Thirdforce's McDonagh keeps buying
A round-up of the biggest director buys today so far.
Thirdforce chairman Pat McDonagh has added more than one million shares to a stake of 25% which he bought this week in a bid to take over the e-learning software firm.
McDonagh paid 7.125p each for 244,000 shares and another 918,000 at 7p a throw, lifting his holding to almost 66m shares, or 25.44% of the company.
He launched an offer for the Irish group last month with chief executive Brendan Sullivan worth 8 cents a share. There's also an alternative of 1 share in their LearnVantage bid vehicle for each Thirdforce share held.
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Top Director Buys
Value: £64,277
Value: £30,000
Value: £24,796
Value: £19,800
Value: £17,324
Value: £14,458
Value: £14,000
Value: £10,550
Top Director Sells
Value: £100,000
Value: £89,020
Value: £81,193
Value: £65,829
Value: £47,537
Value: £20,000
Value: £19,890
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