Director dealings: Keller finance director acquires 24,736 ordinary shares

James Hind, finance director of geotechnical solutions specialist Keller Group, acquired 24,736 ordinary shares in the London-based firm at an average price of 975.50p each as part of a transaction linked to an exercise of his share award.

Hind, who had been in his role as finance director since 2003, spent a grand total of £241,300 on the Wednesday share purchase.

Keller reported a 16% increase in revenue to a record £2.07bn in its last trading year, helping the firm reduce its net debt to £229.5m from £305.6m twelve months earlier.

Underlying pre-tax profits also picked up 16% year-on-year to £98.7m.

Back in February, Alain Michaelis, Keller's chief executive, said, "Overall, Keller has had a positive year with good growth in group revenue and profits. The results were extremely strong in EMEA and solid in North America, but disappointing in APAC. Ongoing operational improvements, strengthened leadership and market recovery should lead to APAC returning to profitability in 2018."

As of 1500 BST, shares had climbed 2.67% to 999p.

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Keller Group (KLR)

Director name: Mr James Hind

Amount purchased: 24,736 @ 975.50p

Value: £241,300

BBGI SICAV S.A. (DI) (BBGI)

Director name: Mr Frank Schramm

Amount purchased: 166,690 @ 132.25p

Value: £220,448

BBGI SICAV S.A. (DI) (BBGI)

Director name: Mr Duncan Ball

Amount purchased: 156,179 @ 132.25p

Value: £206,547

Petropavlovsk (POG)

Director name: Mr Bektas Mukazhanov

Amount purchased: 926,026 @ 6.96p

Value: £64,451

XLMedia (XLM)

Director name: Mr Ory Weihs

Amount purchased: 32,258 @ 155.00p

Value: £50,000

BBGI SICAV S.A. (DI) (BBGI)

Director name: Mr Michael Denny

Amount purchased: 34,451 @ 132.25p

Value: £45,561

Computacenter (CCC)

Director name: Mr Peter Ryan

Amount purchased: 900 @ 1,235.40p

Value: £11,119

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