(Sharecast News) - Various Eateries revealed on Thursday that founder Hugh Osmond had acquired 1.0m ordinary shares in the AIM-listed hospitality group.

Osmond, who purchased the shares via his interest in Xercise2, purchased the shares on Wednesday at an average price of 10.75p each, for a total value of £107,500.

Following the transaction, Xercise2's holdings a beneficial interest in 40.43m ordinary shares, representing approximately 23.10% of the company's issued share capital.

As of 1620 BST, Various Eateries shares were untraded at 14.0p.

Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com

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Capital Limited (di) (CAPD)

Director name: Rawlinson,Michael Ian

Amount purchased: 32,160 @ 62,200.00p

Value: £20,003,520.00

Fintel (FNTL)

Director name: Davy,Kenneth Ernest

Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 227.46p

Value: £227,463.79

Various Eateries (VARE)

Director name: Osmond,Hugh

Amount purchased: 1,000,000 @ 10.75p

Value: £107,500.00

Fintel (FNTL)

Director name: Smith,Phil

Amount purchased: 45,245 @ 221.00p

Value: £99,991.45

Nexteq (NXQ)

Director name: Thompson,Carol

Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 63.75p

Value: £63,750.00

Fintel (FNTL)

Director name: Stevens,Neil Martin

Amount purchased: 20,000 @ 236.12p

Value: £47,225.00

Fintel (FNTL)

Director name: Stevens,Neil Martin

Amount purchased: 13,500 @ 235.36p

Value: £31,773.60

Fintel (FNTL)

Director name: Stevens,Neil Martin

Amount purchased: 11,500 @ 239.47p

Value: £27,539.05

Fintel (FNTL)

Director name: Stevens,Neil Martin

Amount purchased: 11,000 @ 231.66p

Value: £25,482.60

Fintel (FNTL)

Director name: Stevens,Neil Martin

Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 239.25p

Value: £23,925.00

Fintel (FNTL)

Director name: Stevens,Neil Martin

Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 238.70p

Value: £23,870.00

Fintel (FNTL)

Director name: Stevens,Neil Martin

Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 236.00p

Value: £23,600.00

Fintel (FNTL)

Director name: Stevens,Neil Martin

Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 231.08p

Value: £23,108.00

Fintel (FNTL)

Director name: Stevens,Neil Martin

Amount purchased: 9,000 @ 238.20p

Value: £21,438.00

Fintel (FNTL)

Director name: Stevens,Neil Martin

Amount purchased: 9,000 @ 234.92p

Value: £21,142.80

Northern Venture Trust (NVT)

Director name: Hudson,Deborah

Amount purchased: 32,811 @ 60.96p

Value: £20,001.59

Capital Limited (di) (CAPD)

Director name: Dacomb,Graeme

Amount purchased: 25,000 @ 62.90p

Value: £15,725.00

Northern 2 Vct (NTV)

Director name: McAnulty,Cecilia

Amount purchased: 25,973 @ 57.75p

Value: £14,999.41

Fintel (FNTL)

Director name: Stevens,Neil Martin

Amount purchased: 6,000 @ 234.60p

Value: £14,076.00

Northern 2 Vct (NTV)

Director name: Chambers ,Thomas

Amount purchased: 20,804 @ 57.68p

Value: £11,999.75

Northern 2 Vct (NTV)

Director name: Ramparia,Ranjan

Amount purchased: 17,332 @ 57.70p

Value: £10,000.56

Howden Joinery Group (HWDN)

Director name: Currie ,Roisin

Amount purchased: 1,387 @ 716.83p

Value: £9,942.36

Fintel (FNTL)

Director name: Thompson,David

Amount purchased: 3,333 @ 240.10p

Value: £8,002.53

Fintel (FNTL)

Director name: Thompson,David

Amount purchased: 3,333 @ 240.00p

Value: £7,999.20

Northern 3 Vct (NTN)

Director name: Fleetwood,Christopher J

Amount purchased: 6,688 @ 89.71p

Value: £5,999.80

Fintel (FNTL)

Director name: Thompson,David

Amount purchased: 1,663 @ 240.19p

Value: £3,994.36

Touchstone Exploration Inc Npv (di) (TXP)

Director name: Baay,Paul R.

Amount purchased: 15,068 @ $0.41

Value: $3,654.90

Nexteq (NXQ)

Director name: Thompson,Carol

Amount purchased: 4,218 @ 64.20p

Value: £2,707.96

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