LONDON (ShareCast) - (Sharecast News) - Whitbread revealed on Wednesday that newly appointed non-executive director Horst Baier had purchased 1,600 ordinary shares in the FTSE 100-listed Premier Inn owner.
Baier, who joined Whitbread on 1 November, acquired the shares on Monday at an average price of 4,523.55p each, for a total value of £72,376.80.

On 22 October, Whitbread reported a drop in interim profit and flat revenue after Brexit uncertainty impacted regional hotel demand.

The hospitality giant booked a profit before tax of £220m for the six months ended 30 August, 7.1% behind the same period last year, as revenue remained flat at £1.08bn. The company maintained the dividend at 32.7p.

As of 1650 GMT, Whitbread shares were up 2.04% at 4,628p.

Top Director Buys

Whitbread (WTB)
Director name: Baier ,Horst
Amount purchased: 1,600 @ 4,523.55p
Value: £72,376.80

D4t4 Solutions (D4T4)
Director name: Whiting,Peter
Amount purchased: 22,000 @ 192.50p
Value: £42,350.00

St. Modwen Properties (SMP)
Director name: Whitney,Sarah
Amount purchased: 9,000 @ 464.00p
Value: £41,760.00

Future (FUTR)
Director name: Byng-Maddick,Zillah
Amount purchased: 1,250 @ 1,518.95p
Value: £18,986.87

Xpediator (XPD)
Director name: Pauwels,Wim
Amount purchased: 40,000 @ 38.00p
Value: £15,200.00

U And I Group (UAI)
Director name: Upton,Richard
Amount purchased: 10,173 @ 145.00p
Value: £14,750.85

Enquest (ENQ)
Director name: Bseisu,Amjad
Amount purchased: 69,818 @ 18.60p
Value: £12,986.15

Grafenia (GRA)
Director name: Gunning,Peter R
Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 10.25p
Value: £10,250.00

Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO)
Director name: Wilson,Bill
Amount purchased: 8,726 @ 113.00p
Value: £9,860.38

Xtract Resources (XTR)
Director name: Bird,Colin
Amount purchased: 500,000 @ 1.09p
Value: £5,470.00

Oxford Biomedica (OXB)
Director name: Tallarigo ,Lorenzo
Amount purchased: 470 @ 569.00p
Value: £2,674.30

Tesco (TSCO)
Director name: Lewis,Dave
Amount purchased: 48 @ 232.60p
Value: £111.65

Tesco (TSCO)
Director name: Stewart,Alan
Amount purchased: 46 @ 232.60p
Value: £107.00



Top Director Sells

Future (FUTR)
Director name: Byng-Maddick,Zillah
Amount sold: 1,045,344 @ 1,400.00p
Value: £14,634,816.00

Future (FUTR)
Director name: Ladkin-Brand,Penny
Amount sold: 550,000 @ 1,400.00p
Value: £7,700,000.00

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd (singapore Reg) (JAR)
Director name: Weatherall,E P K
Amount sold: 13,000 @ $58.01
Value: $754,122.99

Volex (VLX)
Director name: Morris,Daren
Amount sold: 35,809 @ 121.54p
Value: £43,523.83

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