Director dealings: Hurricane Energy investor offloads 51.0m shares

Hurricane Energy revealed on Wednesday that Kerogen Investments, a company closely associated with non-executive director Roy Kelly, had disposed of 110m ordinary shares in the UK-based oil and gas company.

Kerogen, which continues to be a major shareholder in Hurricane with a 16% interest in the AIM-listed natural resources firm, disposed of the shares at an average price of 46.50p each, for a total value of £51.15m.

The transaction represents approximately a quarter of Kerogen's current holding.

As of 1620 BST, Hurricane shares had slumped 6.71% to 47.11p.

Top Director Buys

Accsys Technologies (AXS)
Director name: Anthony Clegg ,Paul Hugh
Amount purchased: 441,307 @ 114.00p
Value: £503,089.97

Cropper (james) (CRPR)
Director name: Cropper,Mark A J
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Amount purchased: 250,000 @ 3.70p
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Amount purchased: 7 @ 2,178.50p
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Top Director Sells

Hurricane Energy (HUR)
Director name: Kelly,Roy
Amount sold: 110,000,000 @ 46.50p
Value: £51,150,000.39

Accsys Technologies (AXS)
Director name: Anthony Clegg ,Paul Hugh
Amount sold: 441,307 @ 113.98p
Value: £503,001.70