Mark Wells, a non-executive director at Kofax, a provider of capture driven process automation solutions, bought 15,000 at 302.00p each this week.
The £45,300 purchase comes one month after the firm reported a 31% slide in profit to $3.8m for the quarter ended December 31st.
Total revenues for the quarter grew 3.7% to $70.0m (2010: $67.5m), and for the six months 5.2% to $128.5m (2010: $122.2m).
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Profit for the six months fell 40.6% to $6.5m (2010: $11.0m).
Cash generated from operations for the six months was $0.7m (2010: $17.2m). Quarter end cash was $62.3m (2010: $69.0m).
The share price has lost 35%, or 165p, over the past year, although has scrapped back over 1% in the past month.
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Amount purchased: 15,000 @ 302.00p
Value: £45,300
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Value: £19,752
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