Meanings of placed the shares in English

Sonic said it had placed the shares at A$14.20 a share.

On the next day was published the counter-decree, which placed the shares and actions as they were before the 22nd of May.

Mr FitzPatrick placed the shares, which represented just less than half of his total holding, at €13.35 yesterday.

Davy Stockbrokers placed the shares at €6.50 each with a number of international institutions, raising €39 million for Mr O'Leary.

The debt-saddled developer placed the shares with private investors for 5.00 euros each, only about two-thirds of the price on the Prague stock exchange.

Friends Provident placed the shares, at 62 pence each, on behalf of investors entitled to fewer than 251 shares under the terms of the reshuffle.

Markets responded positively last night as the company placed the shares at $4.95, a figure that had been at the upper end of forecasts.