Tuesday, July 27, 2010

LONDON Director Dealings Round up : Land Secs FD increases stake


Date: Tuesday 27 Jul 2010
stock photo : Dollar leaning on British Pound

Land Securities finance director Martin Greenslade has been adding to his shareholding.

He bought 11,000 shares at 612.4p each. This £67,000 investment took his stake to 470,029 shares.
Chief executive Francis Salway and London  Portfolio MD Robert Noel have also been buying in recent weeks.

Greenslade became finance director of the UK’s largest REIT in September 2005.

Last week Land Securities said it made progress in its first quarter, but it cautioned that the overall picture remains mixed with demand strong in some property sectors but weak in others.

The company said that there was strong investor demand in some sub-markets, but early evidence of price resistance in others.

Total property sales in the quarter totalled £302.9m at 2.6% above March 2010 valuation and an average yield of 1%. Acquisitions were £174.6m at an average yield of 5.6%, with the O2 Centre, Finchley Road, in London and the Westgate Centre in Oxford accounting for most of that.

In the investment portfolio, voids dipped to 5.7% from 5.9% while units in administration fell to 0.8%.

“There was good progress on lettings, success in selling properties into the areas of strongest investor demand, improvements to debt facilities from further treasury initiatives, progress on its London development pipeline and a start announced for the first large retail development in recent times at Trinity Leeds,” said Salway.

Top Director Buys 

Polo Resources (POL)
Director name: Mr Neil Lindsey Herbert
Amount purchased: 4,000,000 @ 5.95p
Value: £238,000

Polo Resources (POL)
Director name: Mr James (Jim) Mellon
Amount purchased: 2,000,000 @ 5.88p
Value: £117,600

Land Securities Group (LAND)
Director name: Mr Martin F Greenslade
Amount purchased: 11,000 @ 612.40p
Value: £67,364

Polo Resources (POL)
Director name: Mr James (Jim) Mellon
Amount purchased: 1,000,000 @ 5.90p
Value: £59,000

KEFI Minerals (KEFI)
Director name: Mr Ian Rutherford Plimer
Amount purchased: 1,600,000 @ 0.80p
Value: £12,800

Avon Rubber (AVON)
Director name: Ms Stella J Pirie
Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 116.50p
Value: £11,650

Top Director Sells 

Asian Citrus (ACHL)
Director name: Mr Pang Yi
Amount sold: 1,410,000 @ 43.78p
Value: £617,298

Asian Citrus (ACHL)
Director name: Mr Chi Keung Sung
Amount sold: 200,000 @ 43.78p
Value: £87,560 


JD Wetherspoon (JDW)
Director name: Mr Su Cacioppo
Amount sold: 8,000 @ 425.00p
Value: £34,000 

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