William Comfort, a Non-Executive Director of Kofax, a provider of capture driven process automation solutions, has received over a million shares in the company in exchange for the redemption of his interest in Conversion Capital Master.
Comfort received a consideration of just over 1.1m shares, valued at 264.775p each and at a total of £2.9m.
He now holds 16.1m ordinary shares, equal to 18.13% of the issued shared capital.
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Serco Group's Chief Executive, Christopher Hyman, has ditched £186,904-worth of shares in the outsourcing firm, selling just over half of those earned through a deferred bonus plan.
Hyman, who has been in the role since 2002, received 67,770 shares and sold 35,365 at 528.50p a pop.
In a similar sale, Andrew Jenner, Serco's Finance Director since for the past decade, sold 20,618 of the 39,511 shares he received, earning £108,966 after offloading them at the same price as Hyman.
Top Director Buys
Kofax (KFX)
Director name: Mr William T Comfort III
Amount purchased: 1,106,864 @ 264.88p
Value: £2,931,861
Valiant Petroleum (VPP)
Director name: Mr Kevin Lyon
Amount purchased: 20,000 @ 360.00p
Value: £72,000
Patagonia Gold (PGD)
Director name: Mr William (Bill) Humphries
Amount purchased: 300,000 @ 23.33p
Value: £69,990
Genel Energy (GENL)
Director name: Mr Mark Parris
Amount purchased: 10,368 @ 615.00p
Value: £63,763
Elektron Technology (EKT)
Director name: Mr Keith Anthony Daley
Amount purchased: 250,000 @ 17.00p
Value: £42,500
Ocado Group (OCDO)
Director name: Mrs Wendy Becker
Amount purchased: 23,668 @ 84.50p
Value: £19,999
Baltic Oil Terminals (BTC)
Director name: Mr Simon L Escott
Amount purchased: 90,000 @ 13.25p
Value: £11,925
Daisy Group (DAY)
Director name: Mr Matthew Riley
Amount purchased: 12,500 @ 90.00p
Value: £11,250
Henderson Group (HGG)
Director name: Mr Rupert L Pennant-Rea
Amount purchased: 11,018 @ 95.66p
Value: £10,540
Top Director Sells
Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings (RQIH)
Director name: Mr Ken Randall
Amount sold: 500,000 @ 100.00p
Value: £500,000
Serco Group (SRP)
Director name: Mr Christopher R Hyman
Amount sold: 35,365 @ 528.50p
Value: £186,904
Solid State (SSP)
Director name: Mr William Marsh
Amount sold: 50,000 @ 240.00p
Value: £120,000
Serco Group (SRP)
Director name: Mr Andrew Jenner
Amount sold: 20,618 @ 528.50p
Value: £108,966
Invensys (ISYS)
Director name: Ms Victoria Hull
Amount sold: 40,699 @ 213.81p
Value: £87,019
Invensys (ISYS)
Director name: Mr David Thomas
Amount sold: 13,424 @ 213.81p
Value: £28,702
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