(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of share dealings by London-listed company directors and managers announced on Thursday and Friday and not separately reported by Alliance News:
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PageGroup PLC - Surrey-based recruitment firm - Chief Executive Officer Steve Ingham sells 400,000 shares at GBP6.00, worth GBP2.4 million, on Thursday.
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Schroders PLC - London-based asset manager - Chair Michael Dobson sells 25,000 shares at GBP35.60, worth GBP890,000, on Thursday. Dobson has sold GBP1.5 million in Schroders shares in the past two weeks.
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Polar Capital Holdings PLC - London-based investment manager - Non-Executive Director Brian Ashford-Russell sells 150,000 shares at 802.28p, worth GBP120,341, on Friday. Says sale is part of his estate planning. Ashford-Russell sold GBP442,642 in shares at the end of March and GBP494,277 worth in January.
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Shoe Zone PLC - Leicester-based footwear retailer - Chair Charles Smith and Chief Executive Anthony Smith buy 1.6 million shares in total at 80p, worth GBP1.3 million, on Thursday. Charles Smith buys 720,156 shares and Anthony Smith 900,720. Each purchase shares through separate investment vehicles in which they have 50% interests. Charles Smith now is interested in 11.9 million Shoe Zone shares, a 23.9% stake and Anthony Smith in 14.9 million, a 29.9% holding.
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Renalytix AI PLC - Cardiff, Wales-based clinical diagnostics for kidney disease - CEO James McCullough sells 54,538 American Depositary Shares, each representing two shares, for USD30.50 and USD32.32, worth USD1.7 million, on Thursday. McCullough now is interested in 2.8 million shares, a 3.8% stake.
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DCC PLC - Dublin-based sales, marketing and support services - Non-Executive Director Mark Breuer buys 3,500 shares at GBP61.45, worth GBP215,075, on Tuesday. Alongside its annual results on Tuesday, DCC announced Breuer's appointment as its new chair, replacing John Moloney. Breuer joined the board in November 2018. He was an investment banker, most recently with JPMorgan Chase & Co. He was vice-chair of Global M&A for JP Morgan before retiring in 2017.
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Land Securities Group PLC - London-based commercial property developer - CEO Mark Allan buys 20,979 shares at GBP7.08, worth GBP148,508, on Thursday. Landsec on Tuesday reported a sharply widened pretax loss in the financial year that ended March 31 of GBP1.39 billion from GBP837 million the year before.
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Severn Trent PLC - Coventry-based water utility - Top three team take part in Severn Trent's GBP250 million share raise at 2,400p on Wednesday. Chair Christine Hodgson subscribes for 1,041 shares, CEO Lin Garfield takes 4,166, and Chief Financial Officer James Bowling 2,083.
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Experian PLC - London-based credit-checking - Non-Executive Director Jonathan Howell buys 4,000 shares at 2,562.59p, worth GBP102,504, on Wednesday.
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Homeserve PLC - Walsall, England-based home repairs and improvements business - Independent Non-Executive Director Roisin Donnelly buys 5,000 shares at GBP9.31, worth GBP46,555, on Thursday. Donnelly, a former Procter & Gamble Co executive, joined the Homeserve board in March.
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Cerillion PLC - London-based billing, charging and customer relationship management software firm - CFO Oliver Gilchrist sells 40,000 shares at 734p, worth GBP293,600, on Friday. Now has 312,895 shares, a 1.1% interest.
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S4 Capital PLC - London-based advertising and marketing agency - Executive Chair Martin Sorrell buys 10,000 shares at GBP5.13, worth GBP51,300, on Monday. He now has 54.2 million shares. Combined with 3.9 million shares Sorrell previously donated to the UBS Donor Advised Foundation, he has a 10.6% interest in S4 Capital.
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WPP PLC - London-based advertising and marketing agency - Non-Executive Director Keith Weed buys 3,071 shares at GBP9.76, worth GBP29,973, on Thursday.
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Cadogan Petroleum PLC - exploration and production licenses in western Ukraine, gas trading, and oil services - CEO Fady Khallouf buys 1.1 million shares at GBP0.04, worth GBP45,714, on Tuesday and Wednesday. Khallouf now has 9.4 million shares, a 3.9% stake.
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Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust PLC - investor in solar parks, wind farms and hydroelectric plants - Director Hugh Little buys 100,000 shares at GBP0.96, worth GBP96,000, on Thursday.
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WH Ireland Group PLC - London-based stockbroker and wealth manager - Chair Philip Shelley buys 110,343 shares at 58p, worth GBP63,999, on Tuesday. Chief Executive Phillip Wale buys 29,295 shares, also at 58p, worth GBP16,991, on Tuesday. Shelley now has 1.6 million shares, a 2.5% stake, while Wale has 160,295.
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Beazley PLC - London-based insurer and manager of Lloyd's syndicates - Chair David Roberts buys 16,777 shares at 295.05p, worth GBP49,501, on Thursday.
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Photo-Me International PLC - Epsom, England-based instant service equipment - Executive Director Jean-Marc Janailhac buys 53,000 shares via JMG Partners SA at 77.7p, worth GBP41,181, on May 11. Now has 80,000 shares.
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FireAngel Safety Technology Group PLC - Coventry-based home safety products maker - Executive Chair John Conoley and wife Fiona Conoley buy 127,485 shares in total at 20.5p, worth GBP26,114, on Wednesday. Now interested in 733,051 shares, a 0.4% stake.
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Premier Foods PLC - St Albans, Hertfordshire-based food products maker - Procurement & Central Operations Director Mark Hughes and wife Pauline Hughes each sell 19,355 shares at 103.6p and buy back 19,123 shares at 103.9p, on Wednesday.
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TBC Bank Group PLC - Tbilisi, Georgia-headquartered lender - Nikoloz Kurdiani, deputy CEO of JSC TBC Bank, sells 8,163 shares at average GBP11.04, worth GBP90,131, on Tuesday. Nino Masurashvili, also deputy CEO of JSC TBC Bank, sells 10,000 shares at average GBP11.25, worth GBP112,536, on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Oxford BioMedica PLC - Oxford, England-based gene and cell therapy - Chief Technical Officer James Miskin exercises nil-cost options for 54,360 shares and sells all at GBP11.00, worth GBP598,164. Chief Business Officer Jason Slingsby exercises options for 2,411 shares and sells all, also at GBP11.00, worth GBP26,530. All on Tuesday. Miskin continues to hold options over 131,074 shares and Slingsby over 86,158.
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By Tom Waite; thomaslwaite@alliancenews.com
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