DIRECTOR DEALINGS SUMMARY: GSK Senior Vice President Sells Shares

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of director dealings reported in London on Wednesday.----------Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline said Claire Thomas - its senior vice president of human resources - sold 40,000 shares at a price of 1,594.62 pence per share on Tuesday.It has not been disclosed how many shares Thomas now holds in the FTSE 100-listed company following the GBP637,848 deal. Shares in GSK closed up 0.6% at 1,612.80 pence each on Wednesday.----------Essentra said Non-Executive Director Ralf Wunderlich purchased 20,000 shares at a price of 472.2 pence per share on Tuesday.It has not been disclosed how many shares Wunderlich now holds in the plastic & fibre products company following the GBP94,440 deal. Shares in Essentra closed up 2.4% at 481.20 pence each on Wednesday----------Hastings Group Holdings on Wednesday said Non-Executive Director Richard Hoskins and his wife disposed shares in the insurance company.Richard Hoskins sold 150,000 shares at a price of 245 pence each, worth GBP367,500, while his wife disposed 250,000 shares at the same price, totalling GBP612,500.Shares in Hastings closed 2.6% higher on Wednesday at 249.80p each.The Hoskins' total shareholding following the transaction, if any, was not disclosed.----------Standard Life Aberdeen said that Non-Executive Director John Devine purchased 15,422 shares at 342.2 pence each on Wednesday.Devine's current holding in the company was not disclosed. Shares in Standard Life Aberdeen closed up 3.2% at 331.50 pence each on Wednesday. ----------