Glencore boss buys ahead of close period
A round-up of the biggest director buys today so far.
Glencore's chief executive Ivan Glasenberg continues building his stake in the commodity trading giant, this time spending £4.5m on shares.
He took 1.01m shares at 446.22p a time.
On Friday, Glencore said that Glasenberg had told the company that he will seek to buy shares up to the value of about $54m ahead of today, when a close period begins, meaning directors cannot buy shares. The purchase announced today was made yesterday.
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He has already bought 4.5m shares this week.
Top Director Buys
Glencore International (GLEN)
Director name: Mr Ivan Glasenberg
Amount purchased: 1,010,000 @ 446.22p
Value: £4,506,822
Breedon Aggregates Ltd. (BREE)
Director name: Ms Sally Ann (Susie) Farnon
Amount purchased: 200,000 @ 18.50p
Value: £37,000
MS International (MSI)
Director name: Mr Michael J Bell
Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 242.50p
Value: £24,250
Silverdell (SID)
Director name: Mr Sean Nutley
Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 10.00p
Value: £10,000
Top Director Sells
Aegis Group (AGS)
Director name: Mr Jerry Buhlmann
Amount sold: 12,897 @ 126.40p
Value: £16,302
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