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

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