Greg Fitzgerald, the Chief Executive of Galliford Try, the FTSE 250 housebuilding and construction firm, has topped up his stake in the company.
The director bought almost £50,000-worth of shares in the firm at the same time Crownway Builders, a company in which Fitzgerald owns 37.5%, sold off more than £2.57m worth.
Fitzgerald bought 8,190 shares at 605.00p each, while Crownway Builders sold off 425,402 shares at the same price.
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Last week the firm announced that it has been awarded a pair of contracts by Yorkshire Water to upgrade the Blackburn Meadows waste water treatment plant in Sheffield.
The larger of the contracts is worth £31m and will ensure that Blackburn Meadows meets the requirements of the EU's Freshwater Fish Directive. The programme will last around 18 months. The second scheme is worth £18m and will result in a new mesophilic anaerobic digestion plant; mesophilic anerobic digestion is the process where micro-organisims break down biodegradable material in a moderate temperature environment.
The stock has gained almost 68% over the past year, equivalent to 249p.
Top Director Buys
Total Produce (TOT)
Director name: Mr Carl McCann
Amount purchased: 367,909 @ 39.89p
Value: £146,759
Total Produce (TOT)
Director name: Mr Rory Byrne
Amount purchased: 366,210 @ 39.89p
Value: £146,081
Total Produce (TOT)
Director name: Mr Frank Davis
Amount purchased: 243,008 @ 39.89p
Value: £96,936
Total Produce (TOT)
Director name: Mr John Frank Gernon
Amount purchased: 169,935 @ 39.89p
Value: £67,787
Access Intelligence (ACC)
Director name: Mr Michael Jackson
Amount purchased: 1,800,000 @ 3.00p
Value: £54,000
Access Intelligence (ACC)
Director name: Mr Kole Dhoot
Amount purchased: 1,800,000 @ 3.00p
Value: £54,000
Galliford Try (GFRD)
Director name: Mr Greg Fitzgerald
Amount purchased: 8,190 @ 605.00p
Value: £49,550
Access Intelligence (ACC)
Director name: Mr Ray Jackson
Amount purchased: 900,000 @ 3.00p
Value: £27,000
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (FGT)
Director name: Mr Neil Collins
Amount purchased: 5,000 @ 351.70p
Value: £17,585
Intertek Group (ITRK)
Director name: Mr David E Reid
Amount purchased: 707 @ 2,445.00p
Value: £17,286
Top Director Sells
Kingspan Group (KGP)
Director name: Mr Eugene Murtagh
Amount sold: 5,120,000 @ €8.00
Value: €40,960,000
Mondi (MNDI)
Director name: Mr David A Hathorn
Amount sold: 637,295 @ 604.30p
Value: £3,851,174
Mondi (MNDI)
Director name: Mr Peter Oswald
Amount sold: 548,660 @ 604.30p
Value: £3,315,552
Galliford Try (GFRD)
Director name: Mr Greg Fitzgerald
Amount sold: 425,402 @ 605.00p
Value: £2,573,682
Mondi (MNDI)
Director name: Mr Andrew King
Amount sold: 169,706 @ 604.30p
Value: £1,025,533
Mondi (MNDI)
Director name: Ms Carol Hunt
Amount sold: 97,024 @ 604.30p
Value: £586,316
Inmarsat (ISAT)
Director name: Mr Andrew Sukawaty
Amount sold: 46,333 @ 486.99p
Value: £225,637
Hunting (HTG)
Director name: Mr Peter Rose
Amount sold: 22,302 @ 925.50p
Value: £206,405
Inmarsat (ISAT)
Director name: Mr Rick Medlock
Amount sold: 34,441 @ 486.99p
Value: £167,724
Inmarsat (ISAT)
Director name: Mr Rupert Pearce
Amount sold: 23,645 @ 486.99p
Value: £115,149
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