(Sharecast News) - Atome revealed on Thursday that chairman Peter Levine had acquired 4.75m ordinary shares in the AIM-listed advanced fertiliser developer.

Levine, the single largest Atome shareholder, purchased the shares at an average price of 60p each, for a total value of £2.85m.

Following the transaction, Levine holds a beneficial interest in 19.51m ordinry Atome shares, representing approximately 26.04% of the company's issued share capital.

As of 1555 BST, Atome shares were down 0.09% at 60.94p.

Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com

Top Director Buys

Atome (ATOM)

Director name: Levine,Peter M

Amount purchased: 4,753,086 @ 60.00p

Value: £2,851,851.71

Liontrust Asset Management (LIO)

Director name: Ions,John Stephen

Amount purchased: 76,298 @ 267.00p

Value: £203,715.67

Liontrust Asset Management (LIO)

Director name: Ions,John Stephen

Amount purchased: 62,184 @ 267.00p

Value: £166,031.28

Liontrust Asset Management (LIO)

Director name: Ions,John Stephen

Amount purchased: 61,575 @ 267.00p

Value: £164,405.25

Liontrust Asset Management (LIO)

Director name: Ions,John Stephen

Amount purchased: 61,575 @ 267.00p

Value: £164,405.25

Atome (ATOM)

Director name: Levine,Nikita Petrovich

Amount purchased: 246,914 @ 60.00p

Value: £148,148.41

Atome (ATOM)

Director name: (Hellmers),James E C Spalding

Amount purchased: 198,347 @ 60.00p

Value: £119,008.20

Liontrust Asset Management (LIO)

Director name: Ions,John Stephen

Amount purchased: 43,258 @ 267.00p

Value: £115,498.86

Atome (ATOM)

Director name: Mussat,Olivier Charles Frederic

Amount purchased: 123,457 @ 60.00p

Value: £74,074.20

Atome (ATOM)

Director name: Valladares,Mary-Rose de

Amount purchased: 101,277 @ 60.00p

Value: £60,766.20

Atome (ATOM)

Director name: Sheffrin,Robert Anthony

Amount purchased: 57,482 @ 60.00p

Value: £34,489.20

Yougov (YOU)

Director name: Martin,Ashley G

Amount purchased: 8,051 @ 186.00p

Value: £14,974.86

Yougov (YOU)

Director name: Mishra,Devesh

Amount purchased: 8,051 @ 186.00p

Value: £14,974.86

Yougov (YOU)

Director name: Newman,Andrea

Amount purchased: 2,683 @ 186.00p

Value: £4,990.38

Top Director Sells

Liontrust Asset Management (LIO)

Director name: Ions,John Stephen

Amount sold: 215,041 @ 267.00p

Value: £574,159.49

Liontrust Asset Management (LIO)

Director name: Ions,John Stephen

Amount sold: 89,849 @ 267.00p

Value: £239,896.84