Director dealings: Vietnam Holding director lowers stake

Vietnam Holding director Hiroshi Funaki's outfit Discover Investment Capital sold 869,867 ordinary shares in the AIM-listed investment fund as part of a tender offer on Thursday.

Funaki, who previously headed up the investment companies team over at Edmond de Rothschild Securities, disposed of the shares at an average price of 272.15p each, for a total value of £3.01m.

Discover now holds 2.73m ordinary shares in the group, representing 5.1% of its issued share capital.

As of 1610 GMT, Vietnam shares had slipped 1.53% to 2.22p.

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