$200 million sell-down among ASX 300 insider sales and purchases over past week

One of the biggest transactions was worth almost $200 million.

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One of the biggest recent transactions among S&P/ASX 300 Index (ASX: XKO) company directors was worth almost $200 million.

Let's take a look.

ASX 300 insider transactions over the past week

Dicker Data Ltd (ASX: DDR)

Founder and CEO David Dicker sold off approximately 18.3 million shares at $10.90 per share by way of an underwritten block trade on 5 March. The stock was sold "to certain sophisticated, professional and/or institutional investors", according to the disposal notice.

The total consideration was almost $200 million and represented 10.2% of the company's issued capital.

The company issued a statement explaining the sale:

The sale of shares is due to a recent divorce settlement and subsequent restructuring of David Dicker's portfolio.

Dicker has entered into a six-month escrow on his remaining shareholding of 93,785,988 shares. The trade reduced his voting power from 62.35% to 54.77%.

The ASX 300 tech share is up 0.56% to $10.76 in afternoon trading.

Atlas Arteria Group (ASX: ALX)

Atlas Arteria director Ken Daley spent a bit over $24,500 buying 4,600 shares on-market on 7 March. Fellow director Andrew Cook also added 5,000 shares to his holdings in the ASX 300 stock on 5 March. He paid $26,500 for the stock, taking his total holdings to 43,000 Atlas Arteria shares.

The industrials stock is down 0.94% to $5.28 on Tuesday.

Charter Hall Group (ASX: CHC)

Stephen Conry bought up 11,775 shares over two days on 5 and 6 March for a total consideration of $149,896. This increased his holdings in the ASX 300 real estate investment trust (REIT) by almost 75%.

The ASX 300 property share is up 1.25% to $13.01 this afternoon.

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