Asian Citrus director Pang Yi has bought an initial shareholding in the China-based orange grower.
Pang Yi is the deputy general manager of the Hepu plantation, which is the most fully developed plantation in the group. AIM-quoted Asian Citrus has two main plantations, at Hepu and Xinfeng. It has bought additional land elsewhere and is developing another plantation.
Pang Yi bought 317,000 shares at an average price of HK9.12 (74.91p) a share. The total cost was £237,000.
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This follows the sale of 60,000 shares at HK$9.34 (75.5p) and 30,000 at $9.25 by executive director Cheung Wai Sun earlier this month. He raised £6.7m from the share sale.
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