Andrew C. Hove Jr., Director at SOVEREIGN BANCORP INC (SOV), bought 10,000 shares at $8.00 ($80K) on 2008-05-16, disclosed to the SEC on 2008-05-16.
Open-market purchase of $80k SOV by Director. Below the thresholds we flag for high-conviction alerts (no C-suite role, rare reversal, cluster, or A-grade history).
Nothing distinguishes this filing.