Cheung Wai Sun, an executive director Asian Citrus, the largest orange plantation owner in China, has pocketed more than £6.7m from a share sale.
He sold 60,000 shares at HK$9.34 (75.5p) and 30,000 at $9.25. He still has options over 1.32m shares.
Asian Citrus has two plantations, one of about 30.9 square kilometres in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and one of about 37.1 square kilometres in Jiangxi province.
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The company last week posted a strong rise in profits after the ripening of new fruit-bearing trees boosted sales and margins.
Orange sales rose 42% to 61,157 tonnes from 42,977 tonnes. The day before releasing its results, Asian Citrus bought 92.9% of fruit juice and puree producer Beihai Perfuming Garden Juice for HK$2.04bn (£165m). Beihai produces approximately 60,000 tonnes of purees and fruit juices every year and will give the company a 'downstream' business.
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