Galliford Try CEO buys shares while his other firm sells

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