(Sharecast News) - Polar Capital Holdings disclosed a purchase made by one of its directors on Wednesday, worth almost £0.3m.

The company said John Mansell had bought 50,000 of its shares in a single transaction on the London Stock Exchange.

He paid 576p for each share, valuing the purchase at £288,000.01.

ULS Technology, meanwhile, said Kestrel Partners had purchased 31,065 of its shares at an average price of 76.5p each.

It said its non-executive director Oliver Scott is a partner of, and holds a beneficial interest in, Kestrel.

Scott is also a shareholder in one of Kestrel's clients, Kestrel Opportunities, and was thus deemed to have a beneficial interest in Kestrel Opportunities' entire legal holding in ULS.

Following the purchase, Kestrel Opportunities held, and thus Scott was deemed to have a beneficial interest in, 13,129,815 shares in ULS Technology, and other clients of Kestrel, in which Scott had no beneficial interest, held 5,902,544 shares.

On a combined basis, Kestrel indirectly held voting rights over 19,032,359 shares in the company, representing 29.34% of its issued share capital.

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Polar Capital Holdings (POLR)

Director name: Mansell,John

Amount purchased: 50,000 @ 576.00p

Value: £288,000.01

Helical (HLCL)

Director name: Grant,Richard

Amount purchased: 15,000 @ 401.98p

Value: £60,297.25

Uls Technology (ULS)

Director name: Scott,Oliver Rupert Andrew

Amount purchased: 17,065 @ 75.55p

Value: £12,892.37

Uls Technology (ULS)

Director name: Scott,Oliver Rupert Andrew

Amount purchased: 14,000 @ 77.46p

Value: £10,843.99

Ocado Group (OCDO)

Director name: Southern ,Julie

Amount purchased: 755 @ 1,317.77p

Value: £9,949.18

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Ltd (SREI)

Director name: Basham,Graham

Amount purchased: 9,000 @ 52.65p

Value: £4,738.14

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Director name: Battershill,Jonathan

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Value: £3,291.08

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Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 3.29p

Value: £3,290.00

Judges Scientific (JDG)

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Amount purchased: 3 @ 7,455.00p

Value: £223.65

Integrafin Holding (IHP)

Director name: Gunby,Jonathan

Amount purchased: 35 @ 432.00p

Value: £151.20

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Director name: Scott,Alexander

Amount purchased: 35 @ 432.00p

Value: £151.20

Wetherspoon (j.d.) (JDW)

Director name: Whitley ,Ben

Amount purchased: 17 @ 885.00p

Value: £150.45

Wetherspoon (j.d.) (JDW)

Director name: Hutson,John

Amount purchased: 17 @ 885.00p

Value: £150.45

Judges Scientific (JDG)

Director name: Ormsby,Bradley Leonard

Amount purchased: 2 @ 7,455.00p

Value: £149.10

Judges Scientific (JDG)

Director name: Lavelle,Mark

Amount purchased: 2 @ 7,455.00p

Value: £149.10

Paypoint (PAY)

Director name: Dale,Alan

Amount purchased: 21 @ 613.00p

Value: £128.73

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Director name: Wiles ,Nick

Amount purchased: 21 @ 613.00p

Value: £128.73