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Director dealings: Taptica boss ups stake to 9.5m ordinary shares
Hagai Tal, chief executive officer of mobile ad specialist Taptica International, purchased 47,500 ordinary shares in the firm on Wednesday, with a price tag of 300p attached to each and every one of them.
Tal, who following the transaction, was interested in 9,501,259 Taptica shares or 14.1% of the total voting rights of the company, has been the group's top man since December 2013.
The chief executive's pockets were £142,500 lighter as a result of the purchase.
Taptica beat both revenue and profit expectations when it turned in its annual report card last week, driven by a recent expansion into the Asia-Pacific region.
Sales jumped by 68% to $211m in 2017, while EBITDA increased by a third to $34.2m, both slightly higher than broker estimates.
As of 1600 GMT, the shares had lost 0.50% to 299.50p.
Top Director Buys
Polypipe Group (PLP)
Director name: Mr Ron Marsh
Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 350.50p
Value: £350,500
Taptica International (DI) (TAP)
Director name: Mr Hagai Tal
Amount purchased: 47,500 @ 300.00p
Value: £142,500
Polypipe Group (PLP)
Director name: Mr Martin Payne
Amount purchased: 40,000 @ 345.60p
Value: £138,240
IP Group (IPO)
Director name: Mr Alan John Aubrey
Amount purchased: 81,000 @ 121.00p
Value: £98,010
Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA)
Director name: Mr Rod Paris
Amount purchased: 22,673 @ 367.76p
Value: £83,382
Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA)
Director name: Mr Kevin A H Parry
Amount purchased: 14,246 @ 356.64p
Value: £50,807
IP Group (IPO)
Director name: Mr Mike Townend
Amount purchased: 20,000 @ 121.00p
Value: £24,200
IP Group (IPO)
Director name: Mr Michael Humphrey
Amount purchased: 20,000 @ 119.00p
Value: £23,800
JPMorgan American Inv Trust (JAM)
Director name: Dr Kevin Carter
Amount purchased: 6,000 @ 371.29p
Value: £22,277
IP Group (IPO)
Director name: Mr Jonathan Brooks
Amount purchased: 17,210 @ 116.40p
Value: £20,032
Top Director Sells
Prudential (PRU)
Director name: Mr Barry Stowe
Amount sold: 140,826 @ 1,751.34p
Value: £2,466,342
Prudential (PRU)
Director name: Mr Mike Wells
Amount sold: 140,736 @ 1,751.34p
Value: £2,464,766
British American Tobacco (BATS)
Director name: Mr Nicandro Durante
Amount sold: 58,921 @ 4,043.04p
Value: £2,382,200
Prudential (PRU)
Director name: Mr John W. Foley
Amount sold: 81,468 @ 1,747.42p
Value: £1,423,588
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group (JLT)
Director name: Mr Dominic James Burke
Amount sold: 59,895 @ 1,284.00p
Value: £769,052
British American Tobacco (BATS)
Director name: Mr Andrew Gray
Amount sold: 17,189 @ 3,924.50p
Value: £674,582
British American Tobacco (BATS)
Director name: Mr Kingsley Wheaton
Amount sold: 13,619 @ 4,044.50p
Value: £550,820
British American Tobacco (BATS)
Director name: Mr Tadeu Marroco
Amount sold: 11,149 @ 3,988.00p
Value: £444,622
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group (JLT)
Director name: Mr Dominic James Burke
Amount sold: 26,000 @ 1,284.00p
Value: £333,840
Prudential (PRU)
Director name: Mr James Turner
Amount sold: 11,150 @ 1,747.42p
Value: £194,837
Tal, who following the transaction, was interested in 9,501,259 Taptica shares or 14.1% of the total voting rights of the company, has been the group's top man since December 2013.
The chief executive's pockets were £142,500 lighter as a result of the purchase.
Taptica beat both revenue and profit expectations when it turned in its annual report card last week, driven by a recent expansion into the Asia-Pacific region.
Sales jumped by 68% to $211m in 2017, while EBITDA increased by a third to $34.2m, both slightly higher than broker estimates.
As of 1600 GMT, the shares had lost 0.50% to 299.50p.
Top Director Buys
Polypipe Group (PLP)
Director name: Mr Ron Marsh
Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 350.50p
Value: £350,500
Taptica International (DI) (TAP)
Director name: Mr Hagai Tal
Amount purchased: 47,500 @ 300.00p
Value: £142,500
Polypipe Group (PLP)
Director name: Mr Martin Payne
Amount purchased: 40,000 @ 345.60p
Value: £138,240
IP Group (IPO)
Director name: Mr Alan John Aubrey
Amount purchased: 81,000 @ 121.00p
Value: £98,010
Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA)
Director name: Mr Rod Paris
Amount purchased: 22,673 @ 367.76p
Value: £83,382
Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA)
Director name: Mr Kevin A H Parry
Amount purchased: 14,246 @ 356.64p
Value: £50,807
IP Group (IPO)
Director name: Mr Mike Townend
Amount purchased: 20,000 @ 121.00p
Value: £24,200
IP Group (IPO)
Director name: Mr Michael Humphrey
Amount purchased: 20,000 @ 119.00p
Value: £23,800
JPMorgan American Inv Trust (JAM)
Director name: Dr Kevin Carter
Amount purchased: 6,000 @ 371.29p
Value: £22,277
IP Group (IPO)
Director name: Mr Jonathan Brooks
Amount purchased: 17,210 @ 116.40p
Value: £20,032
Top Director Sells
Prudential (PRU)
Director name: Mr Barry Stowe
Amount sold: 140,826 @ 1,751.34p
Value: £2,466,342
Prudential (PRU)
Director name: Mr Mike Wells
Amount sold: 140,736 @ 1,751.34p
Value: £2,464,766
British American Tobacco (BATS)
Director name: Mr Nicandro Durante
Amount sold: 58,921 @ 4,043.04p
Value: £2,382,200
Prudential (PRU)
Director name: Mr John W. Foley
Amount sold: 81,468 @ 1,747.42p
Value: £1,423,588
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group (JLT)
Director name: Mr Dominic James Burke
Amount sold: 59,895 @ 1,284.00p
Value: £769,052
British American Tobacco (BATS)
Director name: Mr Andrew Gray
Amount sold: 17,189 @ 3,924.50p
Value: £674,582
British American Tobacco (BATS)
Director name: Mr Kingsley Wheaton
Amount sold: 13,619 @ 4,044.50p
Value: £550,820
British American Tobacco (BATS)
Director name: Mr Tadeu Marroco
Amount sold: 11,149 @ 3,988.00p
Value: £444,622
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group (JLT)
Director name: Mr Dominic James Burke
Amount sold: 26,000 @ 1,284.00p
Value: £333,840
Prudential (PRU)
Director name: Mr James Turner
Amount sold: 11,150 @ 1,747.42p
Value: £194,837
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