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Director dealings: Close Brothers CEO collects £3.63m in Friday share sale
Preben Prebensen, chief executive of merchant banking firm Close Brothers Group, disposed of a total of 240,000 ordinary shares in the firm on Friday, collecting more than £3.5m in the process.
Prebensen, Close Brothers' boss since November 2016, sold 137,369 at 1,522.81p and a further 102,631 with a price tag of 1,499.31p, pocketing a total of £3,630,626.58 from the two transactions.
Close Brothers posted a 6% rise in operating profit from its first half, as higher investor trading atctivity at its market division and a stronger performance from its banking division resulted in a an adjust operation profit of £142.3m for the six months leading to 31 January.
As of 1510 GMT, shares had lost 1.06% to 1,490p.
Top Director Buys
Essentra (ESNT)
Director name: Forman,Paul
Amount purchased: 20,000 @ 461.00p
Value: £92,200.00
Inmarsat (ISAT)
Director name: Obuchowski,Janice
Amount purchased: 7,200 @ $5.70
Value: $30,176.47
Ariana Resources (AAU)
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Baring Emerging Europe (BEE)
Director name: Daley ,Frances
Amount purchased: 3,000 @ 843.00p
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Nostra Terra Oil & Gas Co (NTOG)
Director name: Ainsworth,Kristian (Ewen)
Amount purchased: 571,786 @ 3.51p
Value: £20,041.10
Allergy Therapeutics (AGY)
Director name: Otulana,Tunde
Amount purchased: 25,000 @ $0.39
Value: $7,132.35
Ultimate Sports Group (USG)
Director name: Coldbeck,D J
Amount purchased: 985 @ 16.00p
Value: £157.60
British Land Company (BLND)
Director name: Roberts,Timothy Andrew
Amount purchased: 24 @ 637.55p
Value: £153.01
British Land Company (BLND)
Director name: Maudsley,Charles
Amount purchased: 24 @ 637.55p
Value: £153.01
British Land Company (BLND)
Director name: Grigg,Chris
Amount purchased: 24 @ 637.55p
Value: £153.01
Bae Systems (BA.)
Director name: Bramwell,Philip
Amount purchased: 26 @ 579.00p
Value: £150.54
Bae Systems (BA.)
Director name: Garwood,Alan
Amount purchased: 26 @ 579.00p
Value: £150.54
Ocado Group (OCDO)
Director name: Steiner,Tim
Amount purchased: 26 @ 578.20p
Value: £150.33
Ocado Group (OCDO)
Director name: Richardson,Mark
Amount purchased: 26 @ 578.20p
Value: £150.33
Ocado Group (OCDO)
Director name: Tatton-Brown,Duncan
Amount purchased: 26 @ 578.20p
Value: £150.33
Ocado Group (OCDO)
Director name: Abrams,Neill
Amount purchased: 26 @ 578.20p
Value: £150.33
Sig (SHI)
Director name: Monro,Richard
Amount purchased: 109 @ 137.90p
Value: £150.31
Sig (SHI)
Director name: Maddock,Nick
Amount purchased: 109 @ 137.90p
Value: £150.31
Provident Financial (PFG)
Director name: Mullen,Ken
Amount purchased: 16 @ 938.18p
Value: £150.11
Provident Financial (PFG)
Director name: Fisher,Andrew C
Amount purchased: 16 @ 938.18p
Value: £150.11
Bae Systems (BA.)
Director name: Woodburn,Charles
Amount purchased: 25 @ 579.00p
Value: £144.75
Top Director Sells
Close Brothers Group (CBG)
Director name: Prebensen,Preben
Amount sold: 137,369 @ 1,522.81p
Value: £2,091,865.31
Close Brothers Group (CBG)
Director name: Prebensen,Preben
Amount sold: 102,631 @ 1,499.31p
Value: £1,538,761.27
Evraz (EVR)
Director name: Abramov,Alexander
Amount sold: 73,975 @ 443.75p
Value: £328,267.03
Evraz (EVR)
Director name: Frolov,Alexander
Amount sold: 36,932 @ 442.56p
Value: £163,444.43
Evraz (EVR)
Director name: Abramov,Alexander
Amount sold: 27,013 @ 443.75p
Value: £119,871.27
Evraz (EVR)
Director name: Frolov,Alexander
Amount sold: 13,487 @ 443.75p
Value: £59,849.10
Evraz (EVR)
Director name: Abramov,Alexander
Amount sold: 7,140 @ 442.30p
Value: £31,579.95
Nostra Terra Oil & Gas Co (NTOG)
Director name: Ainsworth,Kristian (Ewen)
Amount sold: 571,786 @ 3.50p
Value: £20,012.51
Evraz (EVR)
Director name: Frolov,Alexander
Amount sold: 3,564 @ 442.30p
Value: £15,763.44