Director dealings: Adept Telecom director ups his stake
Christopher Kingsman, non-executive director of Adept Telecom, dropped almost £400,000 to purchase just shy of 130,000 ordinary shares in the IT managed services provider on Thursday.
Adept Technology Group
200.50p
16:55 06/04/23
Fixed Line Telecommunications
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FTSE AIM All-Share
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Kingsman, who was appointed to Adept's board in November 2017, picked up a total of 129,537 ordinary shares in the AIM-quoted group at a price of 305.12p per share, for a total of £395,249.77.
Following the purchase, Kingsman held a total beneficial interest in 4,149,357 ordinary shares in Adept via his interest in Greenwood Investments, representing an approximate 17.5% stake in the current issued share capital of the Tunbridge Wells-based firm.
In its interim report card for the six months ended 30 September 2017, Adept saw total revenue increase 36% to £22.6m and EBITDA margins fall back to 21.0% from the 21.4% posted a year earlier, however, pre-tax profits still managed to move in line with revenues, jumping ahead 36% to £2.1m.
As of 1620 GMT, shares had picked up 1.66% to 307.00p.
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Adept Telecom (ADT)
Director name: Kingsman ,Christopher
Amount purchased: 129,537 @ 305.12p
Value: £395,249.77
Dunelm Group (DNLM)
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Value: £248,133.19
Zpg Plc (ZPG)
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Barratt Developments (BDEV)
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Mccarthy & Stone (MCS)
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Amount purchased: 30,000 @ 135.20p
Value: £40,560.00
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Value: £39,799.28
Collagen Solutions (COS)
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Amount purchased: 500,000 @ 3.30p
Value: £16,500.00
Dunelm Group (DNLM)
Director name: Reeve ,William
Amount purchased: 2,500 @ 564.50p
Value: £14,112.50
Mccarthy & Stone (MCS)
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Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 135.20p
Value: £13,520.00
Mccarthy & Stone (MCS)
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Amount purchased: 7,341 @ 135.20p
Value: £9,925.03
Collagen Solutions (COS)
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Aberdeen Asian Income Fund Ltd. (AAIF)
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Amount purchased: 323 @ 214.00p
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Johnson Matthey (JMAT)
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Value: £384.06
Johnson Matthey (JMAT)
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Amount purchased: 12 @ 3,200.49p
Value: £384.06
Johnson Matthey (JMAT)
Director name: Walker,John
Amount purchased: 12 @ 3,200.49p
Value: £384.06
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Value: £288.04
Paypoint (PAY)
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Value: £124.50
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Amount purchased: 15 @ 830.00p
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Value: £387,081.14
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