RTÉ News has learned that Denis O’Brien has acquired a further 5% of the shares in newspaper group Independent News and Media.
The company’s share price rose by almost 15% [yesterday] afternoon in Dublin following a transaction in which 32.7 million shares in the company changed hands at 34.5 cent per share.
This represents a 24% premium to the 27.8 cent the shares were trading for at that time.
Market sources have confirmed Mr O’Brien bought the shares.
A spokesman for Mr O’Brien declined to comment when asked whether the businessman was the investor behind the transaction.
Denis O’Brien buys another 5% stake in Independent News & Media (RTE News)
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