Director dealings: Darktrace director makes £5m sale, WPP CEO covers tax bill

(Sharecast News) - Darktrace disclosed a massive director sale on Tuesday, as a member of its board netted more than £5m offloading shares in the company. The FTSE 250 cybersecurity provider said director Vanessa Colomar had sold one million of its shares.

Colomar earned 525p for each share, giving the transaction a total value of £5.25m.

Vanessa Colomar is co-founder and partner at Darktrace shareholder Invoke Capital, and sits on the board in that capacity.

Elsewhere, WPP reported a sale worth more than £0.4m made by its chief executive officer, to cover a tax bill.

The FTSE 100 advertising conglomerate said Mark Read had vested 101,630 shares under its 2019 executive share award.

To cover his statutory liabilities, he sold 47,862 of those shares for 922.95p each, netting Read £441,742.32 to forward to HMRC.

Correction: This story has been updated to reflect the fact Vanessa Colomar sold shares in Darktrace, rather than purchased them.

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