Director dealings: Smiths Group non-executive director makes share purchase

Smiths Group revealed on Tuesday that non-executive director Alister Cowan had acquired 5,000 ordinary shares in the FTSE 100-listed engineering business.

Source: Sharecast

Cowan, who was appointed to the board of Smiths Group in July 2024, purchased the shares on Monday at an average price of 2,268.10p, for a total value of £113,405.

As of 1400 GMT, Smiths shares were up 1.54% at 2,246p.

Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com

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Top Director Buys

Smiths Group (SMIN)
Director name: Cowan ,Alister
Amount purchased: 5,000 @ 2,268.10p
Value: £113,405.00

Savills (SVS)
Director name: Sanderson ,Nick
Amount purchased: 11,909 @ 834.82p
Value: £99,418.23

Sylvania Platinum Ltd (di) (SLP)
Director name: Preece,Martin
Amount purchased: 65,100 @ 83.95p
Value: £54,651.45

Sylvania Platinum Ltd (di) (SLP)
Director name: Carr,Eileen
Amount purchased: 25,000 @ 81.00p
Value: £20,250.00

(HWG)
Director name: Patmore,Katerina
Amount purchased: 6,943 @ 154.60p
Value: £10,733.88

Crest Nicholson Holdings (CRST)
Director name: Kent ,Gillian
Amount purchased: 9,538 @ 104.27p
Value: £9,945.65

Top Director Sells

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.npv (cdi) (WPM)
Director name: Gosselin,Chantal
Amount sold: 1,514 @ $164.00
Value: $146,896.42

Frontier Developments (FDEV)
Director name: Braben ,David John
Amount sold: 9,000 @ 351.50p
Value: £31,635.00

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.npv (cdi) (WPM)
Director name: Gosselin,Chantal
Amount sold: 200 @ $163.60
Value: $19,357.51

Cranswick (CWK)
Director name: Bottomley,Mark
Amount sold: 250 @ 5,097.35p
Value: £12,743.37

Cranswick (CWK)
Director name: Bottomley,Mark
Amount sold: 110 @ 5,096.12p
Value: £5,605.73

Isin: GB00B1WY2338
Exchange: London Stock Exchange
Sell:
2,505.00 p
Buy:
2,507.00 p
Change: -9.00 ( -0.36 %)
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