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Director dealings: Ascential CEO makes share sale
(Sharecast News) - Ascential revealed on Monday that chief executive Duncan Painter had sold 300,000 ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed business-to-business media firm. Painter, who took over as CEO in 2011, offloaded the shares on Friday at an average price of 280.07p each, for a total value of £840,197.97.
Ascential said earlier in the month that it had agreed to sell its digital commerce business and its product design business, WGSN, for a combined £1.4bn. The digital commerce business will be sold to Omnicom for around £741.0m, while WGSN will be sold to Apax Partners for up to £700.0m.
As of 1625 GMT, Ascential shares were down 2.06% at 275.40p.
Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com
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Crh (cdi) (CRH) Director name: Fearon,Richard Amount purchased: 10,000 @ $61.37 Value: $506,060.85
Staffline Group (STAF) Director name: Spain,Thomas Amount purchased: 2,000,000 @ 23.55p Value: �470,999.99
Alfa Financial Software Holdings (ALFA) Director name: Sullivan,Chris Amount purchased: 158,000 @ 155.31p Value: �245,389.80
Team17 Group (TM17) Director name: Sagnier,Frank Theodore Amount purchased: 108,000 @ 190.00p Value: �205,200.00
Huddled Group (HUD) Director name: Higginson,Martin Amount purchased: 2,300,000 @ 2.56p Value: �58,811.00
Glencore (GLEN) Director name: Hewitt,Liz Amount purchased: 11,000 @ 446.13p Value: �49,074.30
Alpha Real Trust Ltd. (ARTL) Director name: Rose,Phillip Amount purchased: 25,000 @ 118.00p Value: �29,500.00
Iqgeo Group (IQG) Director name: Edward Kershaw,Ian Amount purchased: 9,756 @ 246.00p Value: �23,999.76
Team17 Group (TM17) Director name: Crawford ,Mark Amount purchased: 10,582 @ 189.00p Value: �19,999.98
Octopus Titan Vct (OTV2) Director name: O'Riordan,Jane Amount purchased: 14,888 @ 72.20p Value: �10,749.14
Mpac Group (MPAC) Director name: Holland,Adam Amount purchased: 4,873 @ 204.95p Value: �9,987.21
Octopus Titan Vct (OTV2) Director name: Leader,Tom Amount purchased: 11,166 @ 72.20p Value: �8,061.85
Octopus Titan Vct (OTV2) Director name: Bagley,Gaenor Amount purchased: 7,444 @ 72.20p Value: �5,374.57
Octopus Titan Vct (OTV2) Director name: Nahid Rahman,Julie Amount purchased: 4,466 @ 72.20p Value: �3,224.45
Top Director Sells
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Director name: Brand,Martin Amount sold: 37,329 @ 10,123.00p Value: �3,778,814.80
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Director name: Brand,Martin Amount sold: 27,945 @ 10,123.00p Value: �2,828,872.44
Ascential (ASCL) Director name: Painter,Duncan Amount sold: 300,000 @ 280.07p Value: �840,197.97
Bytes Technology Group (BYIT) Director name: Phillips ,Mike Amount sold: 54,074 @ 543.49p Value: �293,886.77
Tremor International Ltd (di) (TRMR) Director name: Druker,Ofer Amount sold: 12,030 @ 174.87p Value: �21,036.86
Tremor International Ltd (di) (TRMR) Director name: Druker,Ofer Amount sold: 5,664 @ 187.20p Value: �10,603.01
Tremor International Ltd (di) (TRMR) Director name: Druker,Ofer Amount sold: 3,054 @ 187.28p Value: �5,719.53
Tremor International Ltd (di) (TRMR) Director name: Druker,Ofer Amount sold: 2,322 @ 180.15p Value: �4,183.08
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