(Sharecast News) - Filtronic revealed on Friday that chairman Jonathan Neale had acquired 65,281 ordinary shares in the AIM-listed subsystems designer.

Neale, formerly of McLaren Group, purchased the shares on Thursday at an average price of 15.3p per share, for a total value of £9,987.99

Back in September, Filtronic announced a significant contract win with a top-tier global provider in the realm of low earth orbit satellite communications equipment. Filtronic said the contract, valued at $4.25m, pertained to the provision of its Cerus32 solid-state power amplifier module, complemented by a tailor-made control board.

As of 1410 BST, Filtroic shares were up 3.83% at 15.83p.

Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com

Top Director Buys

Filtronic (FTC)

Director name: Neale,Jonathan

Amount purchased: 65,231 @ 1,530.00p

Value: �998,034.31

Uniphar (cdi) (UPR)

Director name: Pratt,Maurice

Amount purchased: 87,500 @ 2.30

Value: 181,306.30

Windar Photonics (WPHO)

Director name: Petersen (Danish) ,Johan Blach

Amount purchased: 500,000 @ 35.00p

Value: �175,000.00

Windar Photonics (WPHO)

Director name: Hodges,Paul

Amount purchased: 225,000 @ 36.00p

Value: �81,000.00

Origin Enterprises (cdi) (OGN)

Director name: Kelly,TJ

Amount purchased: 8,700 @ 3.42

Value: 29,754.00

Gresham House Energy Storage Fund (GRID)

Director name: Liu ,Isabel

Amount purchased: 10,435 @ 95.18p

Value: �9,932.03

Capita (CPI)

Director name: Weller,Tim

Amount purchased: 1,037 @ 16.64p

Value: �172.56

Capita (CPI)

Director name: Lewis,Jonathan (Jon)

Amount purchased: 1,036 @ 16.64p

Value: �172.39

Rathbones Group (RAT)

Director name: Stockton,Paul

Amount purchased: 9 @ 1,612.00p

Value: �145.08

Rathbones Group (RAT)

Director name: Mathias,Jennifer

Amount purchased: 9 @ 1,612.00p

Value: �145.08

Rathbones Group (RAT)

Director name: Stockton,Paul

Amount purchased: 9 @ 1,612.00p

Value: �145.08

Rathbones Group (RAT)

Director name: Mathias,Jennifer

Amount purchased: 9 @ 1,612.00p

Value: �145.08

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