Director dealings: Arbuthnot Banking chairman raises stake

Angest, who was appointed director of Arbuthnot in 1994, purchased the shares at an average price of 990.0p each, for a total value of £989,999.96.

Following the transaction, Angest holds 9.27m ordinary Arbuthnot shares, representing approximately 57.31% of the company's issued share capital.

As of 1630 GMT, Arbuthnot shares were up 3.32% at 1,028.0p.

Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com

Top Director Buys

Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB)
Director name: Angest,Henry
Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 990.00p
Value: £989,999.96

Luceco (LUCE)
Director name: Vervaat,Petrus R M
Amount purchased: 50,000 @ 150.00p
Value: £75,000.00

Molten Ventures (GROW)
Director name: Hollingworth,Laurence
Amount purchased: 23,000 @ 218.44p
Value: £50,241.98

Maven Income & Growth 3 Vct (MIG3)
Director name: Nixon,William Robert (Bill)
Amount purchased: 95,274 @ 52.48p
Value: £49,999.80

Pz Cussons (PZC)
Director name: Tyler,David A
Amount purchased: 46,505 @ 106.98p
Value: £49,750.12

International Personal Finance (IPF)
Director name: Sinclair,Stuart
Amount purchased: 21,553 @ 120.00p
Value: £25,863.60

International Personal Finance (IPF)
Director name: Sinclair,Stuart
Amount purchased: 21,553 @ 120.00p
Value: £25,863.60

Jpmorgan European Growth & Income (JEGI)
Director name: Robson,Andrew
Amount purchased: 25,000 @ 99.10p
Value: £24,775.00

Maven Income And Growth Vct 5 (MIG5)
Director name: Stewart ,Jane
Amount purchased: 61,481 @ 32.53p
Value: £19,999.77

Maven Income & Growth Vct (MIG1)
Director name: Harrington,Andrew
Amount purchased: 50,517 @ 39.59p
Value: £19,999.68

Maven Income & Growth Vct (MIG1)
Director name: MacMillan,Arthur G
Amount purchased: 37,888 @ 39.59p
Value: £14,999.86

Gresham House Energy Storage Fund (GRID)
Director name: Liu ,Isabel
Amount purchased: 29,999 @ 50.00p
Value: £14,999.50

Maven Income & Growth 3 Vct (MIG3)
Director name: Allan,David
Amount purchased: 19,054 @ 52.48p
Value: £9,999.54

Getech Group (GTC)
Director name: Darbyshire,Andrew Liam
Amount purchased: 90,000 @ 8.69p
Value: £7,821.00

Maven Income & Growth 4 Vct (MAV4)
Director name: Gray ,Fraser
Amount purchased: 8,103 @ 61.71p
Value: £5,000.36

Serica Energy (SQZ)
Director name: Lloyd,Sian
Amount purchased: 2,114 @ 187.20p
Value: £3,957.41

Getech Group (GTC)
Director name: Jepps,Christopher Paul
Amount purchased: 40,000 @ 9.23p
Value: £3,690.00

Rolls-royce Holdings (RR.)
Director name: Mars,Wendy
Amount purchased: 571 @ 318.78p
Value: £1,820.22

Rolls-royce Holdings (RR.)
Director name: Behrendt,Birgit
Amount purchased: 344 @ 318.78p
Value: £1,096.60

F&c Investment Trust (FCIT)
Director name: Hollond,Beatrice
Amount purchased: 100 @ 987.99p
Value: £987.99

British American Tobacco (BATS)
Director name: Marroco,Tadeu
Amount purchased: 7 @ 2,341.25p
Value: £163.89

National Grid (NG.)
Director name: Pettigrew,John
Amount purchased: 15 @ 1,037.63p
Value: £155.64

Mondi (MNDI)
Director name: Powell,Mike
Amount purchased: 11 @ 1,369.00p
Value: £150.59

Mondi (MNDI)
Director name: King,Andrew
Amount purchased: 11 @ 1,369.00p
Value: £150.59

Lsl Property Services (LSL)
Director name: Castleton ,Adam
Amount purchased: 54 @ 277.00p
Value: £149.58

Lsl Property Services (LSL)
Director name: Stewart,David
Amount purchased: 54 @ 277.00p
Value: £149.58

Softcat (SCT)
Director name: Mecklenburgh ,Kathryn
Amount purchased: 10 @ 1,490.80p
Value: £149.08

Softcat (SCT)
Director name: Charlton,Graham
Amount purchased: 10 @ 1,490.80p
Value: £149.08

Rolls-royce Holdings (RR.)
Director name: McCabe,Helen
Amount purchased: 46 @ 320.23p
Value: £47.31

Spectris (SXS)
Director name: Harding ,Derek
Amount purchased: 4 @ 3,659.67p
Value: £146.39

Spectris (SXS)
Director name: Heath ,Andrew
Amount purchased: 4 @ 3,659.67p
Value: £46.39

Barr (a.g.) (BAG)
Director name: Kemp,Jonathan David
Amount purchased: 27 @ 542.00p
Value: £146.34

Barr (a.g.) (BAG)
Director name: Lorimer,Stuart
Amount purchased: 27 @ 542.00p
Value: £146.34

Barr (a.g.) (BAG)
Director name: Barr,Julie A
Amount purchased: 27 @ 542.00p
Value: £146.34

Barr (a.g.) (BAG)
Director name: White,Roger Alexander
Amount purchased: 27 @ 542.00p
Value: £146.34

National Grid (NG.)
Director Name: Agg,Andrew
Amount purchased: 14 @ 1,037.63p
Value: £145.27

F&c Investment Trust (FCIT)
Director name: Knapp,Edward
Amount purchased: 10 @ 987.99p
Value: £98.80

Top Director Sells

Porvair (PRV)
Director name: Stocks,Ben
Amount sold: 265,000 @ 650.00p
Value: £1,722,500.00

Kosmos Energy (di) (KOS)
Director name: Inglis,Andrew G
Amount sold: 182,948 @ 548.75p
Value: £1,003,927.18

National World (NWOR)
Director name: Hollinshead,Mark
Amount sold: 2,000,000 @ 16.00p
Value:£319,999.99