Director dealings: Sky CEO ups stake
Sky's chief executive Jeremy Darroch purchased 32,671 ordinary shares in the London-listed TV giant on Wednesday.
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Darroch, who joined Sky as its CFO back in 2004, acquired the shares at an average price of 1,545p each, for a total value of £504,766.94.
Sky reported a 5% improvement in like-for-like revenue in its results for the 12 months ended 30 June on Thursday, to £13.6bn.
The FTSE 100 subscription broadcaster and telecoms retailer reported an 11% increase in ‘established business’ EBITDA to £2.5bn and a 9% increase in EBITDA itself.
Operating costs were down 70 basis points as a percentage of revenue, while Sky’s earnings per share rose 10% to 67.3p.
On a statutory basis, operating profit rose 7% to £1.03bn, and earnings per share were 17% higher at 47.5p.
As of 1610 BST, Sky shares had dipped 0.10% to 1,543.50p.
Top Director Buys
Sky (SKY)
Director name: Darroch,Jeremy
Amount purchased: 32,671 @ 1,545.00p
Value: £504,766.94
Sky (SKY)
Director name: Griffith,Andrew Neal
Amount purchased: 15,427 @ 1,545.00p
Value: £238,347.15
Intermediate Capital Group (ICP)
Director name: Schioldager,Amy
Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 1,033.59p
Value: £103,359.00
Vpc Specialty Lending Investments (VSL)
Director name: Levy,Richard
Amount purchased: 67,375 @ 83.00p
Value: £55,921.25
Georgia Capital (CGEO)
Director name: Giluari,Irakli
Amount purchased: 4,232 @ 1,019.73p
Value: £43,155.12
South32 Limited (di) (S32)
Director name: Liu,Xiaoling
Amount purchased: 10,000 @ $3.45
Value: $20,219.19
South32 Limited (di) (S32)
Director name: Cooper,Frank
Amount purchased: 5,144 @ $3.42
Value: $10,310.31
Witan Inv Trust (WTAN)
Director name: Rogoff,Ben
Amount purchased: 72 @ 1,129.17p
Value: £813.00
Direct Line Insurance Group (DLG)
Director name: Tomlinson,Humphrey
Amount purchased: 45 @ 337.00p
Value: £151.65
Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA)
Director name: Paris,Rod
Amount purchased: 46 @ 328.50p
Value: £151.11
Arrow Global Group (ARW)
Director name: French,Tracy
Amount purchased: 58 @ 258.00p
Value: £149.64
Arrow Global Group (ARW)
Director name: Rochford,Lee
Amount purchased: 58 @ 258.00p
Value: £149.64
Arrow Global Group (ARW)
Director name: Hamilton,Stewart
Amount purchased: 58 @ 258.00p
Value: £149.64
Arrow Global Group (ARW)
Director name: Sutherland,Dave
Amount purchased: 58 @ 258.00p
Value: £149.64
Arrow Global Group (ARW)
Director name: Cooper,Paul
Amount purchased: 58 @ 258.00p
Value: £149.64
Direct Line Insurance Group (DLG)
Director name: Maddock,Steven
Amount purchased: 44 @ 337.00p
Value: £148.28
Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA)
Director name: Skeoch,Keith
Amount purchased: 38 @ 328.50p
Value: £124.83
Top Director Sells
South32 Limited (di) (S32)
Director name: Kerr ,Graham
Amount sold: 633,872 @ $3.39
Value: $1,715,220.20
South32 Limited (di) (S32)
Director name: Harris,Brendan
Amount sold: 403,802 @ $3.39
Value: $1,092,664.36
Wey Education (WEY)
Director name: Erica Christine Pienaar ,Dame
Amount sold: 300,000 @ 16.00p
Value: £48,000.00