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(Sharecast News) - Vodafone's chairman bought a big batch of shares in the telecommunications outfit just ahead of the Easter break.
Jean-François van Boxmeer bought £568,215-worth of shares on 27 March, just as the share price was hovering near roughly six-month highs.
A fortnight before, the company had outlined its plans to return €4bn to shareholders and to sell its Vodafone Italy to Swisscom for twice that amount.
Also on 15 March, Vodafone's CFO had picked up just over £1.7m-worth of shares in Vodafone.
That was followed on 22 March by a warning from the UK Competition and Markets Authority for the company to assuage its concerns that a proposed merger with Three UK would result in higher prices and a decline in investment.
Top Director Buys
Vodafone Group (VOD)
Director name: Boxmeer,Van
Amount purchased: 823,500 @ 69.00p
Value: �568,215.00
Taylor Wimpey (TW.)
Director name: Daly,Jennie
Amount purchased: 132,448 @ 140.65p
Value: �186,288.11
Taylor Wimpey (TW.)
Director name: Carney,Chris
Amount purchased: 89,128 @ 140.65p
Value: �125,358.53
Zotefoams (ZTF)
Director name: Drummond,Lynn
Amount purchased: 6,382 @ 391.67p
Value: �24,996.38
Zotefoams (ZTF)
Director name: Swift,Malcolm
Amount purchased: 5,419 @ 394.16p
Value: �21,359.53
Aeorema Communications (AEO)
Director name: Owen,Richard
Amount purchased: 20,000 @ 55.12p
Value: �11,025.00
Pharos Energy (PHAR)
Director name: Brown,Jann M
Amount purchased: 30,936 @ 21.16p
Value: �6,547.30
Pharos Energy (PHAR)
Director name: Rivett,Sue
Amount purchased: 4,607 @ 21.16p
Value: �975.03
Top Director Sells
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)
Director name: Schwimmer,David
Amount sold: 11,999 @ 9,643.58p
Value: �1,157,132.69
Barr (a.g.) (BAG)
Director name: Kemp,Jonathan David
Amount sold: 2,000 @ 561.34p
Value: �11,226.73
