(Sharecast News) - Roadside Real Estate revealed on Wednesday that chairman Charles Dickson's wife, Helen, had acquired 879,678 ordinary shares in the AIM-listed real estate business.

Helen Dickson purchased the shares on Tuesday at an average price of 4.49p each, for a total value of £39,497.54.

Following the purchase, Charles Dickson and his PCA own 34.15m ordinary Roadside shares, representing 24.9% of the company's total issued share capital.

As of 1610 BST, Roadside shares were untraded at 8.20p.

Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com

Top Director Buys

Roadside Real Estate (ROAD)

Director name: Dickson,Charles Edward

Amount purchased: 879,678 @ 4.49p

Value: £39,497.54

National Grid (NG.)

Director name: Wood,Tony

Amount purchased: 2,000 @ 1,065.79p

Value: £21,315.81

Speedy Hire (SDY)

Director name: Dasani,Shatish D.

Amount purchased: 80,000 @ 24.66p

Value: £19,728.80

Rm (RM.)

Director name: Cook,Mark

Amount purchased: 6,000 @ 60.00p

Value: £3,600.00

Rm (RM.)

Director name: Cook,Mark

Amount purchased: 5,500 @ 60.50p

Value: £3,327.50

Rolls-royce Holdings (RR.)

Director name: Mars,Wendy

Amount purchased: 432 @ 421.99p

Value: £1,822.99

Rolls-royce Holdings (RR.)

Director name: Behrendt,Birgit

Amount purchased: 260 @ 421.99p

Value: £1,097.17

Top Director Sells

Weir Group (WEIR)

Director name: Stanton ,Jon

Amount sold: 11,830 @ 2,035.94p

Value: £240,851.65

Weir Group (WEIR)

Director name: Stanton ,Jon

Amount sold: 11,607 @ 2,035.94p

Value: £236,311.51

Weir Group (WEIR)

Director name: Vanhegan,Graham

Amount sold: 3,508 @ 2,035.94p

Value: £71,420.76

Weir Group (WEIR)

Director name: Vanhegan,Graham

Amount sold: 3,420 @ 2,035.94p

Value: £69,629.13

National Grid (NG.)

Director name: Wood,Tony

Amount sold: 2,171 @ 1,065.56p

Value: £23,133.20