Director dealings: Pru's risk chief invests, WPP CFO covers £1.1m tax bill

The FTSE 100 insurer said James Turner bought 10,000 shares on Wednesday, for HKD 108.67 each, making the transaction worth a total of HKD 117,272.43 (£11,397.35).

Advertising giant WPP was on the selling side of the ledger, after it disclosed details of its chief financial officer’s vesting of executive share awards.

The FTSE 100 company said John Rogers vested 224,972 shares under its 2019 executive performance share plan.

Rogers then sold 105,949 shares for 1,045.06p each, netting him £1.11m to pass onto HMRC for his statutory liabilities.

Top Director Buys

National Express Group (NEX)
Director name: Garat,Jose Ignacio
Amount purchased: 55,440 @ 236.21p
Value: £130,954.82

Prudential (PRU)
Director name: Turner,James
Amount purchased: 10,000 @ $108.67
Value: $117,272.43

Purplebricks Group (PURP)
Director name: Pindar,Paul
Amount purchased: 587,549 @ 18.19p
Value: £106,875.16

Bhp Group Limited Npv (di) (BHP)
Director name: Hinchliffe ,Michelle
Amount purchased: 4,210 @ $47.43
Value: $105,687.93

Abcam (ABC)
Director name: Baldock,Michael
Amount purchased: 5,910 @ 1,699.66p
Value: £100,449.90

Bhp Group Limited Npv (di) (BHP)
Director name: Hinchliffe ,Michelle
Amount purchased: 3,529 @ $47.52
Value: $88,762.07

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.npv (cdi) (WPM)
Director name: Ives,Glenn
Amount purchased: 2,000 @ $59.46
Value: $70,354.42

Close Brothers Group (CBG)
Director name: Sainsbury,Adrian
Amount purchased: 3,408 @ 1,167.23p
Value: £39,779.29

Purplebricks Group (PURP)
Director name: Zhika,Elona Mortimer
Amount purchased: 205,650 @ 18.19p
Value: £37,407.73

Network International Holdings (NETW)
Director name: Radley,Diane
Amount purchased: 15,000 @ 213.91p
Value: £32,085.99

Iofina (IOF)
Director name: Baller,Lance J
Amount purchased: 125,000 @ 20.50p
Value: £25,625.00

Deepverge Plc (DVRG)
Director name: Brandon,Gerard
Amount purchased: 150,000 @ 13.40p
Value: £20,100.00

Purplebricks Group (PURP)
Director name: Pindar,Paul
Amount purchased: 112,500 @ 15.75p
Value: £17,718.75

Intermediate Capital Group (ICP)
Director name: Leith,Rosemary
Amount purchased: 675 @ 1,716.00p
Value: £11,583.00

Getbusy (GETB)
Director name: Jakeman,Miles Gareth
Amount purchased: 17,391 @ 57.73p
Value: £10,039.82

Getbusy (GETB)
Director name: Jakeman,Miles Gareth
Amount purchased: 17,241 @ 57.93p
Value: £9,987.71

Getbusy (GETB)
Director name: Jakeman,Miles Gareth
Amount purchased: 12,719 @ 57.93p
Value: £7,368.12

Purplebricks Group (PURP)
Director name: Zhika,Elona Mortimer
Amount purchased: 37,500 @ 15.75p
Value: £5,906.25

More Acquisitions (TMOR)
Director name: Goodfellow,Charles Edouard
Amount purchased: 454,545 @ 1.10p
Value: £4,999.99

Rotala (ROL)
Director name: Dunn,Simon Lee
Amount purchased: 15,500 @ 23.50p
Value: £3,642.50

Iofina (IOF)
Director name: Becker ,Thomas M.
Amount purchased: 15,000 @ 19.99p
Value: £2,998.50

Sse (SSE)
Director name: Alexander,Gregor
Amount purchased: 40 @ 1,670.72p
Value: £668.29

Sse (SSE)
Director name: Pibworth ,Martin
Amount purchased: 28 @ 1,670.72p
Value: £467.80

Victrex Plc (VCT)
Director name: Court ,Martin
Amount purchased: 8 @ 1,901.00p
Value: £152.08

Top Director Sells

Wpp (WPP)
Director name: Rogers,John
Amount sold: 105,949 @ 1,045.06p
Value: £1,107,230.58

Spirax-sarco Engineering (SPX)
Director name: Anderson,Nicholas John
Amount sold: 6,255 @ 12,300.00p
Value: £769,365.00

Spirax-sarco Engineering (SPX)
Director name: Patel,Nimesh
Amount sold: 5,341 @ 12,300.00p
Value: £656,943.00

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.npv (cdi) (WPM)
Director name: Smallwood,Randy V. J.
Amount sold: 9,905 @ $59.13
Value: $346,510.54

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.npv (cdi) (WPM)
Director name: Smallwood,Randy V. J.
Amount sold: 4,520 @ $59.13
Value: $158,124.95

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.npv (cdi) (WPM)
Director name: Holtby,Douglas M.
Amount sold: 3,285 @ $59.13
Value: $114,920.46

Tt Electronics (TTG)
Director name: Tyson,Richard
Amount sold: 39,503 @ 201.00p
Value: £79,401.03

Tt Electronics (TTG)
Director name: Hoad,Mark
Amount sold: 29,633 @ 201.00p
Value: £59,562.33

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.npv (cdi) (WPM)
Director name: Holtby,Douglas M.
Amount sold: 1,536 @ $59.13
Value: $53,734.50

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.npv (cdi) (WPM)
Director name: Ives,Glenn
Amount sold: 936 @ $59.13
Value: $32,744.46

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.npv (cdi) (WPM)
Director name: Ives,Glenn
Amount sold: 615 @ $59.13
Value: $21,514.79

Ashmore Group (ASHM)
Director name: Shippey,Tom
Amount sold: 959 @ 240.00p
Value: £2,301.56