Marks & Spencer Share News (MKS)

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of director dealings reported in London on Monday.
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Marks and Spencer Group said Chief Financial Officer Helen Weir bought shares as the high street retailer's clothing sales plunged in the first quarter of its financial year.

Weir bought 25,000 shares at a price of 318.92 pence per share on Monday. Her total shareholding was undisclosed.

The food, clothing and homewares retailer on Thursday reported reported the worst fall in clothing & home sales in a decade, leaving analyst unimpressed and some observers expressing concern over M&S's outlook in the wake of the UK's decision to leave the European Union.

M&S said clothing & home continued to be hit by a "weak market", with like-for-like sales down by 8.9% in the first quarter.

The stock closed up 3.8% at 329.45p Monday.
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Collagen Solutions said Chairman David Evans bought 1.2 million shares at 8.0 pence each on Monday.

The purchase adds to the 900,000 shares Evans bought earlier at 6.0p each on Monday. After the purchases, he now holds 16 million shares, or a 9.3% stake.

Collagen Solutions on Monday said it has seen a "positive start" to its new financial year, as it reported a narrowed pretax loss for its year just ended.

For its financial year to end-March the company reported a pretax loss of GBP866,290, narrowed from a pretax loss of GBP1.1 million the previous year, as a rise in revenue to GBP3.1 million from GBP972,846 was partly offset by higher administrative costs.

Shares in the collagen components maker closed up 33% at 7.00p Monday.
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Business park operator Sirius Real Estate said Non-Executive Director Neil Sachdev bought 23,137 shares at a price of EUR50.5 cents each on Friday. Sachdev's total shareholding was undisclosed. He was appointed last Wednesday. He also is chairman of Market Tech Holdings, the owner of Camden Lock Market in London, and recently stepped down as a non-executive director at shopping centre operator Intu Properties. The stock closed flat at EUR0.505 Monday.
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Character Group said Non-Executive Director David Harris bought 3,000 shares at a price of 440.00 pence per share Monday. Following the purchase, Harris holds 51,403 shares, or a 0.24% stake in the toys, games and giftware company. The stock closed up 6.4% at 463.00p Monday.
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Immunodiagnostic Systems Holdings said Non-Executive Director Peter Kaspar bought 4,100 shares at a price of EUR1.657 each last Friday and Thursday. Following this transaction, Kaspar is interested in 15,100 shares, or a 0.05% stake. Shares in the medical diagnostic test kits provider closed up 2.5% at 142.00 pence Monday.
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Advanced Oncotherapy said Fairford Capital, a vehicle owned by Non-Executive Director Michael Bradfield, on Friday purchased 10,000 shares at 119.50 pence each. Following this transaction, Bradfield now holds 5.1 million shares, representing 8.9% of the issued share capital. Shares in the developer of proton therapy systems for cancer treatment closed up 15% at 141.50p Monday.
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Enterprise Inns said Senior Independent Director David Maloney bought 25,000 shares at a price of 77.60 pence per share on Thursday. Following this transaction, Maloney now holds 75,000 shares. Shares in the pub operator closed up 9.2% at 83.00p Monday.
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Retirement housebuilder McCarthy & Stone said General Counsel and Company Secretary Patrick Hole bought a total of 34,897 shares on Friday. Hole bought 602 shares at 150 pence, 16,970 shares at 146p, and 17,325 shares at 144p each. His total shareholding was undisclosed. The stock closed up 7.5% at 154.00p Monday.
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LXB Retail Properties said Chief Executive Officer Tim Walton bought 1.2 million shares at 54.3 pence per share on Friday. Following the purchase, Walton now holds 12.6 million shares, which equals a 7.5% stake in the real estate investment company. The stock closed up 3.7% at 56.50p Monday.
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McKay Securities said two of its non-executive directors bought shares in the property investor on Friday. Richard Grainger bought 15,000 shares at 165 pence per share, which is his only holding in the group. Jon Austen bought 10,000 shares at 170p each, which also is his only holding. The stock closed down 4.0% at 167.50p Monday.
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President Energy said Chairman Peter Levine bought 503,750 shares at 7.46 pence per share through PLLG Investments on Friday. Following this transaction, Levine's beneficial holding is 122.3 million shares, representing a 23% stake in the business. Shares in the oil and gas company closed up 1.7% at 7.88p Monday.
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Cambria Automobiles said Chairman Philip Swatman bought 25,000 shares at a price of 64.1 pence per share Monday. Swatman's total shareholding was undisclosed. The stock closed up 3.3% at 64.04p Monday.
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Zegona Communications said Chief Financial Officer Howard Kalika bought 8,771 shares at a price of 113.76 pence per share on Friday. The company also said Chief Operating Officer Robert Samuelson bought 9,000 shares at the same price on Friday. The total shareholdings of Kalika and Samuelson were undisclosed. Shares in the telecommunications company closed untraded at 114.45p Monday.
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By Arvind Bhunjun; arvindbhunjun@alliancenews.com; @ArvindBhunjun

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