Director dealings: K3 director keeps building up stake

K3 Business Technology revealed on Thursday that non-executive director Per Johan Claesson had acquired roughly 4.72m more ordinary shares in the AIM-listed software and computer services outfit.

Claesson, who is also the chairman and chief executive of Stockholm-based outfit CA Fastigheter AB, purchased the shares on Monday at an average price of 220p each, for a total value of £10.38m, from a family relation and from Carlton Telecom, a business concern owned by that same relation, the company said in a statement.

Following the transaction, Claesson now holds an interest in 9.81m ordinary K3 shares, representing 22.84% of the group's total voting rights.

As of 1620 BST, K3 shares had dipped 0.91% to 218p.

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