Director dealings: Ian Mattioli makes £1.17m sale, bonus shares bought for Restaurant Group execs

(Sharecast News) - On the buyers' side of the ledger on Friday were two executives at the Restaurant Group, with shares purchased to be held for three years for them as part of its deferred bonus scheme. The London-listed firm, which owns the chains Wagamama and Frankie & Benny's, said under its bonus scheme, half of any annual bonus payable to executive directors each year was deferred into ordinary shares and held in escrow by its employee benefit trust.

As a result, chief executive officer Andy Hornby was behind the purchase of 247,585 shares, while 116,502 shares were purchased for chief financial officer Kirk Davis.

Both transactions were at a price of 61.36p each, making Hornby's transaction worth £151.924.09, with Davis' valued at £71,488.42.

Mattioli Woods was at the top of the list of sells, meanwhile, after its chief executive officer enjoyed a payday worth almost £1.2m after offloading a small part of his holding.

The AIM-traded company said Ian Mattioli sold 150,000 shares for 780p each, netting him a total of £1,170.000.03.

Following that, it said Mattioli's total interest, including shares held by his spouse and a charitable trust under his direction, totalled 3,023.432 shares, or 5.93% of its issued capital.

Top Director Buys

Restaurant Group (RTN) Director name: Hornby,Andy C Amount purchased: 247,585 @ 61.36p Value: £151,924.09

Hostelworld Group (HSW) Director name: Cawley,Michael Amount purchased: 175,000 @ 76.70p Value: £134,225.00

Pz Cussons (PZC) Director name: Myers,Jonathan Amount purchased: 51,175 @ 195.90p Value: £100,252.44

Henry Boot (BOOT) Director name: Roberts,Timothy Andrew Amount purchased: 24,191 @ 317.50p Value: £76,806.42

Restaurant Group (RTN) Director name: Davis,Kirk Amount purchased: 116,502 @ 61.36p Value: £71,488.42

Henry Boot (BOOT) Director name: Littlewood,Darren Amount purchased: 15,301 @ 317.50p Value: £48,580.67

Amedeo Air Four Plus Limited Red Ord Npv (AA4) Director name: Page,Stephen Le Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 31.40p Value: £31,400.00

Eco Animal Health Group (EAH) Director name: Wilks,Christopher Amount purchased: 16,000 @ 163.00p Value: £26,080.00

Icg-longbow Senior Secured Uk Property Debt Investments Ltd (LBOW) Director name: Meader,Paul Amount purchased: 35,000 @ 65.00p Value: £22,750.00

Kitwave Group (KITW) Director name: Murray,Gerard T Amount purchased: 15,000 @ 144.50p Value: £21,675.00

Kitwave Group (KITW) Director name: Murray,Gerard T Amount purchased: 15,000 @ 144.50p Value: £21,675.00

Abrdn (ABDN) Director name: Flint,Douglas J Amount purchased: 9,618 @ 214.20p Value: £20,601.76

Twentyfour Select Monthly Income Fund Limited (SMIF) Director name: Paxton,Ashley Amount purchased: 22,500 @ 88.87p Value: £19,996.18

Nippon Active Value Fund (NAVF) Director name: Morgan,Rosemary Amount purchased: 16,280 @ 122.00p Value: £19,861.60

Nippon Active Value Fund (NAVF) Director name: Morgan,Rosemary Amount purchased: 16,280 @ 122.00p Value: £19,861.60

International Biotech Trust (IBT) Director name: Magee,Patrick Amount purchased: 2,500 @ 633.00p Value: £15,825.00

Downing Strategic Micro-cap Investment Trust Red (DSM) Director name: Aldous,Hugh Amount purchased: 20,000 @ 66.90p Value: £13,380.00

Uil Limited (di) (UTL) Director name: Bridges,Stuart J Amount purchased: 4,600 @ 246.00p Value: £11,316.00

Beazley (BEZ) Director name: Lake,Sally Amount purchased: 2,414 @ 428.83p Value: £10,351.96

India Capital Growth Fund Ltd. (IGC) Director name: Duquemin,Lynne Amount purchased: 9,475 @ 105.53p Value: £9,999.44

