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Director dealings: Franchise Brands director raises stake

(Sharecast News) - Franchise Brands revealed on Monday that non-executive director Louise George had acquired 50,000 ordinary shares in the multi-brand franchise business. George, who previously acted as CFO of Belvoir Group, purchased the shares on Friday at an average price of 145.0p each, for a total value of £72,500.

Following the transaction, George now holds a beneficial interest in 150,000 Franchise Brands shares, representing approximately 0.077% of the company's total voting rights.

As of 1620 BST, Franchise Brands shares were down 5.0% at 142.50p.

Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com

Top Director Buys

Franchise Brands (FRAN) Director name: George,Louise Amount purchased: 50,000 @ 145.00p Value: £72,500.00

Shaftesbury Capital (SHC) Director name: Cosgrave,Madeleine Amount purchased: 40,000 @ 127.00p Value: £50,799.40

Partners Group Private Equity Limited. (eur) (PEY) Director name: Wheatley,Merise Amount purchased: 3,000 @ 864.90p Value: £28,801.17

First Tin (1SN) Director name: Scotting,Bill Amount purchased: 416,667 @ 5.60p Value: £23,333.35

Scottish Mortgage Inv Trust (SMT) Director name: Kumaraswamy,Vikram Amount purchased: 2,111 @ 942.32p Value: £19,892.43

Cml Microsystems (CML) Director name: Clark,Nigel G Amount purchased: 9,250 @ 215.00p Value: £19,887.50

River Global B (RVRB) Director name: Mills,Christopher Amount purchased: 50,000 @ 33.00p Value: £16,500.00

Frontier Ip Group (FIPP) Director name: McKay,Jacqueline Amount purchased: 61,224 @ 24.50p Value: £14,999.88

Empresaria Group (EMR) Director name: Anderson,Tim Amount purchased: 60,000 @ 24.85p Value: £14,910.00

Croda International (CRDA) Director name: Ferguson,Jacqui Amount purchased: 155 @ 2,881.62p Value: £4,466.52

Top Director Sells

Frontier Ip Group (FIPP) Director name: McKay,Jacqueline Amount sold: 61,224 @ 2,450.00p Value: £1,499,988.00

Glanbia (cdi) (GLB) Director name: McGuire ,Hugh Amount sold: 42,719 @ 1,054.99p Value: £500,256.11

Glanbia (cdi) (GLB) Director name: Garvey,Mark Amount sold: 22,443 @ 10.55 Value: 236,771.41

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