(Sharecast News) - Pendragon revealed on Wednesday that non-executive director Mike Wright had acquired of 250,000 ordinary shares in the London-listed automotive retailer.
Wright, a former Jaguar Land Rover executive, purchased the shares last Friday at an average price of 7.25p each, for a total value of ?18,125.
Back in March, Pendragon reported it had swung to an underlying loss before tax of ?16.4m for the year ended 31 December - a marked turnaround from the profit of ?47.8m recorded in the prior year.
As of 1625 BST, Pendragon shares had surged 17.49% to 8.80p.
Top Director Buys
Sdl (SDL)
Director name: Stuart,Gordon
Amount purchased: 4,152 @ 474.44p
Value: ?19,698.75
Pendragon (PDG)
Director name: Wright,Mike
Amount purchased: 250,000 @ 7.25p
Value: ?18,125.00
Blackbird (BIRD)
Director name: Bentley ,Andrew
Amount purchased: 71,429 @ 13.52p
Value: ?9,653.63
Share Plc (SHRE)
Director name: Tolkien,Richard
Amount purchased: 25,000 @ 31.50p
Value: ?7,875.00
Top Director Sells
Segro (SGRO)
Director name: Sleath,David J R
Amount sold: 153,780 @ 814.32p
Value: ?1,252,261.28
Segro (SGRO)
Director name: Sleath,David J R
Amount sold: 125,000 @ 814.03p
Value: ?1,017,537.47
Segro (SGRO)
Director name: Gulliford ,Andy
Amount sold: 100,655 @ 814.32p
Value: ?819,653.79
Segro (SGRO)
Director name: Das,Soumen
Amount sold: 81,447 @ 814.32p
Value: ?663,239.20
Segro (SGRO)
Director name: Sleath,David J R
Amount sold: 47,843 @ 814.62p
Value: ?389,738.66
Talktalk Telecom Group (TALK)
Director name: Stringer,Howard
Amount sold: 56,000 @ 115.20p
Value: ?64,512.00
Segro (SGRO)
Director name: Das,Soumen
Amount sold: 7,671 @ 814.62p
Value: ?62,489.50
Blackbird (BIRD)
Director name: Bentley ,Andrew
Amount sold: 71,429 @ 13.50p
Value: ?9,642.92
5 Aug 2022 08:58
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