(Sharecast News) - Breedon Group revealed on Thursday that chairman Amit Bhatia had purchased 1.5m ordinary shares in the London-listed construction materials firm via his interest in Abicad Holding Limited.

Abicad purchased the shares on Wednesday at an average price of 385.0p each, with a total value of approximately £5.77m.

As of 1550 BST, Breedon shares were down 0.13% at 389.50p.













Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com



Top Director Buys

Breedon Group (BREE)

Director name: Bhatia,Amit

Amount purchased: 1,500,000 @ 385.00p

Value: £5,774,999.86

Supply@me Capital (SYME)

Director name: Zamboni,Alessandro

Amount purchased: 1,500,000,000 @ 0.05p

Value: £795,000.03

Thungela Resources Limited Npv (di) (TGA)

Director name: Ndlovu,July

Amount purchased: 25,684 @ R116.55

Value: R133,566.11

Thungela Resources Limited Npv (di) (TGA)

Director name: Frederick,Gideon

Amount purchased: 13,822 @ R116.55

Value: R71,879.41

India Capital Growth Fund Ltd. (IGC)

Director name: Timberlake,Nick

Amount purchased: 20,000 @ 163.65p

Value: £32,730.00

Aeorema Communications (AEO)

Director name: Hale,Michael

Amount purchased: 50,000 @ 64.87p

Value: £32,435.00

Solid State (SOLI)

Director name: James,Peter Owen

Amount purchased: 1,524 @ 1,312.00p

Value: £19,994.88

Solid State (SOLI)

Director name: Richards,Matthew Thomas

Amount purchased: 1,500 @ 1,332.00p

Value: £19,980.00

Solid State (SOLI)

Director name: James,Peter Owen

Amount purchased: 1,500 @ 1,325.00p

Value: £19,875.00

Rm (RM.)

Director name: Humphrey,Christopher

Amount purchased: 30,000 @ 58.63p

Value: £17,587.50

Rm (RM.)

Director name: Humphrey,Christopher

Amount purchased: 30,000 @ 56.50p

Value: £16,950.00

Bbgi Global Infrastructure S.a. Npv (di) (BBGI)

Director name: Aitken,June

Amount purchased: 11,500 @ 130.61p

Value: £15,020.38

Apax Global Alpha Limited (APAX)

Director name: Sternberg,Karl

Amount purchased: 6,800 @ 145.74p

Value: £9,910.32

Rm (RM.)

Director name: Stevenson,Helen

Amount purchased: 16,945 @ 56.06p

Value: £9,499.82

Sareum Holdings (SAR)

Director name: Mitchell,Timothy J

Amount purchased: 50,000 @ 10.00p

Value: £5,000.00

Southern Energy Corp. Npv (di) (SOUC)

Director name: Atkinson,Ian Kenneth

Amount purchased: 20,475 @ $0.16

Value: $1,938.12

Top Director Sells

Sig (SHI)

Director name: Ashton,Ian

Amount sold: 469,520 @ 27.95p

Value: £131,230.84

Essentra (ESNT)

Director name: Fawcett,Scott

Amount sold: 55,301 @ 176.01p

Value: £97,335.18

India Capital Growth Fund Ltd. (IGC)

Director name: Timberlake,Nick

Amount sold: 20,000 @ 164.27p

Value: £32,853.36

Solid State (SOLI)

Director name: James,Peter Owen

Amount sold: 1,527 @ 1,310.00p

Value: £20,003.70

Solid State (SOLI)

Director name: Richards,Matthew Thomas

Amount sold: 1,500 @ 1,330.00p

Value: £19,950.00

Solid State (SOLI)

Director name: James,Peter Owen

Amount sold: 1,502 @ 1,325.00p

Value: £19,901.50

Sig (SHI)

Director name: Ashton,Ian

Amount sold: 37,796 @ 29.30p

Value: £11,074.23