Director dealings: Aviva non-exec invests, Britvic director covers share award costs

(Sharecast News) - Among the director dealings disclosed to market on Tuesday, Aviva announced that T Neil Morrison, a non-executive director, haad purchased a substantial number of shares in the company.

On 24 June, Morrison acquired 100,000 ordinary shares at a price of 484p each on the London Stock Exchange.

In a separate announcement, Britvic disclosed that executive director Rebecca Napier had vested a number of awards under the company's restricted share plan (RSP).

On 23 June, 24,841 shares vested to Napier as part of her compensation agreement.

To meet her tax and national insurance obligations, Napier sold 11,717 of the shares the following day at a price of 1,176.2p apiece.

Post-transaction, Napier retained 13,124 shares in Britvic.

At 1537 BST, shares in Aviva were down 0.87% at 480.1p, while those in Britvic were off 1.11% at 1,159p.

Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com.

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