Director dealings

Trade date Director Volume / Price Trade value Trade type
05/10/2023 Naomi Climer CBE 5,000 @ 183.96p £9,198.00 Buy
31/01/2023 Aki Mandhar 3,754 @ 259.00p £9,722.86 Buy
21/10/2022 Aki Mandhar 2,627 @ 265.00p £6,961.55 Buy
21/10/2022 Aki Mandhar 2,627 @ 265.00p £6,961.55 Buy
03/02/2022 Paul Reynolds 5,000 @ 355.00p £17,750.00 Buy
27/01/2022 Paul Reynolds 10,000 @ 354.00p £35,400.00 Buy
26/01/2022 Paul Reynolds 10,000 @ 347.00p £34,700.00 Buy
14/05/2021 Simon Pitts 5,913 @ 336.50p £19,897.25 Buy
14/05/2021 Simon Pitts 5,962 @ 336.00p £20,032.32 Sell
13/07/2020 Simon Pitts 9,147 @ 219.00p £20,031.93 Buy
13/07/2020 Simon Pitts 9,147 @ 219.00p £20,031.93 Sell
13/07/2020 Simon Pitts 9,069 @ 219.30p £19,888.32 Buy
13/07/2020 Simon Pitts 9,074 @ 219.00p £19,872.06 Sell
07/07/2020 David Bergg 2,078 @ 230.00p £4,779.40 Buy
07/07/2020 Ian Steele 1,600 @ 230.00p £3,680.00 Buy
07/07/2020 Anne Marie Cannon 1,842 @ 230.00p £4,236.60 Buy
07/07/2020 Simon Miller 2,500 @ 230.00p £5,750.00 Buy
07/07/2020 Lindsay Dixon 8,695 @ 230.00p £19,998.50 Buy
07/07/2020 Simon Pitts 32,609 @ 230.00p £75,000.70 Buy
07/07/2020 Margaret Ford 5,191 @ 230.00p £11,939.30 Buy
16/06/2020 Simon Pitts 70,066 @ 249.00p £174,464.34 Sell
16/06/2020 Simon Pitts 145,972 @ 0.00 0.00 Transfer From
16/04/2019 David Bergg 10,390 @ 383.06p £39,799.93 Buy
13/03/2019 George Watt 40,000 @ 379.50p £151,800.00 Sell
11/10/2018 George Watt 40,000 @ 369.00p £147,600.00 Sell
12/07/2018 George Watt 227 @ 0.00 0.00 Transfer From
06/07/2018 George Watt 53,470 @ 428.00p £228,851.60 Sell
06/07/2018 George Watt 7,094 @ 428.00p £30,362.32 Sell
06/07/2018 George Watt 53,470 @ 0.00 0.00 Exercise of Option
06/07/2018 George Watt 7,094 @ 0.00 0.00 Transfer From
20/04/2018 George Watt 6,038 @ 325.00p £19,623.50 Buy
20/04/2018 George Watt 6,000 @ 315.00p £18,900.00 Sell
20/04/2018 George Watt 2,664 @ 315.00p £8,391.60 Buy
20/04/2018 George Watt 2,702 @ 315.00p £8,511.30 Sell
21/03/2018 George Watt 5,500 @ 0.00 0.00 Transfer To
26/01/2018 Simon Pitts 9,589 @ 0.00 0.00 Transfer From
01/11/2017 George Watt 5,325 @ 338.00p £17,998.50 Exercise of Option
01/11/2017 Rob Woodward 2,662 @ 338.00p £8,997.56 Exercise of Option
26/04/2017 Simon Miller 5,000 @ 375.38p £18,769.00 Buy
27/03/2017 Rob Woodward 22,960 @ 375.00p £86,100.00 Sell
27/03/2017 George Watt 27,536 @ 0.00 0.00 Transfer From
27/03/2017 Rob Woodward 48,850 @ 0.00 0.00 Transfer From
10/03/2016 Ian Steele 8,000 @ 449.00p £35,920.00 Buy
08/03/2016 Anne Marie Cannon 9,042 @ 440.00p £39,784.80 Buy
01/03/2016 Christian Woolfenden 9,092 @ 439.93p £39,998.44 Buy
21/05/2015 Rob Woodward 0 @ 0.00 0.00 Notification of Holding
01/04/2015 Rob Woodward 0 @ 0.00 0.00 Notification of Holding
31/03/2015 Rob Woodward 100,000 @ 383.00p £383,000.00 Sell
09/04/2014 George Watt 4,224 @ 366.00p £15,459.84 Sell
09/04/2014 George Watt 33,051 @ 0.00 0.00 Transfer From
09/04/2014 Rob Woodward 7,530 @ 366.00p £27,559.80 Sell
09/04/2014 Rob Woodward 58,634 @ 0.00 0.00 Transfer From
24/03/2014 Margaret Ford 2,700 @ 367.00p £9,909.00 Buy
22/10/2013 Margaret Ford 7,470 @ 316.90p £23,672.43 Buy
18/09/2013 Genevieve Shore 5,564 @ 264.75p £14,730.69 Buy
02/09/2013 Margaret Ford 11,338 @ 219.00p £24,830.22 Buy
25/06/2013 Margaret Ford 4,450 @ 138.00p £6,141.00 Buy
08/04/2013 George Watt 6,458 @ 132.50p £8,556.85 Sell
08/04/2013 Rob Woodward 8,490 @ 0.14p £11.89 Buy
08/04/2013 Rob Woodward 11,285 @ 132.50p £14,952.63 Sell
04/04/2013 Rob Woodward 0 @ 0.00 0.00 Notification of Holding
04/04/2013 George Watt 74,204 @ 132.25p £98,134.79 Sell
04/04/2013 George Watt 48,630 @ 0.00 0.00 Transfer From
04/04/2013 George Watt 64,778 @ 0.00 0.00 Transfer From
28/03/2013 Rob Woodward 0 @ 0.00 0.00 Notification of Holding
21/02/2013 Genevieve Shore 10,499 @ 140.30p £14,730.10 Buy
28/08/2012 David J B Shearer 25,000 @ 86.55p £21,637.50 Buy
05/04/2012 Rob Woodward 0 @ 0.00 0.00 Notification of Holding
02/04/2012 George Watt 50,653 @ 124.00p £62,809.72 Sell
02/04/2012 George Watt 40,018 @ 0.00 0.00 Transfer From
02/04/2012 George Watt 64,778 @ 0.00 0.00 Transfer From
02/04/2012 Rob Woodward 89,903 @ 124.00p £111,479.72 Sell
02/04/2012 Rob Woodward 71,107 @ 0.00 0.00 Transfer From
02/04/2012 Rob Woodward 114,919 @ 0.00 0.00 Transfer From
05/03/2012 David J B Shearer 25,000 @ 111.50p £27,875.00 Buy
25/08/2011 George Watt 7,566 @ 110.50p £8,360.43 Sell
25/08/2011 George Watt 14,420 @ 0.00 0.00 Transfer From
25/08/2011 Rob Woodward 25,582 @ 0.00 0.00 Transfer From
31/12/2010 Matthew Roy Peacock 0 @ 0.00 0.00 Notification of Holding
31/12/2010 Vasa Babic 0 @ 0.00 0.00 Notification of Holding
03/06/2011 George Watt 30,488 @ 137.00p £41,768.56 Sell
03/05/2011 George Watt 64,788 @ 0.00 0.00 Transfer From
27/04/2011 David J B Shearer 10,000 @ 148.00p £14,800.00 Buy
30/11/1899 Matthew Roy Peacock 0 @ 0.00 0.00 Notification of Holding
31/12/2009 Vasa Babic 0 @ 0.00 0.00 Notification of Holding
31/12/2009 Vasa Babic 0 @ 0.00 0.00 Notification of Holding
31/12/2009 Richard Findlay 0 @ 0.00 0.00 Notification of Holding
31/12/2009 Jamie Matheson 0 @ 0.00 0.00 Notification of Holding
31/12/2010 Matthew Roy Peacock 0 @ 0.00 0.00 Notification of Holding
07/06/2010 George Watt 1,812 @ 0.00 0.00 Transfer From
01/03/2010 George Watt 82,903 @ 0.00 0.00 Transfer From
01/03/2010 Rob Woodward 147,097 @ 0.00 0.00 Transfer From
25/02/2010 David J B Shearer 27,500 @ 50.99p £14,022.25 Buy
22/12/2008 Rob Woodward 5,000 @ 89.00p £4,450.00 Buy
10/12/2008 Rob Woodward 5,000 @ 110.50p £5,525.00 Buy
05/09/2008 George Watt 100,000 @ 10.50p £10,500.00 Buy
05/09/2008 Rob Woodward 175,000 @ 10.50p £18,375.00 Buy
02/09/2008 Jamie Matheson 250,000 @ 9.30p £23,250.00 Buy
03/07/2008 George Watt 31,746 @ 0.00 0.00 Transfer From
28/03/2008 George Watt 568 @ 0.00 0.00 Transfer From

