Saga Share News (SAGA)

(Sharecast News) - Shares in Saga were in the red on Wednesday afternoon, even after two of its non-executive directors bought significant chunks of shares.

The company said its senior independent non-executive director Sir Peter Bazalgette bought 212,249 shares on Tuesday.

He paid 94.23p for each share, spending a total of £200,002.24 on the investment.

Independent non-executive director Anand Aithal, meanwhile, picked up 24,500 shares on Monday.

Aithal spent a total of £20,075.30 on the shares, at a price of 81.94p apiece.

At 1541 BST, shares in Saga were down 1.15% at 89.86p.

Reporting by Josh White at Sharecast.com.

Top Director Buys

Saga (SAGA)

Director name: Bazalgette,Peter

Amount purchased: 212,249 @ 94.23p

Value: £200,002.24

Arix Bioscience (ARIX)

Director name: Moncreiffe,Peregrine D E M

Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 102.94p

Value: £102,940.00

Ferguson (FERG)

Director name: Shouraboura,Nadia

Amount purchased: 1,000 @ $103.31

Value: $85,186.53

Intermediate Capital Group (ICP)

Director name: Bharadia,Vijay

Amount purchased: 5,000 @ 1,033.46p

Value: £51,673.00

Crest Nicholson Holdings (CRST)

Director name: Ferguson,Iain

Amount purchased: 20,000 @ 198.90p

Value: £39,780.00

Crest Nicholson Holdings (CRST)

Director name: Ferguson,Iain

Amount purchased: 20,000 @ 187.50p

Value: £37,500.00

Watkin Jones (WJG)

Director name: Reilly,Liz

Amount purchased: 30,000 @ 101.00p

Value: £30,300.00

Shearwater Group (SWG)

Director name: Higgins,Phil

Amount purchased: 25,000 @ 92.00p

Value: £23,000.00

Avi Global Trust (AGT)

Director name: Galloway,Neil

Amount purchased: 11,500 @ 178.75p

Value: £20,556.59

Saga (SAGA)

Director name: Aithal,Anand

Amount purchased: 24,500 @ 81.94p

Value: £20,075.30

Petrofac Ltd. (PFC)

Director name: Medori,Rene

Amount purchased: 18,707 @ 106.91p

Value: £19,999.65

Tpximpact Holdings (TPX)

Director name: Gandhi,Neal Narendra

Amount purchased: 57,000 @ 35.00p

Value: £19,950.00

Crest Nicholson Holdings (CRST)

Director name: Ferguson,Iain

Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 185.80p

Value: £18,580.00

Kavango Resources (KAV)

Director name: Grist,Brett

Amount purchased: 920,245 @ 1.63p

Value: £14,999.99

Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Limited Npv (CORD)

Director name: Hill,Sian

Amount purchased: 15,000 @ 94.47p

Value: £14,170.33

Alternative Income Reit (AIRE)

Director name: Eastment,Stephanie

Amount purchased: 19,527 @ 66.38p

Value: £12,962.02

Kavango Resources (KAV)

Director name: Turney,Ben

Amount purchased: 750,000 @ 1.63p

Value: £12,261.75

Centralnic Group (CNIC)

Director name: Royde ,Max

Amount purchased: 8,000 @ 113.63p

Value: £9,090.40

Cyanconnode Holdings (CYAN)

Director name: Cronin ,John

Amount purchased: 42,553 @ 11.75p

Value: £4,999.98

Petrofac Ltd. (PFC)

Director name: Carlo,Francesca Di

Amount purchased: 4,676 @ 106.91p

Value: £4,999.11

Petrofac Ltd. (PFC)

Director name: Asfari,Ayman

Amount purchased: 4,676 @ 106.91p

Value: £4,999.11

Petrofac Ltd. (PFC)

Director name: Davies ,David

Amount purchased: 4,676 @ 106.91p

Value: £4,999.11

Petrofac Ltd. (PFC)

Director name: Akbar,Sara

Amount purchased: 4,676 @ 106.91p

Value: £4,999.11

Petrofac Ltd. (PFC)

Director name: Bichsel,Matthias

Amount purchased: 4,676 @ 106.91p

Value: £4,999.11

Centralnic Group (CNIC)

Director name: Royde ,Max

Amount purchased: 4,000 @ 111.25p

Value: £4,450.00

Kavango Resources (KAV)

Director name: Turney,Ben

Amount purchased: 150,000 @ 1.70p

Value: £2,550.00

Time Finance (TIME)

Director name: Rimmer,Edward

Amount purchased: 12,259 @ 16.31p

Value: £1,999.44

Kavango Resources (KAV)

Director name: Turney,Ben

Amount purchased: 20,245 @ 1.70p

Value: £344.17