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Northern Foods chief executive Stefan Barden has topped up his holding in the Goodfellas pizza maker, spending nearly £100,000 on shares.

He bought 158,000 shares for just under 63p a go and now has about 1.33m of them, or 0.3% of the company.

The price he paid was well short of the 75p his wife Sandra shelled out at the beginning of this month when she bought 264,572 shares. The ones she bought are included within Barden's holding.

Northern Foods saw its rating at Goldman Sachs lowered to 'neutral' from 'buy', with the broker saying the firm could suffer in coming months if commodity prices stay high.
Top Director Buys

Thomas Cook Group (TCG)
Director name: Mr Manny Fontela-Novoa
Amount purchased: 169,010 @ 236.70p
Value: £400,047

Dolphin Capital Investors (DCI)
Director name: Mr Miltos Kambourides
Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 105.00p
Value: £105,000

Northern Foods (NFDS)
Director name: Mr Stefan Barden
Amount purchased: 158,000 @ 62.90p
Value: £99,382

Value and Income (VIN)
Director name: Mr Matthew A Oakeshott
Amount purchased: 50,000 @ 153.50p
Value: £76,750

Value and Income (VIN)
Director name: Mr Matthew A Oakeshott
Amount purchased: 50,000 @ 153.50p
Value: £76,750

Anglo Asian Mining (AAZ)
Director name: Mr Gordon Lewis
Amount purchased: 489,796 @ 12.30p
Value: £60,245

Airsprung Furniture (APG)
Director name: Mr Stuart Lyons
Amount purchased: 265,000 @ 19.00p
Value: £50,350

Aviva (AV.)
Director name: Mr Andrew Moss
Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 502.80p
Value: £50,280

Styles & Wood (STY)
Director name: Mr Ivan Mc Keever
Amount purchased: 425,000 @ 11.50p
Value: £48,875

Anglo Asian Mining (AAZ)
Director name: Mr Reza Vaziri
Amount purchased: 346,947 @ 12.30p
Value: £42,674
Top Director Sells

Western Canadian Coal Corporation (WTN)
Director name: Mr John J Conlon
Amount sold: 184,500 @ 532.92p
Value: £983,237

Western Canadian Coal Corporation (WTN)
Director name: Mr Charles G Pitcher
Amount sold: 50,000 @ 523.61p
Value: £261,805

Western Canadian Coal Corporation (WTN)
Director name: Mr Charles G Pitcher
Amount sold: 50,000 @ 475.74p
Value: £237,870

Bankers Petroleum (BNK)
Director name: Mr Richard Alan Wadsworth
Amount sold: 200,000 @ 99.18p
Value: £198,360

Stagecoach Group (SGC)
Director name: Mr Martin Griffiths
Amount sold: 98,822 @ 270.10p
Value: £266,918

Bankers Petroleum (BNK)
Director name: Mr Richard Alan Wadsworth
Amount sold: 100,000 @ 99.18p
Value: £99,180

Bankers Petroleum (BNK)
Director name: Mr Richard Alan Wadsworth
Amount sold: 50,000 @ 99.18p
Value: £49,590

M. P. Evans Group (MPE)
Director name: Mr O D Wilkinson
Amount sold: 10,000 @ 400.00p
Value: £40,000