Laurence Blackall, a non-executive director of Oakley Capital Investments, a Bermuda-based investment firm, has purchased 200,000 ordinary shares at 118p a pop.
The £236,000 purchase is currently the director's only holding in the firm, equal to around 0.2% of the total voting rights.
At the end of December, the company's net asset value was £1.71 per share was up from £1.68 last year, an increase of 2.0%, achieved on the back of a year of significant progress.
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"The performance of the portfolio companies has been robust and is reflected in the continuing positive momentum of our NAV," the firm said earlier this year.
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"In the period, the Limited Partnership invested in three new portfolio businesses providing compelling growth opportunities for the future. We are continuing to see a good flow of prospects into our deal pipeline which we expect will provide a number of potential opportunities for the Limited Partnership in 2012."
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