LONDON (ShareCast) - (ShareCast News) - Ben Keswick, Jardine Matheson´s chairman and managing director, picked up a large amount of shares in the Asia-focused conglomerate.
Kewswick bought 32,250 shares at an individual price of $21.70 for a total consideration of $699,825.02.

The transaction took place outside a trading venue on 24 January via the excercise of 50,000 share options by net settlement, the company said in a statement.

Stock in Jardine Matheson was changing hands at $62.35 on Wednesday, just below its 52-week high of $62.75.

On 9 November, the company reported mixed trading conditions for the half-year to the end of the third quarter of 2016, with underlying earnings little changed from the prior year.

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Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd (singapore Reg) (JAR)
Director name: Keswick,Benjamin William
Amount purchased: 32,250 @ $21.70
Value: $699,825.02

Polar Capital Holdings (POLR)
Director name: Aldous,Hugh
Amount purchased: 20,000 @ 374.27p
Value: £74,854.28

Acal (ACL)
Director name: Moon,Richard J
Amount purchased: 9,090 @ 220.00p
Value: £19,998.00

Acal (ACL)
Director name: Gibbins ,Simon
Amount purchased: 4,545 @ 220.00p
Value: £9,999.00

Acal (ACL)
Director name: Brooman,Richard J
Amount purchased: 2,272 @ 220.00p
Value: £4,998.40

Law Debenture Corp. (LWDB)
Director name: Adams,Michael
Amount purchased: 28 @ 528.17p
Value: £147.89



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