Webb pumps £100k into Autonomy

Autonomy's non-executive chairman Robert Webb has decided its time to dip in and pick up a stake in the data search software specialist.

The shares have tumbled 23% since hitting 1,538p at the end of May, a level not seen since the tech bubble began to burst in 2000.

Webb, who only took up his post in May, spent £99,254 on 8,109 shares at 1,224p each.

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Earlier this month Autonomy posted record second quarter revenue and profits. Revenues in the three months to 30 June rose to $195.2m from $125.7m a year earlier, while adjusted profit before tax, which excludes various charges, climbed to $89.6m from $50.8m.

Four deals have been announced this month, two with global banks and the others with a leading global aerospace engineering supplier and a major US national law enforcement agency.

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