Last checked at LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of director dealings reported in London on Monday and late Friday.
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International Personal Finance said Chief Executive Officer Gerard Ryan bought shares a day after the lender warned its Slovak business could be hurt by new legislation in the country, causing the share price to sink.
Ryan bought 100,000 shares at a price of 292 pence per share on Friday, worth GBP292,000. Following this transaction, Ryan holds 541,294 shares, which represents 0.25% stake in IPF.
International Personal Finance's update late on Thursday came one day after the Slovak parliament voted to adopt "previously undiscussed" proposals to amend various pieces of consumer legislation.
The stock hit its lowest price since June 2012 on Friday at 230.00p. IPF shares closed up 2.5% at 303.40p Monday.
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Recruiter Impellam Group said Non-Executive Director Derek O'Neil, together with his wife, sold 300,000 shares at a price of 800p per share on Friday. The deal is worth GBP2.4 million gross. Following this transaction, O'Neil's total interest in Impellam is 446,089 ordinary shares, which represents approximately 0.9% of the issued share capital. The stock closed up 1.3% at 808.00p Monday.
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EKF Diagnostics Holdings said Finance Director Paul Foulger bought 250,000 shares at a price of 11.56p per share on Friday. Following this transaction, Foulger now holds 3.7 million shares, which represents 0.89% stake in the firm. Earlier this month, EKF said Foulger resigned from the board with immediate effect, and will leave the company at the end of 2015. In addition, on Thursday, Chief Technology Officer Tito Bacarese-Hamilton resigned with immediate effect and will leave the company at the end of the year. Shares in the healthcare company closed up 2.3% at 10.50p Monday.
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McBride said Chief Financial Officer Chris Smith bought 3,704 shares at a price of GBP1.4845 per share Friday. The company also said his wife Harriet Smith bought 1,650 shares at GBP1.4838 each. Following this transaction, Chris Smith holds a beneficial interest in 31,011 shares. Shares in the household products company closed down 1.5% at 144.75p Monday.
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Scapa Group said Senior Independent Director Richard Perry sold 50,000 shares at a price of 205.5p per share Friday. Following this transaction, Perry is interested in 300,000 shares, representing 0.20% of the company's total issued share capital. Shares in the adhesive maker closed up 0.2% at 206.11p Monday.
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John Laing Group said Chairman Philip Nolan bought 100,000 shares at GBP2.0225 each on Friday. Following this transaction, Nolan now holds 110,256 shares, which represents 0.03% stake in the firm. Shares in the infrastructure investor and manager closed up 0.1% at 203.00p Monday.
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Coms said Chief Financial Officer Spencer Dredge bought 1.1 million shares at 0.95p each on Monday. The purchase is his only holding. The stock closed up 5.3% at 1.00p Monday.
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Eastern European Property Fund said Chairman Martin Adams bought 200,000 shares at a price of 50.15 pence per share on Friday. The purchase is his only holding. The stock closed down 1.5% at 50.00p Monday.
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Ashmore Group said Antonia Fay Shippey, the spouse of Finance Director Tom Shippey, sold 80,000 shares at 240.80 pence on Wednesday last week. Following this transaction Shippey has an interest in 1.27 million shares, or a less than 1.0% stake. Shares in Ashmore closed flat at 235.60p Monday.
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By Arvind Bhunjun; arvindbhunjun@alliancenews.com; @ArvindBhunjun
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10 Jun 2024 19:32
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International Personal Finance PLC - Leeds-based financial services company - Ovais Siddiqui, person closely associated with Agnieszka Kłos, country manager, Poland, buys 21,000 shares at around 119 pence each on Friday. Worth total GBP24,988.
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