Director dealings: Hiscox CEO invests; Coca-Cola HBC counsel exercises, sells options

(Sharecast News) - Hiscox was among those on the list of director buys on Friday, after its chief executive officer added to his holding. The FTSE 100 company said Aki Hussain picked up 15,000 shares on 29 August, in a single transaction on the London Stock Exchange.

Hussain paid 1,004p for each share, valuing the transaction at a total of £150,600.

On the selling side of the ledger was Coca-Cola HBC, after its general counsel and company secretary exercised a tranche of share options before selling the shares.

The FTSE 100 drinks bottling giant said Jan Gustavsson exercised 30,000 share options at a strike price of 1,256p apiece, giving that side of the transaction a value of £376,800.

Gustavsson then sold the 30,000 shares on London's market, at a price of 2,310p apiece, giving the sale on 31 August a value of £693,000.

At 1317 BST, shares in Hiscox were up 0.75% at 1,005p, while those in Coca-Cola HBC were 0.66% weaker at 2,263p.

Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com.

Top Director Buys

Hiscox Limited (di) (HSX) Director name: Hussain,Hamayou Akbar Amount purchased: 15,000 @ 1,004.00p Value: �150,600.00

Vaalco Energy, Inc (di) (EGY) Director name: Maxwell,George Walter Mitchell Amount purchased: 5,000 @ $4.11 Value: $16,945.25

Vaalco Energy, Inc (di) (EGY) Director name: Fawthrop,Andrew L Amount purchased: 4,000 @ $4.11 Value: $13,549.93

Top Director Sells

Coca-cola Hbc Ag (cdi) (CCH) Director name: Bogdanovic,Zoran Amount sold: 5,528 @ 2,315.00p Value: �127,973.20

Maxcyte (di) (MXCT) Director name: Johnston ,John Amount sold: 2,425 @ $3.70 Value: $7,398.78

Maxcyte (di) (MXCT) Director name: Johnston ,John Amount sold: 1,501 @ $3.70 Value: $4,579.62

Maxcyte (di) (MXCT) Director name: Johnston ,John Amount sold: 393 @ $3.70 Value: $1,200.68

Maxcyte (di) (MXCT) Director name: Johnston ,John Amount sold: 393 @ $3.70 Value: $1,200.68

Maxcyte (di) (MXCT) Director name: Johnston ,John Amount sold: 309 @ $3.73 Value: $950.42

Maxcyte (di) (MXCT) Director name: Johnston ,John Amount sold: 165 @ $3.72 Value: $506.14

Maxcyte (di) (MXCT) Director name: Johnston ,John Amount sold: 107 @ $3.71 Value: $327.34

Maxcyte (di) (MXCT) Director name: Johnston ,John Amount sold: 100 @ $3.70 Value: $305.10