FCA CEO Manley sold shares for $3.5 million this week to cover personal expense

FILE PHOTO: CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) Mike Manley attends the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., January 14, 2019. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook - Copyright REBECCA COOK(Reuters)

By Reuters

Published on 31/05/2019 - 11:34•Updated 09/12/2019 - 11:07

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MILAN (Reuters) – Fiat Chrysler Chief Executive Mike Manley sold shares in the car maker for $3.46 million (£2.74 million) on May 28, the day after the announcement of a merger proposal to French rival Renault, a regulatory filing showed.

An FCA spokesman said Manley sold the shares to cover a personal expense. A filing by Dutch stock market regulator AFM showed Manley sold 250,000 shares at $13.85 each.

Shares in Fiat Chrysler lost 4.2 percent by 0726 GMT, underperforming a 2.6 percent drop in the European car sector driven by trade tensions. A Milan-based trader Manley’s move was “not a good sign” and compounded the weakness in FCA’s shares.

(Reporting by Toby Sterling, Valentina Za and Giancarlo Navach, editing by Silvia Aloisi)

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FCA CEO Manley sold shares for $3.5 million this week to cover personal expense

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