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Huge transactions today, so far 1,920m buys - 500k sales and 5,055m unknown between 52 and 52.5p. I'm guessing buys but not sure unless someone can tell on level 2. Just worked out that 8.5% of issued shares have been traded up to this time today, at this rate my short term sp target at 56p is begining to look very short indeed.

Just seen it thanks spitfire.

Noticed lots of small buy transactions today pushing sp up, might be somthing like scsw could be out today with a good write up. However took advantage and sold part holding, but majority I will run to next target.

First sale since my purchase in september 2007.

I'm holding.

My new sp target = 84p.

wow thats great in 12 months..?

Certainly achievable within 12 months. I would expect some more broker upgrades during the year. I think brokers are being too cautious with 2010 forecasts, even allowing for a higher tax charge.

Tipped in i.c on Friday and scsw over the weekend, so expect to see higher volumes today.

cool! onwards and upwads ! any t/o, revenue. SP targets /timescales etc.. ?

Brewin Dolphin have a sp target of 65p. I can still see EDD being a takeover target by someone like Kaplan, with the pound still weak against the dollar now may be an ideal time.

Strong gains today. Interesting to see two 1 million share purchase at 10:38 at a price of 58p when the spread was 56.5 to 57, the buyer was very keen to get hold of these. Also another 1 million share purchase has just gone through at 57.83p.

still going strong...despite the crap markets ! something about to be announced ?

Just continuing strong buying, but should be RNS announcements if recent large buys trigger. I still fancy a takeover approach at some point.

wow ...whos stake building here. 3 x 1 million share purchase again after 16:20, two at 61p and the other at 60.82p. The same happened Tuesday this week and on 5th Feb, this is becoming a very interesting.

www.scsw.co.uk/searchresults.php?textfield=edd

Thanks for the link, as well as scsw tipping these, there have been strong buy tips in red hot penny shares and investors chronicle recently. These explain the heavy buying of 1000 to 15000 shares amounts by private invetors, but not the 1 million share purchases seen many times in the last few weeks.

Again yesterday saw heavy volumes, but this time 2 x 2 million sales at 61p and another 500k sale at just over 61p, and all in the last 10 minutes. Not sure of significance but hasn't effected sp which is up again today.

RNS released late today which explains one large transaction yesterday. See below.........

Education Development International plc ('EDI' or 'the Company') has been notified, today 25 February 2009, that Mr Wynford Dore disposed of 2,000,000 ordinary shares in the Company on 24 February 2009. Following this disposal Mr Dore now has an interest in 5,000,300 shares in the Company, representing approximately 8.7% of the issued share capital of the Company.

Rns released today saying that BlackRock UK Smaller Companies Fund now have 4.34% holding after passing 3% on 24th Feb, which explains the sp increase even after the large sale by W Dore. Mr Dore also sold 2 million shares on 10th Feb, but there seem to be be willing buyers in the waiting in the wings.

Always good to be in company. See RNS below.....

Education Development International plc ('EDI' or 'the Company') has been notified, yesterday 26 February 2009, that J D Slater and Family have purchased 2,135,000 ordinary shares in the Company, which represents 3.70% of the issued share capital of the Company.




The holdings disclosed above are in addition to the shareholding of 4.16% held by Slater Investments Limited announced yesterday.