Mike Love, chairman of ClearStream Technologies, brought his holding in the Irish medical device maker past the 10% mark today with the purchase of 460,000 shares.
He bought them at 20p a time, paying a total of £92,000. He now has more than 3.1m shares in the company, around 10.83%.
His colleague Andrew Jones, the firm's chief executive, lifted his stake above 2m shares with the purchase of 40,000, also at 20p a time.
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Shares in ClearStream, whose products include devices used to clear blocked arteries, surged last week after it agreed a two year extension to its distribution deal with Johnson and Johnson's medical device group Cordis.
Top Director Buys
ClearStream Technologies Group (CTN)
Director name: Mr Mike Love
Amount purchased: 460,000 @ 20.00p
Value: £92,000
Panmure Gordon & Co (PMR)
Director name: Mr Anthony Cann
Amount purchased: 196,962 @ 20.20p
Value: £39,786
Panmure Gordon & Co (PMR)
Director name: Mr Tony Caplin
Amount purchased: 196,962 @ 20.20p
Value: £39,786
Aero Inventory (AI.)
Director name: Mr F Turner
Amount purchased: 11,000 @ 267.00p
Value: £29,370
Panmure Gordon & Co (PMR)
Director name: Mr David Lyon Liddell
Amount purchased: 98,481 @ 20.20p
Value: £19,893
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