Director dealings: Hill & Smith chair, SSP CEO make confident purchases

Hill & Smith was on the list of director buys on Thursday after Alan Giddins, the executive chair, acquired 9,000 shares.

Giddins paid 1,663.275778p for each share on 27 September, summing the investment up to £149,694.82.

On a similar note, SSP Group's group chief executive officer, Patrick Coveney, made a substantial purchase of 75,000 shares.

Those were priced at 199.3p each on 28 September, amounting to £149,475.00.

Both transactions were carried out at the London Stock Exchange.

At 1604 BST, shares in Hill & Smith were up 3.12% at 1,718p, while those in SSP Group were ahead 0.6% at 202p.

Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com.

Top Director Buys

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd (singapore Reg) (JAR)
Director name: Witt,John R
Amount purchased: 25,000 @ 4,648.88p
Value: £1,409,424.20

Big Technologies (BIG)
Director name: Morris,Daren John
Amount purchased: 400,000 @ 210.00p
Value: £839,999.96

Caledonia Investments (CLDN)
Director name: Wyatt,William
Amount purchased: 7,969 @ 3,476.00p
Value: £277,002.43

Hill And Smith (HILS)
Director name: Giddins,Alan
Amount purchased: 9,000 @ 1,663.27p
Value: £149,694.30

Ssp Group (SSPG)
Director name: Coveney,Patrick
Amount purchased: 75,000 @ 199.30p
Value: £149,475.00

Caledonia Investments (CLDN)
Director name: Wyatt,William
Amount purchased: 3,000 @ 3,476.00p
Value: £104,279.99

Caledonia Investments (CLDN)
Director name: Wyatt,William
Amount purchased: 3,000 @ 3,476.00p
Value: £104,279.99

Phoenix Group Holdings (PHNX)
Director name: Briggs,Andrew
Amount purchased: 20,964 @ 477.00p
Value: £99,998.28

Caledonia Investments (CLDN)
Director name: Wyatt,William
Amount purchased: 1,600 @ 3,476.00p
Value: £55,616.00

Zoo Digital Group (ZOO)
Director name: Green,Stuart
Amount purchased: 125,000 @ 40.00p
Value: £50,000.00

Drax Group (DRX)
Director name: Gardiner,Will
Amount purchased: 11,361 @ 429.81p
Value: £48,830.71

Simec Atlantis Energy Limited (di) (SAE)
Director name: Black,Duncan
Amount purchased: 3,600,000 @ 1.15p
Value: £41,400.00

Phoenix Group Holdings (PHNX)
Director name: Barbour ,Alastair
Amount purchased: 8,250 @ 475.77p
Value: £39,251.02

Rolls-royce Holdings (RR.)
Director name: Erginbilgic,Tufan
Amount purchased: 14,282 @ 218.80p
Value: £31,249.02

Caledonia Investments (CLDN)
Director name: Wyatt,William
Amount purchased: 700 @ 3,476.00p
Value: £24,332.00

Caledonia Investments (CLDN)
Director name: Wyatt,William
Amount purchased: 700 @ 3,476.00p
Value: £24,332.00

3i Group (III)
Director name: Halai,Jasi
Amount purchased: 1,147 @ 2,032.00p
Value: £23,307.04

3i Group (III)
Director name: Halai,Jasi
Amount purchased: 878 @ 2,031.00p
Value: £17,832.18

Ninety One (N91)
Director name: Toit,Hendrik du
Amount purchased: 10,335 @ 170.00p
Value: £17,569.50

Rolls-royce Holdings (RR.)
Director name: McCabe,Helen
Amount purchased: 5,522 @ 218.80p
Value: £12,082.14

Cpp Group (CPP)
Director name: Pyper,Simon
Amount purchased: 7,333 @ 136.00p
Value: £9,972.88

3i Group (III)
Director name: Halai,Jasi
Amount purchased: 440 @ 2,032.00p
Value: £8,940.80

3i Group (III)
Director name: Halai,Jasi
Amount purchased: 440 @ 2,031.00p
Value: £8,936.40

3i Group (III)
Director name: Halai,Jasi
Amount purchased: 440 @ 2,031.00p
Value: £8,936.40

Pharos Energy (PHAR)
Director name: Brown,Jann M
Amount purchased: 27,903 @ 23.46p
Value: £6,546.04

Aviva (AV.)
Director name: Lambert,Pippa
Amount purchased: 1,400 @ 391.38p
Value: £5,479.07

Pharos Energy (PHAR)
Director name: Rivett,Sue
Amount purchased: 4,155 @ 23.46p
Value: £974.93

Marks & Spencer Group (MKS)
Director name: Bickerstaffe,Katie
Amount purchased: 64 @ 236.20p
Value: £151.17

Direct Line Insurance Group (DLG)
Director name: Greenwood,Jon
Amount purchased: 84 @ 179.69p
Value: £150.94

Direct Line Insurance Group (DLG)
Director name: Manser,Neil
Amount purchased: 83 @ 179.69p
Value: £149.15

Direct Line Insurance Group (DLG)
Director name: Greenwood,Jon
Amount purchased: 42 @ n/a
Value: n/a

Direct Line Insurance Group (DLG)
Director name: Manser,Neil
Amount purchased: 41 @ n/a
Value: n/a

Top Director Sells

Caledonia Investments (CLDN)
Director name: Wyatt,William
Amount sold: 16,969 @ 3,472.50p
Value: £589,248.50

3i Group (III)
Director name: Halai,Jasi
Amount sold: 1,332 @ 2,031.00p
Value: £27,052.92