Director dealings: AstraZeneca CEO ups stake

(Sharecast News) - AstraZeneca revealed on Friday that chief executive officer Pascal Soriot had acquired 20,000 ordinary shares in the FTSE 100-listed drugmaker. Soriot, who took over as CEO in 2012, purchased the shares on Thursday at an average price of 10,203.0p each, for a total value of £2.04m.

As of 1600 GMT, AstraZeneca shares were down 3.05 at 9,978.0p.









Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com

Top Director Buys

Astrazeneca (AZN) Director name: Soriot,Pascal Amount purchased: 20,000 @ 10,203.00p Value: �2,040,599.98

Taseko Mines Limited Npv (di) (TKO) Director name: Hallbauer,Russell Amount purchased: 100,000 @ $2.83 Value: $167,425.90

Taseko Mines Limited Npv (di) (TKO) Director name: Hallbauer,Russell Amount purchased: 100,000 @ $2.82 Value: $166,834.29

Tbc Bank Group (TBCG) Director name: Berggren,Arne Amount purchased: 2,500 @ 3,131.00p Value: �78,275.00

(CABP) Director name: Chishti,Susanne Amount purchased: 96,866 @ 71.90p Value: �69,646.65

Spectris (SXS) Director name: Heath ,Andrew Amount purchased: 2,406 @ 2,479.94p Value: �59,667.45

Bank Of Ireland Group (cdi) (BIRG) Director name: O'Grady,Myles Amount purchased: 6,776 @ 8.76 Value: 59,371.31

Advanced Medical Solutions Group (AMS) Director name: Meredith,A Christopher (Chris) Amount purchased: 26,089 @ 224.50p Value: �58,569.80

(CABP) Director name: Chishti,Susanne Amount purchased: 69,092 @ 72.00p Value: �49,746.24

Conduit Holdings Limited Com Shs (di) (CRE) Director name: Redmond,Stephen Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 482.00p Value: �48,200.00

Advanced Medical Solutions Group (AMS) Director name: Johnson,Eddie Amount purchased: 17,229 @ 224.50p Value: �38,679.10

Bank Of Ireland Group (cdi) (BIRG) Director name: Spain ,Mark Amount purchased: 4,279 @ 8.76 Value: 37,492.60

Power Metal Resources (POW) Director name: Wade,Sean Amount purchased: 200,000 @ 12.38p Value: �24,750.00

Spectris (SXS) Director name: Heath ,Andrew Amount purchased: 890 @ 2,476.39p Value: �22,039.89

Spectris (SXS) Director name: Heath ,Andrew Amount purchased: 760 @ 2,481.41p Value: �18,858.74

Urban Logistics Reit (SHED) Director name: Anderson,Bruce Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 110.74p Value: �11,074.00

Mcbride (MCB) Director name: Strickland,Mark Amount purchased: 9,500 @ 97.32p Value: �9,245.40

Earnz (EARN) Director name: Charlton,John Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 5.80p Value: �5,800.00

Castings (CGS) Director name: Vicary,Adam Amount purchased: 1,500 @ 267.00p Value: �4,005.00

Mortgage Advice Bureau (holdings) (MAB1) Director name: Thompson,Ben Amount purchased: 26 @ 600.00p Value: �156.00

Top Director Sells

Advanced Medical Solutions Group (AMS) Director name: Johnson,Eddie Amount sold: 34,235 @ 217.58p Value: �74,488.52

Advanced Medical Solutions Group (AMS) Director name: Meredith,A Christopher (Chris) Amount sold: 29,199 @ 218.37p Value: �63,761.86

Bank Of Ireland Group (cdi) (BIRG) Director name: O'Grady,Myles Amount sold: 3,146 @ 8.91 Value: 28,045.02

Bank Of Ireland Group (cdi) (BIRG) Director name: Spain ,Mark Amount sold: 1,987 @ 8.91 Value: 17,713.11