Michael Press has raised £1.4m from selling shares in oil services provider Petrofac ahead of the proposed demerger of its oil and gas assets.
Press is the senior independent non-executive director on the board of Petrofac. He sold 120,000 shares at 1173.65p each. He retains 120,000 shares. This is the first major sale by a director for nearly 11 months.
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Petrofac is spinning off its oil and gas assets in a new vehicle called EnQuest. Lundin Petroleum will also contribute its North Sea assets to EnQuest.
The Petrofac share price is around RBS's sum of the parts valuation of 1,230p a share.
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Amino Technologies (AMO) Director name: Mr Peter MurphyAmount purchased: 100,000 @ 30.00p Value: £30,000
CLS Holdings (CLI) Director name: Mr John WhiteleyAmount purchased: 5,000 @ 513.00p Value: £25,650
Edinburgh Worldwide Inv Trust (EWI) Director name: Mr David A ColtmanAmount purchased: 10,000 @ 255.00p Value: £25,500
CLS Holdings (CLI) Director name: Mr H O Thomas LundqvistAmount purchased: 5,000 @ 470.00p Value: £23,500
Somero Enterprises (Reg S) (SOM) Director name: Mr Lawrence Horsch Amount purchased: 128,000 @ 15.00p Value: £19,200
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GlobeOp Financial Services (GO.) Director name: Mr Jonathan MeeksAmount sold: 5,000,000 @ 257.00p Value: £12,850,000
SABMiller (SAB) Director name: Mr M I WymanAmount sold: 93,800 @ 1,889.26p Value: £1,772,126
Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets (MRW) Director name: Mr Mark GunterAmount sold: 480,000 @ 300.00p Value: £1,440,000
Petrofac Ltd (PFC) Director name: Mr Michael Warner PressAmount sold: 120,000 @ 1,173.65p Value: £1,408,380
SABMiller (SAB) Director name: Mr Tony van KralingenAmount sold: 53,345 @ 1,883.12p Value: £1,004,550
RSA Insurance Group (RSA) Director name: Mr Andrew K HasteAmount sold: 583,930 @ 123.26p Value: £719,752
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