EPIC)
Director name: Hill,William
Amount purchased: 19,788 @ 100.50p
Value: £19,886.94

Dialight (DIA)
Director name: Rapp,Martin L
Amount purchased: 5,000 @ 305.00p
Value: £15,250.00

Dialight (DIA)
Director name: Rapp,Martin L
Amount purchased: 5,000 @ 303.00p
Value: £15,150.00

Mitie Group (MTO)
Director name: Reilly ,Mary
Amount purchased: 11,708 @ 128.86p
Value: £15,086.93

Opg Power Ventures (OPG)
Director name: Beeton,Jeremy
Amount purchased: 50,000 @ 23.36p
Value: £11,680.00

Big Sofa Technologies Group (BST)
Director name: Fuller,Kirsty
Amount purchased: 275,702 @ 3.10p
Value: £8,546.76

Big Sofa Technologies Group (BST)
Director name: Metcalfe,Steven Neil
Amount purchased: 275,702 @ 3.10p
Value: £8,546.76

Walker Greenbank (WGB)
Director name: Thakrar,Vijay
Amount purchased: 7,500 @ 83.50p
Value: £6,262.50

Henry Boot (BOOT)
Director name: Littlewood,Darren
Amount purchased: 2,500 @ 244.10p
Value: £6,102.50

Great Western Mining Corporation (GWMO)
Director name: Hall,Brian Arthur
Amount purchased: 2,000,000 @ 0.24p
Value: £4,840.00

Great Western Mining Corporation (GWMO)
Director name: Fraser ,David
Amount purchased: 2,000,000 @ 0.23p
Value: £4,500.00

Mortgage Advice Bureau (holdings) (MAB1)
Director name: Tilley,Lucy
Amount purchased: 58 @ 518.00p
Value: £300.44

Kcom Group (KCOM)
Director name: Bielby,Anna
Amount purchased: 235 @ 63.81p
Value: £149.95

Walker Crips Group (WCW)
Director name: Lam,Sean Kin Wai
Amount purchased: 427 @ 35.00p
Value: £149.45

Walker Crips Group (WCW)
Director name: Fitzgerald,Rodney Arnold
Amount purchased: 427 @ 35.00p
Value: £149.45

Walker Crips Group (WCW)
Director name: Rushton,Mark
Amount purchased: 426 @ 35.00p
Value: £149.10

Walker Crips Group (WCW)
Director name: Gelber,David
Amount purchased: 426 @ 35.00p
Value: £149.10

Provident Financial (PFG)
Director name: Mullen,Ken
Amount purchased: 24 @ 612.00p
Value: £146.88

Top Director Sells

Victrex Plc (VCT)
Director name: Cooper,Timothy (Tim) J
Amount sold: 1,807 @ 2,228.00p
Value: £40,259.96