On Friday, MJ Gleeson's chief executive officer, Graham Prothero, acquired 12,439 shares in a single transaction on the London Stock Exchange. Prothero paid 398p per share, bringing the total value of the purchase to £49,507.22. Following this transaction, Prothero now holds a total of 48,276 shares in MJ Gleeson. Of these, 30,368 are held in his name while Miranda Prothero holds 17,908 shares. This represents 0.08% of the company's issued share capital.
In contrast to MJ Gleeson's CEO's acquisition, Wickes Group's chief financial officer Mark George exercised nil-cost options over 110,025 shares before selling 51,895 shares on Thursday. The sale took place on the London Stock Exchange and netted George 144.9p for each share sold, amounting to a total value of £75,195.86.
The market responded positively to these developments on Friday afternoon.
Other notable director buys included transactions by Thomas Kelly and Gajendra Bisht of Empyrean Energy (EME), Celia Baxter (NYSE:BAX) of Discoverie Group (DSCV), and Shaun Wills of Superdry (SDRY).
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