Prosus CEO buys around $10 million of company's shares on open market - statement

FILE PHOTO: Prosus' logo is pictured on a smartphone in this illustration taken, December 4, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The chief executive of Prosus NV, Bob van Dijk, has purchased about $10 million of the company's shares on the open market, the company said on Friday in a statement.

The CEO's purchases, registered with the Dutch financial markets authority AFM, were 122,750 shares purchased at an average price around 71.90 euros, Prosus said.