(Sharecast News) - Young's Brewery and Aminex were among the companies disclosing director dealings on Wednesday.

On the list of director buys, Young's reported that Steve Cooke, an independent non-executive director, had acquired 10,000 A shares in the company.

The purchase was made at a price of 980p per share.

Meanwhile, Aminex announced that Thomas Mackay, a non-executive director, exercised an option to acquire 5,000,000 ordinary shares at an exercise price of 0.86p apiece on 18 June.

Subsequently, Mackay sold 3,873,959 of those shares for 1.5147p each, to cover the costs associated with exercising the options and the resulting tax liabilities.

Post-transaction, Mackay's beneficial ownership stood at 2,654,988 shares in Aminex.

At the close on Wednesday, shares in Young & Co.'s Brewery were down 2.23% at 966p, while those in Aminex were up 0.32% at 1.58p.

Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com.

Top Director Buys

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd (singapore Reg) (JAR)

Director name: Witt,John R

Amount purchased: 40,000 @ $36.49

Value: $1,459,721.98

Young & Co's Brewery 'a' Shares (YNGA)

Director name: Cooke ,Steve

Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 980.00p

Value: £98,000.00

Petershill Partners (PHLL)

Director name: Kheraj,Naguib

Amount purchased: 40,000 @ 209.50p

Value: £83,800.00

Persimmon (PSN)

Director name: Duxbury,Andrew

Amount purchased: 3,462 @ 1,429.50p

Value: £49,489.29

Mitie Group (MTO)

Director name: Patel,Chet

Amount purchased: 28,781 @ 113.98p

Value: £32,804.55

Sage Group (SGE)

Director name: Court ,Annette

Amount purchased: 950 @ 1,064.50p

Value: £10,112.75

Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (cdi) (GTE)

Director name: Guidry,Gary

Amount purchased: 442 @ $9.61

Value: $3,502.61

Funding Circle Holdings (FCH)

Director name: White,Oliver

Amount purchased: 2,186 @ 82.35p

Value: £1,800.17

Funding Circle Holdings (FCH)

Director name: Jacobs,Lisa

Amount purchased: 2,185 @ 82.35p

Value: £1,799.35

(MET1)

Director name: Owen,Jonathan

Amount purchased: 15,863 @ 1.03p

Value: £163.39

Ncc Group (NCC)

Director name: Maddison ,Mike

Amount purchased: 103 @ 144.66p

Value: £149.00

(MET1)

Director name: Owen,Jonathan

Amount purchased: 11,483 @ 1.03p

Value: £118.05

Ncc Group (NCC)

Director name: Ellis,Guy

Amount purchased: 51 @ 144.66p

Value: £73.78

Top Director Sells

Londonmetric Property (LMP)

Director name: Jones,Andrew

Amount sold: 239,863 @ 194.72p

Value: £467,061.22

Londonmetric Property (LMP)

Director name: McGann,Martin

Amount sold: 116,280 @ 194.72p

Value: £226,420.41

Barclays (BARC)

Director name: Venkatakrishnan,C.S.

Amount sold: 94,589 @ 202.90p

Value: £191,921.09

Barclays (BARC)

Director name: Cross,Anna

Amount sold: 53,422 @ 202.90p

Value: £108,393.24

United Utilities Group (UU.)

Director name: Aspin,Phil

Amount sold: 8,867 @ 1,016.88p

Value: £90,166.65

Aminex (cdi) (AEX)

Director name: Mackay ,Tom

Amount sold: 3,873,959 @ 1.51p

Value: £58,678.86

Pets At Home Group (PETS)

Director name: Iddon,Michael

Amount sold: 17,832 @ 289.20p

Value: £51,570.14

United Utilities Group (UU.)

Director name: Beardmore,Louise

Amount sold: 4,197 @ 1,016.88p

Value: £42,678.41