Director dealings: Mears chairman picks up shares, Croda secretary involved in sale-and-purchase

(Sharecast News) - Mears Group was among those on the list of director purchases on Tuesday, after its chairman picked up a large tranche of shares. The company said Jim Clarke bought 30,000 shares on 11 September, in a single transaction on the main market of the London Stock Exchange.

Clarke paid 275.64p for each share, valuing the transaction at a total of £82,692.00.

Following the purchase, Mears said Jim Clarke had an interest in 30,000 shares, representing about 0.03% of its voting share capital.

Croda International was also on the list of director transactions, after its company secretary and a close associate were involved in a pair of sale and purchase transactions.

The firm said the secretary Thomas Brophy, and a person closely associated with them, Sarah Brophy, both sold large tranches of shares in the company and purchased back a small amount.

Its disclosure said each of the Brophys sold 2,250 shares for 5,157.83p each, valuing both sales at £116,051.18.

They then each purchased back 384 shares for the same price, giving that side of the transactions a respective value of £19,806.07 each.

Croda said all four transactions took place on 11 September, on the London Stock Exchange.

At 1434 BST, shares in Mears Group were down 0.36% at 275p, while those in Croda International were off 2.06% at 5,036p.

Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com.

Top Director Buys

Mears Group (MER) Director name: Clarke,Jim Amount purchased: 30,000 @ 275.64p Value: £82,692.00

Lindsell Train Inv Trust (LTI) Director name: MacLellan ,David Amount purchased: 75 @ 90,000.00p Value: £67,500.00

Merit Group (MRIT) Director name: Beck,David Amount purchased: 40,786 @ 49.00p Value: £19,985.14

Cranswick (CWK) Director name: Bottomley,Mark Amount purchased: 576 @ 3,451.00p Value: £19,877.76

Croda International (CRDA) Director name: Brophy ,Tom Amount purchased: 384 @ 5,157.83p Value: £19,806.07

Sylvania Platinum Ltd (di) (SLP) Director name: Reynolds,Adrian J. Amount purchased: 20,000 @ 80.40p Value: £16,080.00

Bp (BP.) Director name: Auchincloss,Murray Amount purchased: 73 @ 517.30p Value: £377.63

Bp (BP.) Director name: Looney,Bernard Amount purchased: 60 @ 517.30p Value: £310.38

Zotefoams (ZTF) Director name: Stirling,David Amount purchased: 44 @ 345.00p Value: £151.80

Easyjet (EZJ) Director name: Jarvis,Kenton Amount purchased: 35 @ 432.00p Value: £151.20

Team17 Group (TM17) Director name: Crawford ,Mark Amount purchased: 44 @ 340.00p Value: £149.60

Zotefoams (ZTF) Director name: McGrath ,Gary Amount purchased: 43 @ 345.00p Value: £148.35

Unilever (ULVR) Director name: Pitkethly,Graeme Amount purchased: 3 @ 4,017.00p Value: £120.51

Top Director Sells

Croda International (CRDA) Director name: Brophy ,Tom Amount sold: 2,250 @ 5,157.83p Value: £116,051.18

Cranswick (CWK) Director name: Bottomley,Mark Amount sold: 580 @ 3,451.00p Value: £20,015.80