Monday, July 5, 2010

LONDON-Director Dealings Round up:Datatec boss buys ahead of dividend


Date: Monday 05 Jul 2010
Jens Montanana, the chief executive of South Africa-based IT services provider Datatec Ltd, has been buying shares ahead of them going ex-dividend today (5 July).

The capital distribution has been set by AIM-quoted and JSE-listed Datatec at 12 cents a share, which is equivalent to around 8p a share – although the final figure in pence will not be set until the closing exchange rate on 7 July.

Montanana bought 20,000 shares at 238.62p each on 1 July, following on from 30,000 shares acquired at 253.92p a share on 30 June. These two purchases, the most recent of which was announced today, cost nearly £124,000. Montanana will receive a dividend of around £4,000 on these shares.

Montanana owns 12,945,935 shares, roughly 7% of Datatec, so the total dividend will come to around £1m.

Datatec had net cash of $186m at the end of March 2010, which is equivalent to more than one-quarter of Datatec’s market value at 240.75p a share.

Revenues dipped from $4.19bn to $3.74bn in the year to March 2010, while underlying earnings per share fell from 33.1 cents to 30.3 cents. This masks a strong recovery in the second half.
Top Director Buys 

The Conygar Investment Company (CIC)
Director name: Mr Robert T E Ware
Amount purchased: 210,000 @ 105.00p
Value: £220,500

Datatec Ltd. (DI) (DTC)
Director name: Mr Jens P Montanana
Amount purchased: 20,000 @ 238.62p
Value: £47,724

Clarity Commerce Solutions (CCS)
Director name: Mr Colin Wells
Amount purchased: 65,500 @ 38.19p
Value: £25,014

Clarity Commerce Solutions (CCS)
Director name: Mr David J Bennett
Amount purchased: 42,000 @ 38.00p
Value: £15,960

Mouchel Group (MCHL)
Director name: Mr Ian Knight
Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 135.00p
Value: £13,500

easyJet (EZJ)
Director name: Mr Sir Michael Rake
Amount purchased: 3,100 @ 396.10p
Value: £12,279

Gleeson (M J) Group (GLE)
Director name: Mr Jolyon Harrison
Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 109.00p
Value: £10,900

Top Director Sells 

Aveva Group (AVV)
Director name: Mr Richard Longdon
Amount sold: 5,697 @ 1,145.00p
Value: £65,231

Aveva Group (AVV)
Director name: Mr Richard Longdon
Amount sold: 4,185 @ 1,145.00p
Value: £47,918

Aveva Group (AVV)
Director name: Mr Richard Longdon
Amount sold: 3,831 @ 1,145.00p
Value: £43,865

Aveva Group (AVV)
Director name: Mr Paul R Taylor
Amount sold: 3,676 @ 1,145.00p
Value: £42,090

Aveva Group (AVV)
Director name: Mr Paul R Taylor
Amount sold: 2,700 @ 1,145.00p
Value: £30,915

Aveva Group (AVV)
Director name: Mr Paul R Taylor
Amount sold: 2,472 @ 1,145.00p
Value: £28,304 

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