Directors dealings: Hikma's Said Darwazah buys £4.32m of shares

26th Aug 2016 17:48

(ShareCast News) - Hikma Pharmaceuticals chairman and chief executive Said Darwazah has splashed on £4.32m worth of the firm's shares, just a day after they dived on comments from US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton.Darwazah, whose father founded the company, paid 2160p a share, snaffling 200,000 of them. At about 18:03 BST, shares in Hikma were up 1.49% to 2182p.On Thursday, Clinton and several senators spoke out against pharmaceutical pricing by drug companies, denting their shares in London and in the US.A day earlier, on Wednesday, Hikma reported a jump in first-half revenues but a drop in operating profit, as it reiterated its full-year revenue guidance.In the six months to the end of June, core revenue rose to $882m from $709m, but operating profit slipped to $176m from $204m due to a lower contribution from specific market opportunities for the generics business compared with the first half of 2015.The company declared an interim dividend of 11 cents per share, in line with the dividend in the same period last year.Top Director BuysHikma Pharmaceuticals (HIK)Director name: Darwazah,SaidAmount purchased: 200,000 @ 2,160.00pValue: £4,320,000.08Frenkel Topping Group (FEN)Director name: Granite,JasonAmount purchased: 843,000 @ 44.00pValue: £370,920.00Haydale Graphene Industries (HAYD)Director name: Gibbs,Raymond (Ray) JohnAmount purchased: 115,000 @ 180.00pValue: £206,999.99Eurocell (ECEL)Director name: Kelly,MarkAmount purchased: 43,939 @ 170.69pValue: £74,999.48Scapa Group (SCPA)Director name: Hardcastle,GrahamAmount purchased: 20,000 @ 245.93pValue: £49,186.00Eurocell (ECEL)Director name: Lawson,Robert (Bob)Amount purchased: 15,739 @ 170.69pValue: £26,864.90Cropper (james) (CRPR)Director name: Cropper,Mark A JAmount purchased: 2,600 @ 887.50pValue: £23,075.00John Laing Group (JLG)Director name: Brousse,OlivierAmount purchased: 5,815 @ 256.40pValue: £14,909.66Jupiter Us Smaller Companies (JUS)Director name: Booth,LisaAmount purchased: 463 @ 744.75pValue: £3,448.19Sky (SKY)Director name: Lewis,DaveAmount purchased: 334 @ 870.50pValue: £2,907.47Centrica (CNA)Director name: Pusey,Stephen Amount purchased: 989 @ 236.20pValue: £2,336.02Centrica (CNA)Director name: Meakins,IanAmount purchased: 854 @ 236.20pValue: £2,017.15Centrica (CNA)Director name: Valle,Margherita D.Amount purchased: 842 @ 236.20pValue: £1,988.80Sky (SKY)Director name: Gilbert,Martin JAmount purchased: 119 @ 870.50pValue: £1,035.89Sky (SKY)Director name: Pigasse,MatthieuAmount purchased: 117 @ 870.50pValue: £1,018.48Sky (SKY)Director name: Sukawaty,Andrew (Andy)Amount purchased: 114 @ 870.50pValue: £992.37Sky (SKY)Director name: Clarke,Tracy JayneAmount purchased: 74 @ 870.50pValue: £644.17Blackrock Throgmorton Trust (THRG)Director name: Beart,SimonAmount purchased: 160 @ 328.00pValue: £524.80Blackrock Throgmorton Trust (THRG)Director name: Beart,SimonAmount purchased: 146 @ 328.00pValue: £478.88Standard Life (SL.)Director name: Matthews,PaulAmount purchased: 63 @ 355.00pValue: £223.65Standard Life (SL.)Director name: Savage,LukeAmount purchased: 42 @ 355.00pValue: £149.10Blackrock Throgmorton Trust (THRG)Director name: Latymer,LordAmount purchased: 45 @ 328.00pValue: £147.60Standard Life (SL.)Director name: Skeoch,KeithAmount purchased: 35 @ 355.00pValue: £124.25Top Director SellsFrenkel Topping Group (FEN)Director name: Fraser,RichardAmount sold: 1,000,000 @ 44.00pValue: £440,000.00Frenkel Topping Group (FEN)Director name: Dean,JulieAmount sold: 686,000 @ 44.00pValue: £301,840.00Haydale Graphene Industries (HAYD)Director name: Gibbs,Raymond (Ray) JohnAmount sold: 115,000 @ 179.96pValue: £206,954.00Pennon Group (PNN)Director name: Loughlin,ChristopherAmount sold: 16,040 @ 882.01pValue: £141,474.40Pennon Group (PNN)Director name: Davy ,Susan Amount sold: 6,617 @ 882.01pValue: £58,362.60