Directors Trades: Even in a big crowd you can still stand out

This week’s field of directors saw nearly $45m in shares change hands among 20 directors – but $35m was from just four.

You may remember from last week that two Kogan.com (ASX: KGN) directors sold nearly $30m in stock because shareholders asked them to, for more liquidity.

This week, four Phoslock Environmental Technologies (ASX:PET) directors outdid them for the exact same reason – someone wanted to buy in.

The group was led by chairman Laurence Freedman who sold nearly $26m. Following behind was Robert Schuitama with $4.3m, Zhigang Zhang who sold $3.7m and Ninping Ma who sold $1.2m.

But Freedman said the stake was “a relatively small part of our holdings”. They still own over 20 per cent of the company between them.

Other ways to stand out?

How else do you stand out from a crowd of trades if you can’t go that big? Maybe go in twice in a week as Pointsbet’s (ASX:PBH) Brett Paton did. He bought $1.08m all up.

Liontown Resources’ (ASX:LTR) Timothy Goyder bought $174,090. While the share price of the lithium miner has retreated in recent weeks, it has still enjoyed a stellar 2019.

When Rural Funds Group (ASX:RFF) was accused of fraud, directors bought in to the tune of $1.2m. A month on, the company has been cleared by its auditors and is now suing the short sellers over their claims. And Brett Paton bought in again, to the tune of $497,263.

Ian Gandel bought another $502,795 of Alliance Resources (ASX:AGS) shares. A similarly well known figure, Lev Mizikovsky, bought another $150,088 of Advance NanoTek (ASX:ANO) shares.

Three Regeneus (ASX:RGS) directors, Glen Richards, Leo Lee and Barry Sechos bought $1.75m between them in the company’s rights issue.

While Southern Cross Electrical Engineering’s (ASX:SXE) Karl Paganin bought $200,000, David Hammond sold nearly $1.7m – to pay a tax bill.

Pacific Smiles Group (ASX:PSQ) Benjamin Gisz bought $1.6m, but Alexander Abrahams sold $750,000 held in his wife’s name. This company had an average start to 2019, losing 10 per cent in 6 months, but has gained 26 per cent in the last fortnight.

Code	Company	Director	Change	Date	Volume	$	What
PSQ	Pacific Smiles Group	Benjamin Gisz	Buy	20 August	1,231,987	$1,638,543	On market
PET	Phoslock Environmental Technologies	Laurence Freedman	Sell	26 August	19,258,824	$25,961,510	Off market
PET	Phoslock Environmental Technologies	Robert Schuitema	Sell	26 August	3,200,000	$4,315,804	Off market
PET	Phoslock Environmental Technologies	Zhigang Zhang	Sell	30 August	2,950,732	$3,683,136	Off market
PET	Phoslock Environmental Technologies	Ninping Ma	Sell	31 August	938,576	$1,167,708	Off market
LTR	Liontown Resources	Timothy Goyder	Buy	30 August	2,000,000	$174,090	On market
PSQ	Pacific Smiles Group	Alexander John Abrahams	Sell	30 August	500,000	$750,000	On market
NVA	Novita Healthcare	Jefferson Harcourt	Buy	28 August	10,000,000	$100,000	Rights Issue
RGS	Regeneus	Glen Richards	Buy	3 September	1,875,000	$150,000	Rights Issue
RGS	Regeneus	Leo Lee	Buy	3 September	12,500,000	$1,000,000	Rights Issue
RGS	Regeneus	Barry Sechos	Buy	3 September	7,500,000	$600,000	Rights Issue
NTM	NTM Gold	Eduard Eshuys	Buy	30 August	14,434,200	$469,111	Placement
SXE	Southern Cross Electrical Engineering	David Hammond	Sell	3 September	3,240,496	$1,689,417	On market
SXE	Southern Cross Electrical Engineering	Karl Paganin	Buy	3 September	400,000	$200,000	Off market
PBH	PointsBet	Brett Paton	Buy	6 September	400,000	$1,084,000	On market
AGS	Alliance Resources	Ian Gandel	Buy	3 September	3,591,391	$502,795	On market
GSN	Great Southern Mining	John Terpu	Buy	4 September	39,103,118	$391,031	Rights Issue
ALG	Ardent Leisure Group	David Haslingden	Buy	30 August	192,307	$198,076	On market
ANO	Advance Nanotek	Lev Mizikovsky	Buy	5 September	33,818	$150,088	On market
RFF	Rural Funds Group	Brett Paton	Buy	6 September	252,418	$497,263	On market