LONDON (ShareCast) - The wife of DS Smith frontman Miles Roberts sold a substantial sum of shares in the packaging and office supplies firm on the same day it was revealed the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) received a big pay increase last year.

The move came on Tuesday, the same day DS Smith released its annual report in which it said the CEO had earned a total of £1.6m for the fiscal year ended April 30th, up from £1.3m the year before.

This included an annual salary of £0.61m and bonuses totalling £0.76m, in addition to pension payments and other benefits.

Gillian Roberts exercised nil-cost options over nearly 2.6m shares and subsequently sold around 2.22m of them at a price of 250.53p each, making a total of nearly £5.6m.

The couple’s total holding following the transaction was left at just under 0.6m shares, equal to a 0.064% stake.

The stock has risen by over 20% so far in 2013.


Top Director Buys

Banco Santander SA (BNC)
Director name: Mr Emilio Botin
Amount purchased: 13,430 @ 420.84p
Value: £56,519

Banco Santander SA (BNC)
Director name: Mr Emilio Botin
Amount purchased: 11,084 @ 418.86p
Value: £46,426

Croda International (CRDA)
Director name: Mr Martin Flower
Amount purchased: 2,000 @ 2,424.99p
Value: £48,500

VP (VP.)
Director name: Mr Neil A Stothard
Amount purchased: 8,500 @ 407.00p
Value: £34,595

VP (VP.)
Director name: Ms Allison Bainbridge
Amount purchased: 5,500 @ 408.00p
Value: £22,440

Banco Santander SA (BNC)
Director name: Mr Emilio Botin
Amount purchased: 4,000 @ 418.77p
Value: £16,751

Scientific Digital Imaging (SDI)
Director name: Mr Kenneth Ford
Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 16.50p
Value: £16,500

Faroe Petroleum (FPM)
Director name: Mr Roger Witts
Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 111.50p
Value: £11,150


Top Director Sells

Smith (DS) (SMDS)
Director name: Mr Miles Roberts
Amount sold: 2,218,519 @ 250.53p
Value: £5,558,056

e-Therapeutics (ETX)
Director name: Mr Malcolm Young
Amount sold: 1,230,177 @ 35.50p
Value: £436,713

SThree (STHR)
Director name: Mr Steve Quinn
Amount sold: 101,633 @ 335.09p
Value: £340,562

e-Therapeutics (ETX)
Director name: Mr Malcolm Young
Amount sold: 125,059 @ 27.00p
Value: £33,766

e-Therapeutics (ETX)
Director name: Mr Malcolm Young
Amount sold: 50,000 @ 27.00p
Value: £13,500

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