Director dealings: Franchise Brands co-founder snaps up shares.


Franchise Brands revealed on Thursday that executive chairman Stephen Hemsley had acquired 72,500 ordinary shares in the AIM-listed franchise operator.

Source: Sharecast

Hemsley, who co-founded Franchise Brands in 2008, purchased the shares on Wednesday at an average price of 116.14p each, for a total value of £84,199.98.

Following the transaction, Hemsley holds a beneficial interest in 22.97m ordinary Franchise Brands shares, representing 11.85% of the company's issued share capital.

As of 1525 GMT, Franchise Brands shares were down 0.84% at 117.50p.

Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com

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Franchise Brands (FRAN)
Director name: Hemsley,Stephen
Amount purchased: 72,500 @ 116.14p
Value: £84,199.98

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Director name: Murray,Steve
Amount purchased: 17,327 @ 292.83p
Value: £50,737.96

Everplay Group (EVPL)
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Amount purchased: 21,526 @ 234.00p
Value: £50,370.84

Savills (SVS)
Director name: Orders,Richard
Amount purchased: 5,000 @ 830.50p
Value: £41,525.00

Sigmaroc (SRC)
Director name: Beek,Jan Van
Amount purchased: 22,000 @ 122.00p
Value: £26,840.00

M. P. Evans Group (MPE)
Director name: Ashton,Tanya
Amount purchased: 669 @ 1,492.92p
Value: £9,987.63

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Director name: Hallbauer,Russell
Amount sold: 100,000 @ $8.56
Value: $506,419.00

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Director name: Howard,Tom
Amount sold: 14,890 @ 295.11p
Value: £43,942.04

Frontier Developments (FDEV)
Director name: Braben ,David John
Amount sold: 9,000 @ 346.00p
Value: £31,140.00

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Amount sold: 6,971 @ 297.61p
Value: £20,746.40

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Value: £2,436.93

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Amount sold: 19,680 @ 6.40p
Value: £1,259.52

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