Coollins Stewart director beats CGT change

Collins Stewart executive director Paul Baines is the latest director to sell shares in order to take advantage of the current capital gains tax regime prior to the expected rise in the tax rate.

Baines became a director of the broker when it acquired corporate finance adviser Hawkpoint at the end of 2006. He received his shares at that time and does not appear to have sold any before now.

In four separate sales he sold 937,651 shares, which leaves him with 1,482,988 shares in Collins Stewart. This raised just over £725,000.

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Baines says that he will reinvest some of the cash in Collins Stewart shares at a future point in time.

Collins Stewart has revealed that the year has started satisfactorily with total revenues in the first four months of 2010 up 12% on last year despite the declining dollar.

The group said revenue in 2010 so far is £63.6m. Revenue outside the US is up 19%.

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Collins Stewart (CLST) Director name: Mr Paul BainesAmount sold: 372,621 @ 79.05p Value: £294,557

Collins Stewart (CLST) Director name: Mr Paul BainesAmount sold: 237,651 @ 73.08p Value: £173,675

Collins Stewart (CLST) Director name: Mr Paul BainesAmount sold: 175,000 @ 78.75p Value: £137,812

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Discovery Metals (CDI) (DME) Director name: Mr Gordon GaltAmount sold: 96,923 @ 64.96p Value: £62,961

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