Non-Exec at Kofax stocks up
A round-up of the biggest director deals today so far.
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.
Top Director Buys
Kofax (KFX)
Director name: Mr Mark Wells
Amount purchased: 15,000 @ 302.00p
Value: £45,300
Interserve (IRV)
Director name: Mr Dougie Sutherland
Amount purchased: 6,700 @ 294.80p
Value: £19,752
Top Director Sells
Wood Group (John) (WG.)
Director name: Mr Alan G Semple
Amount sold: 211,794 @ 743.00p
Value: £1,573,629
Signet Jewelers Ltd. (SIG)
Director name: Mr Michael Barnes
Amount sold: 30,534 @ 3,149.14p
Value: £961,558
Wood Group (John) (WG.)
Director name: Mr Allister G Langlands
Amount sold: 199,206 @ 743.00p
Value: £1,480,101
Wood Group (John) (WG.)
Director name: Mr Alan G Semple
Amount sold: 200,000 @ 728.00p
Value: £1,456,000
Wood Group (John) (WG.)
Director name: Mr Les Thomas
Amount sold: 161,527 @ 743.00p
Value: £1,200,146
Wood Group (John) (WG.)
Director name: Mr Mark Papworth
Amount sold: 161,527 @ 743.00p
Value: £1,200,146
Petrofac Ltd. (PFC)
Director name: Mr Ayman Asfari
Amount sold: 68,321 @ 1,706.81p
Value: £1,166,110
Petrofac Ltd. (PFC)
Director name: Mr Marwan Chedid
Amount sold: 43,920 @ 1,706.81p
Value: £749,631
Wood Group (John) (WG.)
Director name: Mr Mike Straughen
Amount sold: 84,163 @ 743.00p
Value: £625,331
Mandarin Oriental International (Singapore) (MDO)
Director name: Mr Andrew Hirst
Amount sold: 68,000 @ $1.58
Value: $107,698
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