Director dealings: Mears chairman picks up shares, Croda secretary involved in sale-and-purchase

Mears Group was among those on the list of director purchases on Tuesday, after its chairman picked up a large tranche of shares.

  • Mears Group
  • 12 September 2023 14:51:27
Mears Group

Source: Sharecast

The company said Jim Clarke bought 30,000 shares on 11 September, in a single transaction on the main market of the London Stock Exchange.

Clarke paid 275.64p for each share, valuing the transaction at a total of £82,692.00.

Following the purchase, Mears said Jim Clarke had an interest in 30,000 shares, representing about 0.03% of its voting share capital.

Croda International was also on the list of director transactions, after its company secretary and a close associate were involved in a pair of sale and purchase transactions.

The firm said the secretary Thomas Brophy, and a person closely associated with them, Sarah Brophy, both sold large tranches of shares in the company and purchased back a small amount.

Its disclosure said each of the Brophys sold 2,250 shares for 5,157.83p each, valuing both sales at £116,051.18.

They then each purchased back 384 shares for the same price, giving that side of the transactions a respective value of £19,806.07 each.

Croda said all four transactions took place on 11 September, on the London Stock Exchange.

At 1434 BST, shares in Mears Group were down 0.36% at 275p, while those in Croda International were off 2.06% at 5,036p.

Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com.

Top Director Buys

Mears Group (MER)
Director name: Clarke,Jim
Amount purchased: 30,000 @ 275.64p
Value: £82,692.00

Lindsell Train Inv Trust (LTI)
Director name: MacLellan ,David
Amount purchased: 75 @ 90,000.00p
Value: £67,500.00

Merit Group (MRIT)
Director name: Beck,David
Amount purchased: 40,786 @ 49.00p
Value: £19,985.14

Cranswick (CWK)
Director name: Bottomley,Mark
Amount purchased: 576 @ 3,451.00p
Value: £19,877.76

Croda International (CRDA)
Director name: Brophy ,Tom
Amount purchased: 384 @ 5,157.83p
Value: £19,806.07

Sylvania Platinum Ltd (di) (SLP)
Director name: Reynolds,Adrian J.
Amount purchased: 20,000 @ 80.40p
Value: £16,080.00

Bp (BP.)
Director name: Auchincloss,Murray
Amount purchased: 73 @ 517.30p
Value: £377.63

Bp (BP.)
Director name: Looney,Bernard
Amount purchased: 60 @ 517.30p
Value: £310.38

Zotefoams (ZTF)
Director name: Stirling,David
Amount purchased: 44 @ 345.00p
Value: £151.80

Easyjet (EZJ)
Director name: Jarvis,Kenton
Amount purchased: 35 @ 432.00p
Value: £151.20

Team17 Group (TM17)
Director name: Crawford ,Mark
Amount purchased: 44 @ 340.00p
Value: £149.60

Zotefoams (ZTF)
Director name: McGrath ,Gary
Amount purchased: 43 @ 345.00p
Value: £148.35

Unilever (ULVR)
Director name: Pitkethly,Graeme
Amount purchased: 3 @ 4,017.00p
Value: £120.51

Top Director Sells

Croda International (CRDA)
Director name: Brophy ,Tom
Amount sold: 2,250 @ 5,157.83p
Value: £116,051.18

Cranswick (CWK)
Director name: Bottomley,Mark
Amount sold: 580 @ 3,451.00p
Value: £20,015.80

Exchange: London Stock Exchange
Sell:
2,875.00 p
Buy:
2,896.00 p
Change: 15.00 ( 0.52 %)
Date:
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