(Sharecast News) - Travis Perkins revealed on Thursday that chairperson Jasmine Whitbread had acquired 2,132 ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed builders' merchant and home improvement retailer.

Whitbread, who took over as chair in 2021, purchased the shares on Wednesday at an average price of 931.04p each, for a total value of £19,849.72.

As of 1615 GMT, Travis Perkins shares were up 2.12% at 943.40p.

Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com

Top Director Buys

Oakley Capital Investments Ltd. (di) (OCI)

Director name: Till,David

Amount purchased: 43,955 @ 446.00p

Value: £196,039.30

Spirax-sarco Engineering (SPX)

Director name: Kingston,Jane

Amount purchased: 890 @ 11,110.00p

Value: £98,879.00

Ig Group Holdings (IGG)

Director name: Felix,June

Amount purchased: 10,509 @ 706.50p

Value: £74,246.09

Molten Ventures (GROW)

Director name: Slowey,Gervaise

Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 315.00p

Value: £31,500.00

Greencoat Uk Wind (UKW)

Director name: Jemmett-Page,Shonaid

Amount purchased: 12,500 @ 159.09p

Value: £19,886.14

Travis Perkins (TPK)

Director name: Whitbread,Jasmine

Amount purchased: 2,132 @ 931.04p

Value: £19,849.72

Seeing Machines Ltd. Npv (di) (SEE)

Director name: Ive,Martin

Amount purchased: 300,000 @ 6.00p

Value: £18,000.00

Ig Group Holdings (IGG)

Director name: Rozes,Charlie

Amount purchased: 2,500 @ 705.00p

Value: £17,625.00

Ig Group Holdings (IGG)

Director name: Rozes,Charlie

Amount purchased: 2,500 @ 695.00p

Value: £17,375.00

Ig Group Holdings (IGG)

Director name: Felix,June

Amount purchased: 2,101 @ 707.50p

Value: £14,864.57

(HWG)

Director name: Shillaw,Lynda

Amount purchased: 12,560 @ 114.76p

Value: £14,413.86

Europa Oil & Gas (holdings) (EOG)

Director name: Holland,Will

Amount purchased: 1,079,600 @ 1.24p

Value: £13,387.04

Jersey Electricity 'a' Shares (JEL)

Director name: Iceton ,Elisabeth

Amount purchased: 2,500 @ 489.90p

Value: £12,247.50

Clean Power Hydrogen (CPH2)

Director name: Duffy,Jonathan (Jon) Richard

Amount purchased: 24,449 @ 20.45p

Value: £4,999.82

Fidelity Special Values (FSV)

Director name: Foster,Nigel

Amount purchased: 1,000 @ 267.00p

Value: £2,670.00

Seeing Machines Ltd. Npv (di) (SEE)

Director name: Ive,Martin

Amount purchased: 36,412 @ 5.90p

Value: £2,148.31

Personal Assets Trust (PNL)

Director name: Clements,Mandy

Amount purchased: 210 @ 473.61p

Value: £994.57

Bae Systems (BA.)

Director name: Greve,Brad

Amount purchased: 17 @ 932.65p

Value: £158.55

(HWG)

Director name: Patmore,Katerina

Amount purchased: 128 @ 117.00p

Value: £149.76

(HWG)

Director name: Shillaw,Lynda

Amount purchased: 128 @ 117.00p

Value: £149.76

(HWG)

Director name: Birch,Chris

Amount purchased: 128 @ 117.00p

Value: £149.76

Bae Systems (BA.)

Director name: Woodburn,Charles

Amount purchased: 16 @ 932.65p

Value: £149.22

Emis Group (EMIS)

Director name: Southby,Peter

Amount purchased: 8 @ 1,838.00p

Value: £147.04

Top Director Sells

Pagegroup (PAGE)

Director name: Stagg ,Kelvin

Amount sold: 9,616 @ 439.60p

Value: £42,271.94