Hikma boss makes a fair few pennies from share sale

A round-up of the biggest director buys today so far.

Said Darwazah, the Chief Executive Officer of Hikma Pharmaceuticals, the FTSE 250 multinational pharmaceutical group, has pocketed over one million pounds through the sale of company shares last week.

Darwazah sold 195,447 shares at 649p each on June 15th for a total of £1,268,451, the company revealed in a statement on Thursday. This was equal to 0.99% of the issued share capital of Hikma.

Following the transaction, he still owns over two million shares in the firm, equal to a 1.08% stake.

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Darwazah is the former Minister of Health in Jordan from 2003 to 2006 and also held a position on the board of the Central Bank of Jordan.

Last month, the company reiterated its revenue growth guidance for 2012. "We are making good progress towards delivering our targets for this year and surpassing the important milestone of $1bn in revenue," Darwazah said at the time.

The group announced 28% growth in its branded business during the first four months of the year, along with 12% organic revenue growth.

Top Director Buys

New Europe Property Investments (NEPI)

Director name: Mr Corneliu-Dan Pascariu

Amount purchased: 131,500 @ €3.50

Value: €460,250

Ruspetro (RPO)

Director name: Mr Christopher Clark

Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 134.00p

Value: £134,000

Jupiter Energy Ltd (JPRL)

Director name: Mr Alastair Beardsall

Amount purchased: 333,333 @ 28.15p

Value: £93,833

KBC Advanced Technologies (KBC)

Director name: Mr Ian Godden

Amount purchased: 80,000 @ 73.25p

Value: £58,600

KBC Advanced Technologies (KBC)

Director name: Mr Michael Peter Kirk

Amount purchased: 70,000 @ 73.25p

Value: £51,275

Helius Energy (HEGY)

Director name: Mr Angus MacDonald OBE

Amount purchased: 250,000 @ 16.50p

Value: £41,250

Helius Energy (HEGY)

Director name: Mr Angus MacDonald OBE

Amount purchased: 250,000 @ 16.50p

Value: £41,250

Norcros (NXR)

Director name: Mr Martin Payne

Amount purchased: 300,000 @ 11.96p

Value: £35,880

TR European Growth Trust (TRG)

Director name: Mr Christopher Casey

Amount purchased: 6,000 @ 287.12p

Value: £17,227

Ncondezi Coal Co Ltd. (DI) (NCCL)

Director name: Mr Graham Edward Mascall

Amount purchased: 50,000 @ 30.50p

Value: £15,250

Top Director Sells

Hornby (HRN)

Director name: Mr Frank Martin

Amount sold: 13,871 @ 78,500.00p

Value: £10,888,735

Hikma Pharmaceuticals (HIK)

Director name: Mr Said Darwazah

Amount sold: 195,447 @ 649.00p

Value: £1,268,451

Hammerson (HMSO)

Director name: Mr Timon Drakesmith

Amount sold: 134,679 @ 431.26p

Value: £580,817

Tate & Lyle (TATE)

Director name: Mr Robert Gibber

Amount sold: 66,627 @ 634.41p

Value: £422,688

RIT Capital Partners (RCP)

Director name: Mr Mikael Breuer-Weil

Amount sold: 30,450 @ 1,230.73p

Value: £374,757

KBC Advanced Technologies (KBC)

Director name: Mr Nicholas Stone

Amount sold: 349,609 @ 73.25p

Value: £256,089

New Europe Property Investments (NEPI)

Director name: Mr Victor Semionov

Amount sold: 50,000 @ €3.50

Value: €175,000

Invensys (ISYS)

Director name: Ms Victoria Hull

Amount sold: 15,330 @ 201.06p

Value: £30,822

S & U (SUS)

Director name: Mr Guy Thompson

Amount sold: 2,000 @ 835.00p

Value: £16,700

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