Director dealings: National Grid CEO raises stake

National Grid revealed on Wednesday that chief executive John Pettigrew had acquired 220,000 ordinary shares in the London-listed utility company.

Pettigrew, who took over as CEO in 2016, purchased the shares at an average price of 1,038.79p each, for a total value of £2.28m.

As of 1620 BST, National Grid shares were

Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com

Top Director Buys

National Grid (NG.)
Director name: Pettigrew,John
Amount purchased: 220,000 @ 1,038.79p
Value: £2,285,338.08

Alpha Group International (ALPH)
Director name: Kahn,Clive Ian
Amount purchased: 25,000 @ 2,207.00p
Value: £551,749.99

Atome (ATOM)
Director name: Levine,Peter M
Amount purchased: 666,667 @ 75.00p
Value: £500,000.25

Playtech (PTEC)
Director name: Weizer,Mor
Amount purchased: 36,000 @ 750.36p
Value: £270,129.38

Big Technologies (BIG)
Director name: Morris,Daren John
Amount purchased: 150,000 @ 120.00p
Value: £180,000.01

Big Technologies (BIG)
Director name: Morris,Daren John
Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 130.00p
Value: £130,000.00

Playtech (PTEC)
Director name: McGinnis,Chris
Amount purchased: 14,284 @ 749.00p
Value: £106,987.16

Atome (ATOM)
Director name: Mussat,Olivier Charles Frederic
Amount purchased: 133,333 @ 75.00p
Value: £99,999.75

Atome (ATOM)
Director name: (Hellmers),James E C Spalding
Amount purchased: 77,000 @ 75.00p
Value: £57,750.00

Atome (ATOM)
Director name: Levine,Nikita Petrovich
Amount purchased: 70,000 @ 75.00p
Value: £52,500.00

Income & Growth Vct (IGV)
Director name: Helfgott,Maurice
Amount purchased: 70,295 @ 71.13p
Value: £50,000.83

Unicorn Mineral Resources Eur0.01 (cdi) (UMR)
Director name: Doherty,Patrick
Amount purchased: 346,875 @ 8.50p
Value: £29,484.38

Tavistock Investments (TAVI)
Director name: Raven,Brian
Amount purchased: 830,000 @ 3.55p
Value: £29,465.00

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Ltd (SREI)
Director name: Patel,Sanjay
Amount purchased: 48,159 @ 51.90p
Value: £24,994.52

Worldwide Healthcare Trust (WWH)
Director name: Hemmings,William
Amount purchased: 7,250 @ 344.69p
Value: £24,989.66

Property Franchise Group (TPFG)
Director name: Raggett,David Arthur
Amount purchased: 4,800 @ 418.70p
Value: £20,097.60

Atome (ATOM)
Director name: Valladares,Mary-Rose de
Amount purchased: 24,000 @ 75.00p
Value: £18,000.00

Atome (ATOM)
Director name: Sheffrin,Robert Anthony
Amount purchased: 12,000 @ 75.00p
Value: £9,000.00

Atome (ATOM)
Director name: Sheffrin,Robert Anthony
Amount purchased: 12,000 @ 75.00p
Value: £9,000.00

Unicorn Mineral Resources Eur0.01 (cdi) (UMR)
Director name: Doherty,Patrick
Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 8.75p
Value: £8,750.00

Unicorn Mineral Resources Eur0.01 (cdi) (UMR)
Director name: Doherty,Patrick
Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 8.38p
Value: £8,375.00

Unicorn Mineral Resources Eur0.01 (cdi) (UMR)
Director name: Doherty,Patrick
Amount purchased: 50,000 @ 9.00p
Value: £4,500.00

Touchstone Exploration Inc Npv (di) (TXP)
Director name: Baay,Paul R.
Amount purchased: 10,278 @ $0.61
Value: $3,709.15

Top Director Sells

Judges Scientific (JDG)
Director name: Elman,Ralph
Amount sold: 25,791 @ 9,400.00p
Value: �2,424,354.00

Balfour Beatty (BBY)
Director name: Harrison,Philip
Amount sold: 240,000 @ 432.00p
Value: £1,036,800.04

Big Technologies (BIG)
Director name: Morris,Daren John
Amount sold: 195,000 @ 124.00p
Value: £241,800.00

Big Technologies (BIG)
Director name: Morris,Daren John
Amount sold: 55,000 @ 124.00p
Value: £68,200.00

Petrofac Ltd. (PFC)
Director name: Kawash,Tareq
Amount sold: 84,130 @ 14.20p
Value: £11,945.79

Petrofac Ltd. (PFC)
Director name: Sousa,Afonso Reis e
Amount sold: 27,811 @ 14.20p
Value: £3,948.94