Director dealings: Young's, Aminex disclose non-exec transactions

On the list of director buys, Young’s reported that Steve Cooke, an independent non-executive director, had acquired 10,000 A shares in the company.

The purchase was made at a price of 980p per share.

Meanwhile, Aminex announced that Thomas Mackay, a non-executive director, exercised an option to acquire 5,000,000 ordinary shares at an exercise price of 0.86p apiece on 18 June.

Subsequently, Mackay sold 3,873,959 of those shares for 1.5147p each, to cover the costs associated with exercising the options and the resulting tax liabilities.

Post-transaction, Mackay's beneficial ownership stood at 2,654,988 shares in Aminex.

At the close on Wednesday, shares in Young & Co.’s Brewery were down 2.23% at 966p, while those in Aminex were up 0.32% at 1.58p.

Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com.

Top Director Buys

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd (singapore Reg) (JAR)
Director name: Witt,John R
Amount purchased: 40,000 @ $36.49
Value: $1,459,721.98

Young & Co's Brewery 'a' Shares (YNGA)
Director name: Cooke ,Steve
Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 980.00p
Value: £98,000.00

Petershill Partners (PHLL)
Director name: Kheraj,Naguib
Amount purchased: 40,000 @ 209.50p
Value: £83,800.00

Persimmon (PSN)
Director name: Duxbury,Andrew
Amount purchased: 3,462 @ 1,429.50p
Value: £49,489.29

Mitie Group (MTO)
Director name: Patel,Chet
Amount purchased: 28,781 @ 113.98p
Value: £32,804.55

Sage Group (SGE)
Director name: Court ,Annette
Amount purchased: 950 @ 1,064.50p
Value: £10,112.75

Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (cdi) (GTE)
Director name: Guidry,Gary
Amount purchased: 442 @ $9.61
Value: $3,502.61

Funding Circle Holdings (FCH)
Director name: White,Oliver
Amount purchased: 2,186 @ 82.35p
Value: £1,800.17

Funding Circle Holdings (FCH)
Director name: Jacobs,Lisa
Amount purchased: 2,185 @ 82.35p
Value: £1,799.35

(MET1)
Director name: Owen,Jonathan
Amount purchased: 15,863 @ 1.03p
Value: £163.39

Ncc Group (NCC)
Director name: Maddison ,Mike
Amount purchased: 103 @ 144.66p
Value: £149.00

(MET1)
Director name: Owen,Jonathan
Amount purchased: 11,483 @ 1.03p
Value: £118.05

Ncc Group (NCC)
Director name: Ellis,Guy
Amount purchased: 51 @ 144.66p
Value: £73.78

Top Director Sells

Londonmetric Property (LMP)
Director name: Jones,Andrew
Amount sold: 239,863 @ 194.72p
Value: £467,061.22

Londonmetric Property (LMP)
Director name: McGann,Martin
Amount sold: 116,280 @ 194.72p
Value: £226,420.41

Barclays (BARC)
Director name: Venkatakrishnan,C.S.
Amount sold: 94,589 @ 202.90p
Value: £191,921.09

Barclays (BARC)
Director name: Cross,Anna
Amount sold: 53,422 @ 202.90p
Value: £108,393.24

United Utilities Group (UU.)
Director name: Aspin,Phil
Amount sold: 8,867 @ 1,016.88p
Value: £90,166.65

Aminex (cdi) (AEX)
Director name: Mackay ,Tom
Amount sold: 3,873,959 @ 1.51p
Value: £58,678.86

Pets At Home Group (PETS)
Director name: Iddon,Michael
Amount sold: 17,832 @ 289.20p
Value: £51,570.14

United Utilities Group (UU.)
Director name: Beardmore,Louise
Amount sold: 4,197 @ 1,016.88p
Value: £42,678.41