As the value rally gets into swing, the past week has seen a number of company directors take advantage of rising share prices to offload some stock.

There were three deals worth over £1 million, with the biggest involving tenpin bowling operator Ten Entertainment (TEG) and one of its non-executive directors, Christopher Mills.

Mills this week sold 710,000 shares at 206p each, netting a total of around £1.46 million.

The sale comes after a big revival in the company’s share price over the past month after positive data from a number of phase three coronavirus vaccine trials triggered a rally in value stocks, the hope being that the imminent rollout of a vaccine could see the economy reopen again and spark a recovery in earnings, particularly among the hard hit leisure and travel firms.

Ten Entertainment’s shares have risen over 60% this month.

Another director taking advantage of the value rally has been John Charlton, a non-exec at greeting cards firm IG Design (IGR:AIM).

The company’s shares started November at around the 408p mark, but have gained over 30% in November to around 580p, the price at which Charlton offloaded 200,000 shares in a transaction worth over £1.1 million.

In the other deal of the week worth over £1 million, Jeremy Wilson, the outgoing chief financial officer at music and audio products firm Focusrite (TUNE:AIM), sold 105,000 shares at 956p each in a transaction totalling just above the £1 million mark.

Focusrite shares have done this well this year and are up significantly year-to-date with the firm being a lockdown winner, having delivered a number of earnings upgrades.

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Meanwhile on the more quality end of the spectrum, several directors at consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser (RB.) have been buying the company’s shares.

CEO Laxman Narasimhan bought around £500,000 worth at £63.29 each, while non-exec Chris Sinclair snapped up £250,000 worth of shares at £67.19 each.

The company has unsurprising seen strong demand for its cleaning products during the pandemic, but since hitting a peak of £79.60 its shares have fallen back to around the £66 mark.

While Paula Bell, chief financial and operations officer at telecommunications testing company and 5G play Spirent Communications (SPT), bought 50,000 shares at 257p each in a deal worth around £128,000.

For a full list of the week's most significant trades, click here.

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Issue Date: 26 Nov 2020