Director dealings: PCA of Sage's John Bates snaps up shares

Sage Group revealed on Friday that non-executive director Jillian Bates, a person closely associated with non-executive director John Bates, had acquired 35,000 ordinary shares in the FTSE 100-listed software company.

Source: Sharecast

Jillian Bates purchased the shares on Thursday at an average price of 810.97p each, for a total value of £283,839.51.

Following the transaction, Jillian Bates holds a total of 51,735 ordinary Sage shares.

As of 1520 GMT, Sage shares were up 1.54% at 805.80p.

Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com

Top Director Buys

Petards Group (PEG)
Director name: Davies,Geraint
Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 1,025.00p
Value: £1,025,000.00

The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.v. (di) (MICC)
Director name: Bhattacharya,Abhijit
Amount purchased: 44,500 @ 1,403.62p
Value: £624,609.14

The Sage Group (SGE)
Director name: Bates,John
Amount purchased: 35,000 @ 810.97p
Value: £283,839.51

The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.v. (di) (MICC)
Director name: Bomhard ,Stefan
Amount purchased: 3,000 @ 1,405.00p
Value: £42,150.00

Dunelm Group (DNLM)
Director name: Wright,Luisa
Amount purchased: 2,442 @ 963.40p
Value: £23,526.23

Ultimate Products (ULTP)
Director name: Dent,Chris
Amount purchased: 16,677 @ 53.36p
Value: £8,899.68

Gunsynd (GUN)
Director name: Strang,Donald
Amount purchased: 1,500,000 @ 0.12p
Value: £1,800.00

Top Director Sells

Coca-cola Hbc Ag (cdi) (CCH)
Director name: David,Anastassis G
Amount sold: 29,277 @ 4,710.65p
Value: £1,379,137.97

Tatton Asset Management (TAM)
Director name: Hogarth,Paul
Amount sold: 100,000 @ 700.00p
Value: £700,000.00

Coca-cola Hbc Ag (cdi) (CCH)
Director name: David,Anastassis G
Amount sold: 2,991 @ 4,712.83p
Value: £140,960.64

Ultimate Products (ULTP)
Director name: Dent,Chris
Amount sold: 9,749 @ 52.75p
Value: £5,142.60

Isin: GB00B8C3BL03
Exchange: London Stock Exchange
Sell:
700.00 p
Buy:
944.00 p
Change: -2.80 ( -0.32 %)
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