Director dealings: EKF chair invests, Hilton Food CEO sells option shares

EKF Diagnostics was on the list of director buys on Tuesday, after its chairman was involved in a purchase of almost £0.45m of its shares.

The AIM-traded firm said funds connected to non-executive chair Christopher Mills purchased 1,275,000 of its shares last Thursday, for 35p each, spending a total of £446,249.99.

Following the purchase, EKF said Mills' total direct and indirect interest in the company was 132,150,000 shares, representing 29.04% of its total voting rights.

On the selling side of the ledger was Hilton Food Group, whose chief executive officer exercised and sold a tranche of long-term incentive plan shares.

The FTSE 250 company said Philip Heffer exercised options over the sale of 48,873 shares.

It said he sold them for 1,216p each, netting him a total of £594,295.67.

Top Director Buys

General Electric Co (cdi) (GEC)
Director name: Culp Jr,Lawrence
Amount purchased: 24,629 @ $74.63
Value: $1,838,062.20

General Electric Co (cdi) (GEC)
Director name: Culp Jr,Lawrence
Amount purchased: 21,978 @ $75.26
Value: $1,654,064.33

General Electric Co (cdi) (GEC)
Director name: Culp Jr,Lawrence
Amount purchased: 16,455 @ $73.60
Value: $1,211,087.97

Ekf Diagnostics Holdings (EKF)
Director name: Mills,Christopher H B
Amount purchased: 1,275,000 @ 35.00p
Value: £446,249.99

Petershill Partners (PHLL)
Director name: Kheraj,Naguib
Amount purchased: 125,000 @ 255.50p
Value: £319,375.01

Abcam (ABC)
Director name: Crawford ,Sally W.
Amount purchased: 13,141 @ $15.36
Value: $166,454.11

General Electric Co (cdi) (GEC)
Director name: Culp Jr,Lawrence
Amount purchased: 1,938 @ $72.80
Value: $141,086.41

Symphony International Holdings Ltd. (SIHL)
Director name: Thadani,Anil
Amount purchased: 195,418 @ $0.56
Value: $109,414.54

Dunelm Group (DNLM)
Director name: Harrison ,Andy
Amount purchased: 10,117 @ 981.00p
Value: £99,247.77

Symphony International Holdings Ltd. (SIHL)
Director name: Thadani,Anil
Amount purchased: 150,000 @ $0.55
Value: $82,500.00

Iqgeo Group (IQG)
Director name: Royde ,Max
Amount purchased: 45,990 @ 145.36p
Value: £66,850.33

Symphony International Holdings Ltd. (SIHL)
Director name: Thadani,Anil
Amount purchased: 110,313 @ $0.54
Value: $59,469.74

Hill & Smith Holdings (HILS)
Director name: Simmons,Paul
Amount purchased: 3,500 @ 1,364.00p
Value: £47,740.00

Abcam (ABC)
Director name: Crawford ,Sally W.
Amount purchased: 1,859 @ $15.72
Value: $24,092.50

Up Global Sourcing Holdings (UPGS)
Director name: Dent,Chris
Amount purchased: 12,590 @ 158.85p
Value: £19,999.22

Gyg (GYG)
Director name: King,Richard
Amount purchased: 25,000 @ 46.00p
Value: £11,500.00

Volta Finance Limited (VTA)
Director name: Meader,Paul
Amount purchased: 1,062 @ 6.00
Value: 6,372.00

Volta Finance Limited (VTA)
Director name: Page,Stephen Le
Amount purchased: 903 @ 6.00
Value: 5,418.00

Volta Finance Limited (VTA)
Director name: Kershaw,Dagmar Kent
Amount purchased: 797 @ 6.00
Value: 4,782.00

Volta Finance Limited (VTA)
Director name: Harrison,Graham
Amount purchased: 744 @ 6.00
Value: 4,464.00

Tclarke (CTO)
Director name: Sabanci,Aysegul
Amount purchased: 2,000 @ 148.50p
Value: £2,970.00

Gyg (GYG)
Director name: King,Richard
Amount purchased: 5,000 @ 38.00p
Value: £1,900.00

Top Director Sells

Hilton Food Group (HFG)
Director name: Heffer,Philip
Amount sold: 48,873 @ 1,216.00p
Value: £594,295.67

Meggitt (MGGT)
Director name: Wood,Tony
Amount sold: 14,162 @ 773.20p
Value: £109,500.58

Meggitt (MGGT)
Director name: Burdett,Louisa
Amount sold: 8,972 @ 773.20p
Value: £69,371.50

Mycelx Technologies Corporation (di) (MYX)
Director name: Alper,Haluk (Hal)
Amount sold: 22,500 @ 70.00p
Value: £15,750.00