Director dealing: British Polythene CEO bags some cash

The chief executive of British Polythene Industries has sold £0.35m-worth of shares in the plastic bag maker.

John Langlands and his wife sold 49,532 shares mostly at a price of 710p, reaping £351,719.

As a result, Langland, who has been at the company for more than 20 years and in the top role since 2003, holds 406,490 BPI shares.

BPI, which makes polythene film, bags and sacks released results at the end of last month that showed operating profits up 7% to £28.6m, adjusted EPS up 16% to 76.6p and a dividend hiked 12.5% to 18p.

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