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Director dealings: Conygar, Aptamer insiders buy shares

(Sharecast News) - Two director share purchases disclosed to the market in London on Monday involved insiders at the Conygar Investment Company and Aptamer Group. The Conygar Investment Company said that its non-executive chairman Nigel Hamway acquired 120,000 ordinary shares on 10 January at a price of 42.38p each.

Following the purchase, Hamway's total holding increased to 1,396,700 shares, representing 2.34% of the company's issued share capital.

Aptamer Group meanwhile reported that Tim Sykes, non-executive director, purchased 2,667,868 shares on 13 January for 0.3369p apiece.

The acquisition brought Sykes' total beneficial holding to 5,171,720 shares, equivalent to 0.26% of the firm's issued share capital.

Both transactions were conducted on-market on the London Stock Exchange.

At 1451 GMT, shares in the Conygar Investment Company were down 3.53% at 41p, while those in Aptamer Group were up 9.09% at 0.36p.

Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com.

Top Director Buys

Hongkong Land Holding Ltd. (sing.reg) (HKLD) Director name: Jencks,Lily Amount purchased: 79,300 @ $3.80 Value: $300,943.51

Conygar Investment Company (CIC) Director name: Hamway,Nigel J Amount purchased: 120,000 @ 42.38p Value: £50,856.00

Aptamer Group (APTA) Director name: Sykes,Timothy J Amount purchased: 2,667,868 @ 0.34p Value: £8,988.05

Biotech Growth Trust (the) (BIOG) Director name: Shepherd,Nicola Amount purchased: 1,000 @ 845.70p Value: £8,457.00

Diageo (DGE) Director name: Ferrán,Javier Amount purchased: 332 @ 2,496.00p Value: £8,286.72

Pacific Assets Trust (PAC) Director name: Sahgal ,Nandita Amount purchased: 1,426 @ 368.88p Value: £5,260.23

Bp (BP.) Director name: Auchincloss,Murray Amount purchased: 88 @ 422.70p Value: £371.98

Oxford Instruments (OXIG) Director name: Hill,Gavin Amount purchased: 8 @ 2,001.49p Value: £160.12

Sabre Insurance Group (SBRE) Director name: Carter,Geoffrey Richard Amount purchased: 112 @ 133.46p Value: £149.48

Oxford Instruments (OXIG) Director name: Tyson,Richard Amount purchased: 7 @ 2,001.49p Value: £140.10

Diageo (DGE) Director name: Jhangiani ,Nik Amount purchased: 5 @ 2,538.00p Value: £126.90

Bp (BP.) Director name: Thomson ,Kate Amount purchased: 8 @ 422.70p Value: £33.82

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