Grafton Group chief executive Mr Norman Kilroy has made a profit of over £530,000 after buying shares at an option price and then selling the shares into the market.

Mr Kilroy has disclosed that he bought 26,250 shares at an option price of £3.80 each and another 8,280 shares at an option price of £5.40. He sold the shares into the market at 25 (£19.69) each.