Ryanair chairman offloads shares

Ryanair's chairman David Bonderman has sold more than €1m worth of shares in the company. He offloaded 300,000 shares at €3.35 a time. Ryanair said that this amounts to about 0.02% of the company and that Bonderman now has about 0.93%.News of the share sale comes on the same day Ryanair said it will freeze growth at its nine UK bases with immediate effect as it focuses growth on other European destinations."Ryanair will grow by 15% this year to over 67m passengers," said the airline's outspoken chief executive Michael O' Leary. "However, the UK will not share in any of this growth in 2009 as Ryanair (the only major European airline continuing to grow) freezes growth at our nine UK bases."He blamed the £10 tourist tax and the charges airport operator BAA imposes on airlines.He also called on Prime Minister Gordon Brown to speed up the sale of London's Gatwick and Stansted airports, which are currently operated by BAA.Top Director BuysSignet Jewelers (SIG) Director name: Ms Marianne Miller ParrsAmount purchased: 6,995 @ 1,241.13p Value: £86,817Signet Jewelers (SIG) Director name: Mr Thomas PlaskettAmount purchased: 6,995 @ 1,241.13p Value: £86,817Signet Jewelers (SIG) Director name: Mr Russell WallsAmount purchased: 6,995 @ 1,241.13p Value: £86,817Signet Jewelers (SIG) Director name: Mr Dale HilpertAmount purchased: 6,995 @ 1,241.13p Value: £86,817Signet Jewelers (SIG) Director name: Mr Robert BlanchardAmount purchased: 6,995 @ 1,241.13p Value: £86,817Signet Jewelers (SIG) Director name: Mr Malcolm WilliamsonAmount purchased: 4,909 @ 1,241.13p Value: £60,927Halfords Group (HFD) Director name: Mr David WildAmount purchased: 20,000 @ 305.00p Value: £61,000Marston's (MARS) Director name: Mr David G F ThompsonAmount purchased: 45,000 @ 119.50p Value: £53,775Banco Santander SA (BNC) Director name: Mr Francisco Luzon LopezAmount purchased: 6,100 @ 668.13p Value: £40,756Banco Santander SA (BNC) Director name: Mr Francisco Luzon LopezAmount purchased: 6,000 @ 666.44p Value: £39,986Top Director SellsRyanair Holdings (RYA) Director name: Mr David BondermanAmount sold: 300,000 @ € 3.35 Value: € 1,005,600Hornby (HRN) Director name: Mr Frank MartinAmount sold: 30,235 @ 102.00p Value: £30,840Hornby (HRN) Director name: Mr J W StansfieldAmount sold: 10,486 @ 102.00p Value: £10,696