Director dealings: Real Estate Investors, Landsec execs make trades

Marcus Daly, the finance director of the AIM-traded Real Estate Investors, increased his stake in the company by purchasing 250,000 shares at a price of 36.9p each.

The transaction, executed on Wednesday, boosted Daly’s total beneficial interest in the company to 4,321,509 shares, representing 2.48% of its issued share capital.

On the selling side of the ledger was Mark Allan, chief executive officer of Landsec, after he undertook a series of share transactions on 25 June.

Allan acquired 322,981 shares through the exercise of options granted under a long-term incentive plan and the firm’s 2015 deferred share bonus plan, at no cost.

Subsequently, to cover the tax liabilities resulting from those exercises, Allan sold 152,106 shares for 624.25p apiece, generating a total value of £949,521.71.

At the close on Wednesday, shares in Real Estate Investors were flat at 36p, while those in Land Securities Group were down 1.68% at 615p.

Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com.

Top Director Buys

Vodafone Group (VOD)
Director name: Valle,Margherita D.
Amount purchased: 327,129 @ 71.56p
Value: £234,093.52

Real Estate Investors (RLE)
Director name: Daly,Marcus
Amount purchased: 250,000 @ 36.90p
Value: £92,250.00

Prs Reit (the) (PRSR)
Director name: Smith,Stephen
Amount purchased: 60,000 @ 76.85p
Value: £46,110.00

Syncona Limited Npv (SYNC)
Director name: Hutchinson,Robert
Amount purchased: 26,573 @ 111.60p
Value: £29,655.47

Young & Co's Brewery 'a' Shares (YNGA)
Director name: Dodd,Simon
Amount purchased: 3,904 @ 640.00p
Value: £24,985.60

Bytes Technology Group (BYIT)
Director name: Persson,Anna Vikstrom
Amount purchased: 4,380 @ 547.00p
Value: £23,958.60

Bytes Technology Group (BYIT)
Director name: Persson,Anna Vikstrom
Amount purchased: 2,814 @ 548.00p
Value: £15,420.72

Bytes Technology Group (BYIT)
Director name: Persson,Anna Vikstrom
Amount purchased: 1,109 @ 546.00p
Value: £6,055.14

Utilico Emerging Markets Ltd (di) (UEM)
Director name: Liu,Isabel
Amount purchased: 2,710 @ 220.16p
Value: £5,966.34

Bytes Technology Group (BYIT)
Director name: Persson,Anna Vikstrom
Amount purchased: 838 @ 549.00p
Value: £4,600.62

Top Director Sells

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd (singapore Reg) (JAR)
Director name: Keswick,Benjamin William
Amount sold: 166,050 @ $37.01
Value: $6,145,792.73

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd (singapore Reg) (JAR)
Director name: Keswick,Benjamin William
Amount sold: 57,900 @ $36.26
Value: $2,099,731.98

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd (singapore Reg) (JAR)
Director name: Keswick,Benjamin William
Amount sold: 47,700 @ $36.76
Value: $1,753,447.19

Land Securities Group (LAND)
Director name: Allan,Mark
Amount sold: 152,106 @ 624.25p
Value: £949,521.68

Ecora Resources (ECOR)
Director name: Flynn,Kevin
Amount sold: 37,546 @ 74.60p
Value: £28,009.32

Ecora Resources (ECOR)
Director name: Lafleche,Marc Bishop
Amount sold: 23,549 @ 74.60p
Value: £17,567.55