Director dealings: Hill & Smith non-exec invests, Atlantic Lithium CEO's wife sells

(Sharecast News) - Hill & Smith found itself on the buying side of the ledger on Tuesday, after disclosing a purchase worth almost £29k by a non-executive director. The FTSE 250 company said Farrokh Batliwala bought 2,000 of its shares on Friday, at a price of 1,440.69p each.

That made the purchase worth a total of £28,813.80.

After the transaction, Hill & Smith said Batliwala had a beneficial interest in a total of 2,000 of its shares.

On the selling side of things, Atlantic Lithium said its interim chief executive officer was involved in a share sale worth over £0.34m for "personal financial reasons".

The AIM-traded company said Lennard Kolff van Oosterwijk's wife Melissa sold 600,000 shares on Friday for 57p each.

That made the sale worth a total of £342,000.

"Mr Kolff remains committed to the continuing growth and success of the company," the Atlantic Lithium board said in its disclosure.

Following the sale, the firm said the interim CEO had an interest in 1,007,344 of its ordinary shares, representing 0.18% of its issued share capital.

He also had an interest in 15.5 million unlisted options exercisable at between 12p and 50p each, and 4.05 million unlisted performance rights exercisable for between 30p and £1 apiece.

Those options and performance rights would remain exercisable until various due dates between June this year and August 2023.

This article has been updated to reflect a a correction to Hill & Smith's regulatory disclosure, clarifying the price its director paid per share.

Top Director Buys

Hill & Smith Holdings (HILS) Director name: Batliwala,Farrokh Amount purchased: 2,000 @ 1,440.69p Value: £28,813.80

Kingfisher (KGF) Director name: Carr ,Jeff Amount purchased: 210,000 @ 259.70p Value: £545,369.98

Boston International Holdings (BIH) Director name: James,William Borden Amount purchased: 29,571,400 @ 1.00p Value: £295,713.99

Induction Healthcare Group (INHC) Director name: Williams,Andrew Amount purchased: 190,989 @ 52.50p Value: £100,269.22

Induction Healthcare Group (INHC) Director name: Stephenson,Dimitrie Spiru Hugo Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 54.10p Value: £54,098.70

Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) Director name: Hennah,Adrian Nevil Amount purchased: 14,125 @ 355.70p Value: £50,243.33

Renishaw (RSW) Director name: Lee,William Amount purchased: 1,324 @ 3,746.00p Value: £49,597.04

Quarto Group Inc. (QRT) Director name: Lau,Chuk Kin Amount purchased: 25,000 @ 153.50p Value: £38,375.00

K3 Business Technology Group (KBT) Director name: Scott,Oliver Rupert Andrew Amount purchased: 25,544 @ 149.57p Value: £38,206.16

Induction Healthcare Group (INHC) Director name: Reed,Leslie-Ann Amount purchased: 57,100 @ 52.50p Value: £29,977.50

K3 Business Technology Group (KBT) Director name: Scott,Oliver Rupert Andrew Amount purchased: 15,000 @ 150.00p Value: £22,500.00

Amedeo Air Four Plus Limited Red Ord Npv (AA4) Director name: Gavigan,Mary Amount purchased: 62,709 @ 31.89p Value: £19,997.90

Starvest (SVE) Director name: Cryan ,Gemma Amount purchased: 179,000 @ 11.17p Value: £19,994.30

Sig (SHI) Director name: Dasani,Shatish D. Amount purchased: 50,000 @ 39.15p Value: £19,575.00

Quarto Group Inc. (QRT) Director name: Lau,Chuk Kin Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 150.00p Value: £15,000.00

Induction Healthcare Group (INHC) Director name: Mitchell,Guy Amount purchased: 9,200 @ 54.10p Value: £4,977.08

Forterra (FORT) Director name: Harrison,Stephen Amount purchased: 1,726 @ 229.90p Value: £3,968.06

Induction Healthcare Group (INHC) Director name: Balmain,James Amount purchased: 7,300 @ 54.10p Value: £3,949.21

Sabre Insurance Group (SBRE) Director name: Westwood,Adam Richard Amount purchased: 780 @ 231.10p Value: £1,802.58

Bp (BP.) Director name: Auchincloss,Murray Amount purchased: 95 @ 391.50p Value: £371.92

Bp (BP.) Director name: Looney,Bernard Amount purchased: 80 @ 391.50p Value: £313.20

Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS) Director name: Martin,Alan Amount purchased: 93 @ 214.90p Value: £199.86

Prudential (PRU) Director name: FitzPatrick,Mark Amount purchased: 16 @ 1,107.00p Value: £177.12

Xp Factory (XPF) Director name: Bird,Graham Amount purchased: 486 @ 30.85p Value: £149.93

Xp Factory (XPF) Director name: Harpham,Richard Amount purchased: 486 @ 30.85p Value: £149.93

Qinetiq Group (QQ.) Director name: Wadey ,Steve Amount purchased: 46 @ 325.78p Value: £149.86

Rotork (ROR) Director name: Davis,Jonathan Amount purchased: 47 @ 315.20p Value: £148.14

Sabre Insurance Group (SBRE) Director name: Carter,Geoffrey Richard Amount purchased: 64 @ 231.10p Value: £147.90

Meggitt (MGGT) Director name: Wood,Tony Amount purchased: 19 @ 768.15p Value: £145.95

Sse (SSE) Director name: Alexander,Gregor Amount purchased: 8 @ 1,801.52p Value: £144.12

Sse (SSE) Director name: Phillips-Davies,Alistair Amount purchased: 7 @ 1,801.52p Value: £126.11

Sse (SSE) Director name: Pibworth ,Martin Amount purchased: 2 @ 1,801.52p Value: £36.03

Top Director Sells

Atlantic Lithium Limited Npv (di) (ALL) Director name: Oosterwijk,Lennard Alexander Kolff Van Amount sold: 600,000 @ 57.00p Value: £342,000.00

Weir Group (WEIR) Director name: Stanton ,Jon Amount sold: 10,927 @ 1,584.47p Value: £173,135.21

Weir Group (WEIR) Director name: Heasley,John Amount sold: 5,494 @ 1,584.47p Value: £87,050.87

Weir Group (WEIR) Director name: Vanhegan,Graham Amount sold: 3,090 @ 1,584.47p Value: £48,960.17

Starvest (SVE) Director name: Cryan ,Gemma Amount sold: 179,000 @ 11.15p Value: £19,958.50