Winkworth, an AIM-listed franchisor of residential real estate agencies, announced deals made by two of its directors on Friday. Chief Executive Officer, Dominic Agace, acquired 3,000 shares at 163p each, taking his interest to 541,128, equal to a 4.3% stake. Meanwhile, the wife of Simon Agace, the Non-Executive Chairman of the company, sold 276,000 shares at 163p and a further 48,9000 at 169p, through Northcliff Mountain, a trust company of which she is the controller. The sales generated a total of £532,441. The company reported a 9.4% rise in sales in the first half of the year, rising to £2.07m from £1.89m the same period the previous year. Pre-tax profit for the period totalled £594,633 (2012: £421,140). Top Director BuysNorthern 3 VCT (NTN) Director name: Mr James FergusonAmount purchased: 93,155 @ 107.35p Value: £100,002Picton Property Income Ltd (PCTN) Director name: Mr Roger LewisAmount purchased: 100,000 @ 54.37p Value: £54,370Henderson Group (HGG) Director name: Mr Richard GillingwaterAmount purchased: 15,000 @ 212.60p Value: £31,890Zambeef Products (ZAM) Director name: Mr Carl IrwinAmount purchased: 85,000 @ 34.00p Value: £28,900Picton Property Income Ltd (PCTN) Director name: Mr Roger LewisAmount purchased: 50,000 @ 54.42p Value: £27,210St Ives (SIV) Director name: Mr Ben GordonAmount purchased: 10,000 @ 178.81p Value: £17,881Core VCT (CR3) Director name: Mr John BrimacombeAmount purchased: 57,782 @ 22.50p Value: £13,001IS Solutions (ISL) Director name: Mr Barrie A ClarkAmount purchased: 20,000 @ 51.00p Value: £10,200Top Director SellsM Winkworth (WINK) Director name: Mr Simon AgaceAmount sold: 276,000 @ 163.00p Value: £449,880Caledonia Investments (CLDN) Director name: Hon Charles W CayzerAmount sold: 8,387 @ 1,908.00p Value: £160,024GB Group (GBG) Director name: Mr David John Wilson Amount sold: 65,000 @ 137.00p Value: £89,050M Winkworth (WINK) Director name: Mr Simon AgaceAmount sold: 48,900 @ 169.00p Value: £82,641Software Radio Technology (SRT) Director name: Mr Neil PeniketAmount sold: 200,000 @ 27.00p Value: £54,000Vedanta Resources (VED) Director name: Mr D.D JalanAmount sold: 1,834 @ 547.01p Value: £10,032Mitchells & Butlers (MAB) Director name: Mr Tim JonesAmount sold: 3,072 @ 416.24p Value: £12,787NR