Directors dealings: NAIT boosts stake in EKF Diagnostics to 14.1%

Christoper Mills, who was named to the post of non-executive chairman at the global point-of-care medical diagnostics provider on 22 April, was also a partner and Chief Investment Officer of Harwood and a director and shareholder in NAIT.

The transaction was conducted on Friday at a price of 11.5p for each share, for a total transaction cost of £51,481.59.

Following the purchase, NAIT's interest stood at 65,395,322 ordinary Shares, representing 14.09% of the company's shareholders' equity.

Oryx International Growth Fund Limited's (whose investment adviser was Harwood) stake remained at 40m shares or 8.62% of the issued share capital.

Combined, that took Mr. Mills's indirect beneficial interest in the firm to roughly 105.4m shares, equating to 22.71% of the firm's equity.

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