Eckoh director boosts stake with purchase of 200,000 shares

3rd Jan 2013 16:01

Chris Batterham, the Non-Executive Chairman of speech recognition and associated payment solutions provider Eckoh has added 200,000 ordinary shares to his stake in the firm.Batterham bought the shares at 14.125p each, costing him £28,240. The purchase takes his holding in Eckoh to 950,000 ordinary shares, equal to 0.45% of the issued share capital. The company won a number of contracts last year, the most recent being a three-year deal to provide hosted payment services to a UK financial services company. One month prior to that, the group had its contract with cinema operator Vue Entertainment renewed for another three years. Eckoh supplies the technology which provides cinema listings information and ticket booking options over the phone.Top Director BuysEckoh (ECK) Director name: Mr Christopher BatterhamAmount purchased: 200,000 @ 14.12p Value: £28,240Witan Pacific Inv Trust (WPC) Director name: Ms Sarah C BatesAmount purchased: 12,500 @ 212.98p Value: £26,622VinaLand Ltd (VNL) Director name: Mr Charles Isaac Amount purchased: 55,000 @ $0.38 Value: $21,175Legendary Investments (LEG) Director name: Mr Zafarullah KarimAmount purchased: 10,000,000 @ 0.11p Value: £11,000NR