Vodafone's Sir John Bond spends £116,000

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Vodafone's chairman Sir John Bond has upped his stake in the mobile phone company substantially, spending £116,000 on shares.

He paid 116p a time for 100,000 shares in the firm and now has 337,345.

Bond became chairman of Vodafone in 2006 after stepping down as chairman of HSBC, having worked at the bank for 45 years.

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His previous directorships include a spell at mobile phone group Orange from 1996 to 1999.

Bond was knighted for services to banking in 1999.

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