(Sharecast News) - Intellectual property commercialisation company Allied Minds was in the green on Monday afternoon, after one of its non-executive directors bought almost half a million shares.

The firm said Bruice Failing bought 101,400 shares last Thursday, 27 October, and 276,500 between 20 and 26 October.

On 27 October, he bought 101,400 shares in a single transaction on the London Stock Exchange, at a price of 9.89 US cents each, spending a total of $10,028.46.

He purchased 56,000 shares in a single transaction on 26 October, for 10.4 cents apiece, valuing that day's investments at $5,284.00.

On 25 October he made two transactions, buying 88,109 shares for 10.79 cents each and 41,000 shares for 10.4 cents apiece.

That made the day's haul of 129,109 shares worth a total of $13,770.34.

Finally, on 20 October Failing made another two transactions, paying 11.32 cents for each of 87,500 shares and 10.8 cents apiece for a further 3,891 shares.

The 91,391 shares he bought on that day were thus worth $10,325.04 in aggregate.

At the close on Monday, shares in Allied Minds were up 1.82% at 8.4p.

Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com.

Top Director Buys

Allied Minds (ALM)

Director name: Failing,Bruce

Amount purchased: 87,500 @ $11.32

Value: $816,772.47

Allied Minds (ALM)

Director name: Failing,Bruce

Amount purchased: 88,109 @ $10.79

Value: $783,949.95

Allied Minds (ALM)

Director name: Failing,Bruce

Amount purchased: 56,000 @ $10.40

Value: $480,250.66

Allied Minds (ALM)

Director name: Failing,Bruce

Amount purchased: 41,000 @ $10.40

Value: $351,612.09

Allied Minds (ALM)

Director name: Failing,Bruce

Amount purchased: 3,891 @ $10.80

Value: $34,652.26

Rolls-royce Holdings (RR.)

Director name: East,Warren

Amount purchased: 31,671 @ 76.34p

Value: £24,177.64

South32 Limited (di) (S32)

Director name: Liu,Xiaoling

Amount purchased: 6,000 @ 376.50p

Value: £22,590.00

Rolls-royce Holdings (RR.)

Director name: Kakoullis ,Panos

Amount purchased: 15,218 @ 76.34p

Value: £11,617.42

Fd Technologies Public Limited Company (FDP)

Director name: Keating ,Seamus

Amount purchased: 750 @ 1,290.00p

Value: £9,675.00

Altitude Group (ALT)

Director name: Stella,Nichole

Amount purchased: 30,000 @ 23.75p

Value: £7,125.00

Altitude Group (ALT)

Director name: Feltham,Graham

Amount purchased: 23,386 @ 21.38p

Value: £4,999.93

Altitude Group (ALT)

Director name: Wilkinson,Deborah

Amount purchased: 21,650 @ 22.75p

Value: £4,925.38

Tesco (TSCO)

Director name: Murphy,Ken

Amount purchased: 65 @ 213.00p

Value: £138.45