Director dealings: New Hill & Smith CEO takes up stake

Hill & Smith revealed on Thursday that chief executive Rutger Helbing had acquired 10,000 ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed construction products manufacturer.

Helbing, who was tapped by Hill & Smith to take over as CEO last week, purchased the shares on Wednesday at an average price of 2,039.0p each, for a total value of £203,899.99.

As of 1620 BST, Hill & Smith shares were up 3.74% at 2,080.0p.

Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com

Top Director Buys

Cyanconnode Holdings (CYAN)
Director name: Cronin ,John
Amount purchased: 315,689 @ 950.00p
Value: £2,999,045.50

Hill And Smith (HILS)
Director name: Helbing,Rutger
Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 2,039.00p
Value: £203,899.99

Energean (ENOG)
Director name: Benos,Panagiotis
Amount purchased: 8,000 @ 868.86p
Value: £69,508.80

Mcbride (MCB)
Director name: Murray,Alastair S N
Amount purchased: 20,000 @ 118.50p
Value: £23,700.00

Gooch & Housego (GHH)
Director name: Bullard,Gary
Amount purchased: 5,000 @ 422.00p
Value: £21,100.00

Airea (AIEA)
Director name: Campbell ,Conleth
Amount purchased: 60,000 @ 27.00p
Value: £16,200.00

Diversified Energy Company (DEC)
Director name: Thomas,Martin Keith
Amount purchased: 1,035 @ 822.98p
Value: £8,517.84

Top Director Sells

Judges Scientific (JDG)
Director name: Cicurel,David
Amount sold: 60,000 @ 1,000.00p
Value: £600,000.00