LONDON (ShareCast) - Stephen Harris, the Chief Executive Officer of Bodycote, has reduced his stake in the in the heat treatment company with the sale of 200,000 shares.

Each of the shares were sold at 546.50p for a total trade value of £1.09m.

The transaction comes just under a month after the group posted a four per cent rise in revenue to £156.5m for the three months ended March 31st.

The group also said it continued to expect 'modest progress' during the remainder of the year.

Harris's stake in the company now stands at 570,030 shares, equal to 0.26% of the issued share capital.


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Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 594.00p
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Top Director Sells

Bodycote (BOY)
Director name: Mr Stephen Harris
Amount sold: 200,000 @ 546.50p
Value: £1,093,000

Spectris (SXS)
Director name: Mr John O'Higgins
Amount sold: 29,677 @ 2,114.62p
Value: £627,556

Sage Group (SGE)
Director name: Mr Guy Berruyer
Amount sold: 96,868 @ 364.90p
Value: £353,471

Bankers Petroleum Ltd.(CDI) (BNK)
Director name: Mr Jonathan Harris
Amount sold: 65,400 @ 196.01p
Value: £128,191

Bodycote (BOY)
Director name: Mr David Landless
Amount sold: 5,800 @ 546.50p
Value: £31,697

Wetherspoon (J.D.) (JDW)
Director name: Mr Kirk Davis
Amount sold: 3,256 @ 662.20p
Value: £21,561

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