Director shareholdings

Name Holding Percent
Simon Pitts 164,689 0.00%
Paul Reynolds 25,000 0.00%
David Bergg 12,489 0.00%
Anne Marie Cannon 11,167 0.00%
Ian Steele 9,698 0.00%
Lindsay Dixon 8,785 0.00%
Simon Miller 7,577 0.00%
Aki Mandhar 6,381 0.00%
Naomi Climer CBE 5,000 0.00%

Major shareholders

Institution name Holding Percent
Slater Investments Ltd 9,272,691 19.85%
Aberforth Partners LLP 4,398,857 9.42%
M&G Plc 3,308,737 7.08%
AXA Framlington Investment Managers 3,239,311 6.93%
Granada Media 2,650,961 6.91%
Columbia Threadneedle Asset Mgt 2,507,954 5.37%
Lombard Odier Asset Management (Europe) Limited 2,366,197 5.06%
UBS Global Asset Management (UK) Limited 2,339,842 5.97%
Majedie Asset Management Limited 2,256,061 4.88%
Schroder Investment Management 2,087,121 4.47%
Canaccord Genuity Group Inc 2,000,000 4.28%
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group 1,998,612 4.28%
Artermis Investment Management Ltd 1,975,124 4.99%
Crystal Amber Fund Limited 1,955,269 4.99%
Gartmore Investment Ltd 1,940,948 5.06%
Chelverton Asset Management 1,900,000 4.07%
D C Thomson & Company Limited 1,839,946 5.01%
Odey Asset Mgt 1,772,000 4.48%
Octopus Investments Nominees Limited 1,498,011 0.00%
Murray International Holdings Ltd 1,465,383 3.82%
Cavendish Asset Management 1,429,100 3.05%
Tellworth Investments 1,407,115 3.01%