Director dealings: EnQuest CEO's family firm makes £0.13m purchase

EnQuest found itself on the list of director buys on Wednesday, after a company linked to its chief executive officer spent more than £0.13m on shares.

The London-listed firm said Double A Limited purchased 491,583 of its shares on the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday.

It paid 27.1p per share, spending a total of £133,218.99 on the transaction.

EnQuest said Double A Limited is a company beneficially owned by the extended family of its CEO, Amjad Bseisu.

Elsewhere, Hiscox disclosed a purchase made by one of its non-executive directors in lieu of board fees.

The FTSE 250 insurer said Colin Keogh had chosen to use 50% of his fees to buy shares in the company, leading to it arranging to purchase 1,617 shares on his behalf.

It said the shares were purchased under a predetermined election at a price of 944p each, valuing the transaction at £15,264.48.

Reporting by Josh White at Sharecast.com.

Top Director Buys

Alphawave Ip Group (AWE)
Director name: Sutardja,Sehat
Amount purchased: 235,700 @ 152.98p
Value: £360,573.87

Enquest (ENQ)
Director name: Bseisu,Amjad
Amount purchased: 491,583 @ 27.10p
Value: £133,218.99

Icg Enterprise Trust (ICGT)
Director name: Pajarola,Sandra
Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 1,043.00p
Value: £104,300.00

Ocean Wilsons Holdings Ltd. (OCN)
Director name: Berzins,Andrey
Amount purchased: 7,500 @ 965.00p
Value: £72,375.00

Literacy Capital (BOOK)
Director name: Sellers,Christopher
Amount purchased: 15,000 @ 400.00p
Value: £60,000.00

Literacy Capital (BOOK)
Director name: Sellers,Christopher
Amount purchased: 5,000 @ 410.00p
Value: £20,500.00

Hiscox Limited (di) (HSX)
Director name: Keogh,Colin D
Amount purchased: 1,617 @ 944.00p
Value: £15,264.48

Portmeirion Group (PMP)
Director name: Sproston,David
Amount purchased: 2,500 @ 398.75p
Value: £9,968.75

Castings (CGS)
Director name: Cooke,Brian J
Amount purchased: 3,000 @ 309.12p
Value: £9,273.60

Restore (RST)
Director name: Bligh,Charles
Amount purchased: 2,031 @ 443.00p
Value: £8,997.33

Portmeirion Group (PMP)
Director name: Raybould,Mike
Amount purchased: 1,980 @ 403.45p
Value: £7,988.31

Ocean Wilsons Holdings Ltd. (OCN)
Director name: Berzins,Andrey
Amount purchased: 500 @ 950.00p
Value: £4,750.00

United Utilities Group (UU.)
Director name: Mogford,Steven L
Amount purchased: 17 @ 1,054.43p
Value: £179.25

United Utilities Group (UU.)
Director name: Aspin,Phil
Amount purchased: 17 @ 1,054.43p
Value: £179.25

United Utilities Group (UU.)
Director name: Beardmore,Louise
Amount purchased: 16 @ 1,054.43p
Value: £168.71

Team17 Group (TM17)
Director name: Crawford ,Mark
Amount purchased: 32 @ 468.00p
Value: £149.76

Aj Bell (AJB)
Director name: Stott,Roger
Amount purchased: 57 @ 261.00p
Value: £148.77

Top Director Sells

Experian (EXPN)
Director name: Cassin ,Brian
Amount sold: 104,255 @ 2,385.55p
Value: £2,487,050.50

Experian (EXPN)
Director name: Pitchford,Lloyd
Amount sold: 64,338 @ 2,385.55p
Value: £1,534,812.29

Serco Group (SRP)
Director name: Soames,Rupert
Amount sold: 574,897 @ 182.29p
Value: £1,047,967.64

Serco Group (SRP)
Director name: Crossley,Nigel
Amount sold: 50,911 @ 182.29p
Value: £92,804.59