Capital & Counties directors snap up share to boost confidence

25th Feb 2016 15:35

(ShareCast News) - A number of Capital & Counties Properties' directors have bought shares in the company in a bid to boost confidence after recent results worried the market.Chief executive Ian Hawksworth bought 50,000 shares for just under £160,000.Managing director Gary Yardley, finance director Soumen Das and non-executive director Gerry Murphy purchase 30,000 shares each for between £95,000 and £100,000.It comes after the FTSE 250 group, which owns Covent Garden and Earls Court, warned about "increasing uncertainty reflecting global and political challenges".Capco's retail clients levels of certainty tailed off, as although Covent Garden enjoyed its most active year of leasing there was a slow-down in the prime central London market that hit residential activity at Earls Court.Top Director BuysCapital & Counties Properties (CAPC)Director name: Hawksworth,IanAmount purchased: 50,000 @ 319.46pValue: £159,730.45Capital & Counties Properties (CAPC)Director name: Murphy,GerryAmount purchased: 30,000 @ 332.30pValue: £99,690.00Capital & Counties Properties (CAPC)Director name: Das,SoumenAmount purchased: 30,000 @ 322.80pValue: £96,840.00Capital & Counties Properties (CAPC)Director name: Yardley,GaryAmount purchased: 30,000 @ 319.46pValue: £95,838.27Shaftesbury (SHB)Director name: Riva,Hilary SAmount purchased: 6,000 @ 824.32pValue: £49,459.04Jarvis Securities (JIM)Director name: Head ,Jolyon Christopher Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 335.00pValue: £33,500.00Mckay Securities (MCKS)Director name: Lifford,ViscountAmount purchased: 10,000 @ 234.00pValue: £23,400.00Conygar Investment Company (CIC)Director name: Hamway,Nigel JAmount purchased: 10,000 @ 166.93pValue: £16,693.00Firstgroup (FGP)Director name: O'Toole,TimAmount purchased: 8,931 @ 88.55pValue: £7,908.40Glaxosmithkline (GSK)Director name: Slaoui,MoncefAmount purchased: 102 @ $19.32Value: $1,447.19Firstgroup (FGP)Director name: Barker,MickAmount purchased: 656 @ 88.55pValue: £580.89Kaz Minerals (KAZ)Director name: Southam,AndrewAmount purchased: 106 @ 141.50pValue: £149.99Walker Crips Group (WCW)Director name: Elliott,RobertAmount purchased: 299 @ 50.00pValue: £149.50Walker Crips Group (WCW)Director name: Fitzgerald,Rodney ArnoldAmount purchased: 299 @ 50.00pValue: £149.50Walker Crips Group (WCW)Director name: Gelber,DavidAmount purchased: 298 @ 50.00pValue: £149.00Glaxosmithkline (GSK)Director name: Slaoui,MoncefAmount purchased: 8 @ $19.32Value: $113.51Top Director SellsUdg Healthcare Public Limited Company (UDG)Director name: Corbin,ChrisAmount purchased: 66,000 @ 539.00pValue: £355,739.99