Director dealings: Hikma boss buys £600K worth of shares

The chairman and chief executive of Hikma Pharmaceuticals has purchased more than £600,000 worth of shares in the drugmaker.

Said Darwazah bought 30,000 shares for 2,055.00p each, totalling £616,499.98

JP Morgan on Wednesday reiterated its ‘overweight’ rating on the stock and set a target price of 2,300p, saying it believes there is a possible 13.5% upside from the opening price of 2,027p.

Meanwhile, Aviva’s chief executive Mark Wilson sold 268,589 shares for 447.01p at a value of £1.2m. Last Tuesday the company reported a 20% rise in operating profit for 2015 in its annual report.

Wilson received a bonus of £1.78m and his take home pay more than doubled to £5.67m last year after the purchase of Friends Life in April.

Top Director Buys

Hikma Pharmaceuticals (HIK)
Director name: Darwazah,Said
Amount purchased: 30,000 @ 2,055.00p
Value: £616,499.98

Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd. (singapore) (DFI)
Director name: Allan,Graham
Amount purchased: 80,000 @ $5.86
Value: $469,199.98

Eagle Eye Solutions Group (EYE)
Director name: Mason,Timothy J R
Amount purchased: 50,000 @ 195.50p
Value: £97,750.00

Eagle Eye Solutions Group (EYE)
Director name: Mason,Timothy J R
Amount purchased: 25,000 @ 195.50p
Value: £48,875.00

Hydrogen Group (HYDG)
Director name: Adams,Colin R
Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 35.00p
Value: £35,000.00

Hydrodec Group (HYR)
Director name: Carruthers,Alan
Amount purchased: 454,545 @ 2.63p
Value: £11,931.81

Aberdeen Asian Income Fund Ltd. (AAIF)
Director name: Nowak,Krystyna
Amount purchased: 4,423 @ 158.24p
Value: £6,998.73

Alliance Trust (ATST)
Director name: Hylands,John F
Amount purchased: 316 @ 510.00p
Value: £1,611.60

Bankers Petroleum Ltd.(cdi) (BNK)
Director name: French,David
Amount purchased: 3,006 @ $C0.75
Value: $C1,256.97

Alliance Trust (ATST)
Director name: Hylands,John F
Amount purchased: 236 @ 510.00p
Value: £1,203.60

Alliance Trust (ATST)
Director name: Stewart,Gregor
Amount purchased: 37 @ 510.00p
Value: £188.70

Alliance Trust (ATST)
Director name: Samuel,Christopher
Amount purchased: 32 @ 510.00p
Value: £163.20

Novae Group (NVA)
Director name: Fry,Charles
Amount purchased: 17 @ 880.00p
Value: £149.60

Novae Group (NVA)
Director name: Fosh,Matthew K
Amount purchased: 17 @ 880.00p
Value: £149.60

Marshalls (MSLH)
Director name: Clarke,Jack
Amount purchased: 43 @ 347.90p
Value: £149.60

Marshalls (MSLH)
Director name: Coffey,Martyn
Amount purchased: 43 @ 347.90p
Value: £149.60

Britvic (BVIC)
Director name: Litherland,Simon
Amount purchased: 19 @ 710.50p
Value: £135.00

Rps Group (RPS)
Director name: Hearne,Alan
Amount purchased: 60 @ 207.50p
Value: £124.50

Rps Group (RPS)
Director name: Williams,Phil
Amount purchased: 60 @ 207.50p
Value: £124.50

Rps Group (RPS)
Director name: Young,Gary
Amount purchased: 60 @ 207.50p
Value: £124.50

Alliance Trust (ATST)
Director name: Sternberg,Karl
Amount purchased: 19 @ 510.00p
Value: £96.90

Murray Income Trust (MUT)
Director name: John Cameron,Donald Andrew
Amount purchased: 14 @ 655.00p
Value: £91.70

Top Director Sells

Aviva (AV.)
Director name: Wilson,Mark
Amount purchased: 268,589 @ 447.01p
Value: £1,200,619.67

Servelec Group (SERV)
Director name: McDowell,Roger
Amount purchased: 53,611 @ 375.00p
Value: £201,041.25

Metro Bank (MTRO)
Director name: Lockhart,Eugene
Amount purchased: 5,000 @ 1,880.00p
Value: £94,000.00

Metro Bank (MTRO)
Director name: Lockhart,Eugene
Amount purchased: 5,000 @ 1,829.00p
Value: £91,450.00

Hydrodec Group (HYR)
Director name: Carruthers,Alan
Amount purchased: 454,545 @ 2.63p
Value: £11,931.81

Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust (AAS)
Director name: Fukuda,Haruko
Amount purchased: 3 @ 783.25p
Value: £23.50