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2022-10-09 15:30:03 By : Ms. Selina Bie

(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of share dealings by London-listed company directors and managers announced on since September 30 and not separately reported by Alliance News:

Aviva PLC - London-based insurer - Chief Executive Amanda Blanc buys 25,704 at GBP3.89 each, GBP100,090 in total, on September 30. In addition, Douglas Brown, CEO of UK & Ireland Life arm, buys 115,723 shares at GBP3.89 each, GBP449,997 in total. Neither director's stake following purchase was disclosed.

BP PLC - London-based oil major - Non-Executive Director Blanc, the Aviva CEO, buys 23,500 BP shares at GBP4.39 each, GBP103,146 in total. Blanc's stake in BP following the September 30 purchase was not stated.

Ceres Power Holdings PLC - Horsham, West Sussex-based solid oxide fuel cell developer - Non-Executive Director Tudor Brown on Tuesday buys 15,000 shares at GBP3.85 each, GBP57,690 in total. Holding following acquisition amounts to 15,000 shares.

Biffa PLC - High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire-based waste management firm - Chief Operating Officer for Resources & Energy, Michael Davis, sells 170,000 shares at GBP4.12 each at September 29, GBP700,400 in total.

Ferguson PLC - plumbing and heating product supplier - Non-Executive Director Nadia Shouraboura buys 1,000 shares at USD103.31 each, USD103,306 in total. Transaction occurred on September 30. Shouraboura's stake following purchase not stated.

Grafton Group PLC - Dublin-based building materials firm - Non-Executive Chair Michael Roney buys 12,000 shares at 624.70 pence each on September 29. Transaction totals GBP74,964. Roney's stake following purchase was not disclosed.

Currys PLC - electrical goods retailer - Chair Ian Dyson buys 200,000 shares at 61.06p each, GBP122,120 in total. Dyson's stake following the Wednesday share purchase not stated.

Edinburgh Investment Trust PLC - invests primarily in UK securities - Manager James de Uphaugh buys 11,000 shares at 546,41p each, GBP60,418 in total. Stake following purchase is not disclosed.

Distribution Finance Capital Holdings PLC - Manchester-based bank providing personal savings products and working capital to dealers and manufacturers - Independent Non-Executive Director Tom Grathwohl purchases 250,000 shares at GBP0.27 each, GBP67,500 in total, on September 30. Distribution Finance did not disclose Grathwohl's stake after the purchase.

Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC - London-based private and commercial lender - Non-Executive Director Nigel Boardman acquires 9,749 shares at GBP8.10 each, GBP78,967 in total, on Thursday. Boardman now holds 26,062 Arbuthnot shares, a 0.2% interest.

Public Policy Holding Co Inc - Washington, DC-based US government affairs business - Deputy Chief Financial Officer Roel Smits on Thursday acquires 100,000 shares at 146p each, GBP146,000 in total. The shares represent the deputy CFO's sole holding in the company, about a 0.1% stake.

Caledonia Investments PLC - FTSE 250-listed investment trust - Non-Executive Director Margaret Farlow buys 2,000 at GBP31.23 each, GBP62,465 in total. Farlow's stake following the purchase was not disclosed. The dealing occurred on September 29.

Round Hill Music Royalty Fund Ltd - Guernsey-based investor in music copyright assets - Joshua Gruss, chief executive of investment manager Round Hill Music LP, buys 116,000 shares across two transactions, totalling USD99,600. In first purchase, Gruss buys 100,000 shares at USD0.86 each. In second, Gruss purchases 16,000 at USD0.85.

Mortgage Advice Bureau PLC - provider of mortgage advice - Deputy Chief Executive Officer Ben Thompson acquires 16,764 shares at 595p, GBP99,746 in total, on Wednesday. Thompson's holding following purchase totals 83,727, a 0.2% stake.

CLS Holdings PLC - London-based commercial property investor - Chief Executive Officer Fredrik Widlund buys 43,969 shares at 146.6p each, GBP64,459 in total. Purchase occurs on Monday. Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director Bengt Mortstedt on Wednesday purchases 200,000 shares at 147.6p each. GBP295,200 in total. Neither director's stake following purchases were stated.

Saga PLC - provider of insurance, cruises and package holidays to people over 50 - Non-Executive Director Peter Bazalgette buys 212,249 shares at GBP0.94 each, GBP200,002 in total. Purchase is made on Tuesday. Bazalgette's stake following buy not stated.

City Pub Group PLC - London-based pub operator - Executive Chair Clive Watson on Friday buys 125,000 shares at 63.0p each, GBP78,750 in total. Watson now beneficially interested 3.7 million shares, about a 3.5% stake.

DP Eurasia NV - Amsterdam-based master franchisee of Domino's Pizza brand in Turkey, Russia, Azerbaijan and Georgia - Jubilant Foodworks Netherlands BV, associated with Non-Executive Directors Shyam Bhartia and Hari Bhartia, acquires 6.2 million DP Eurasia shares, GBP2.8 million in total. Transaction occurred on Monday. Jubilant now owns 71.4 million DP Eurasia shares, a 47% stake.

By Eric Cunha; ericcunha@alliancenews.com

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