Uil Limited (di) (UTL) Director name: Hill,Alison Amount purchased: 3,559 @ 246.00p Value: £8,755.14

Uil Limited (di) (UTL) Director name: Shillson,David Amount purchased: 3,559 @ 246.00p Value: £8,755.14

Utilico Emerging Markets Ltd (di) (UEM) Director name: Muh,Anthony Amount purchased: 3,889 @ 224.00p Value: £8,711.36

Utilico Emerging Markets Ltd (di) (UEM) Director name: Hansen,Susan Amount purchased: 3,889 @ 224.00p Value: £8,711.36

Helios Underwriting (HUW) Director name: Libassi,Tom Amount purchased: 5,000 @ 164.00p Value: £8,200.00

Utilico Emerging Markets Ltd (di) (UEM) Director name: Stobart,Eric St Clair Amount purchased: 3,000 @ 222.75p Value: £6,682.50

Utilico Emerging Markets Ltd (di) (UEM) Director name: Liu,Isabel Amount purchased: 2,689 @ 221.03p Value: £5,943.50

More Acquisitions (TMOR) Director name: Goodfellow,Charles Edouard Amount purchased: 500,000 @ 1.09p Value: £5,445.00

Uls Technology (ULS) Director name: Scott,Oliver Rupert Andrew Amount purchased: 6,000 @ 72.47p Value: £4,348.20

Utilico Emerging Markets Ltd (di) (UEM) Director name: Bridgeman,Mark Amount purchased: 1,863 @ 224.00p Value: £4,173.12

Itv (ITV) Director name: Harris,Mary Amount purchased: 4,029 @ 83.24p Value: £3,353.70

Rotala (ROL) Director name: Dunn,Robert Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 31.95p Value: £3,195.00

Touchstone Exploration Inc Npv (di) (TXP) Director name: Baay,Paul R. Amount purchased: 3,314 @ $1.49 Value: $2,921.29

Uls Technology (ULS) Director name: Scott,Oliver Rupert Andrew Amount purchased: 3,215 @ 72.12p Value: £2,318.66

Beazley (BEZ) Director name: Lake,Sally Amount purchased: 491 @ 428.83p Value: £2,105.56

Beazley (BEZ) Director name: Lake,Sally Amount purchased: 285 @ 428.83p Value: £1,222.17

Alliance Trust (ATST) Director name: Samuel,Christopher Amount purchased: 90 @ 991.69p Value: £892.52

Aberdeen Diversified Income And Growth Trust (ADIG) Director name: Challenor,Tom Amount purchased: 216 @ 102.45p Value: £221.29

Tower Resources (TRP) Director name: Enfield,Mark Amount purchased: 69,402 @ 0.26p Value: £182.18

Beazley (BEZ) Director name: Lake,Sally Amount purchased: 5 @ 428.83p Value: £21.44

Top Director Sells

Mattioli Woods (MTW) Director name: Mattioli,Ian Thomas Amount sold: 150,000 @ 780.00p Value: £1,170,000.03

Cyba (CYBA) Director name: Bassi,Steve Amount sold: 35,840,516 @ 2.00p Value: £716,810.30

Direct Line Insurance Group (DLG) Director name: James,Penny Amount sold: 53,894 @ 273.80p Value: £147,561.77

Just Group (JUST) Director name: Parsons,Andy Amount sold: 157,408 @ 88.81p Value: £139,796.24

Direct Line Insurance Group (DLG) Director name: Manser,Neil Amount sold: 27,340 @ 273.80p Value: £74,856.92

Coca-cola Hbc Ag (cdi) (CCH) Director name: Bogdanovic,Zoran Amount sold: 4,065 @ 1,645.94p Value: £66,907.50

Nippon Active Value Fund (NAVF) Director name: Morgan,Rosemary Amount sold: 16,280 @ 122.00p Value: £19,861.60

Nippon Active Value Fund (NAVF) Director name: Morgan,Rosemary Amount sold: 16,280 @ 122.00p Value: £19,861.60

Headlam Group (HEAD) Director name: Payne,Chris Amount sold: 1,328 @ 380.00p Value: £5,046.40

Tower Resources (TRP) Director name: Enfield,Mark Amount sold: 69,402 @ 0.26p Value: £182.18