DIRECTOR DEALINGS: Next brand directors and Greggs finance chief sell

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The following is a round-up of share dealings by London-listed company directors and managers announced this month and not separately reported by Alliance News:

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Next PLC - Leicester, England-based clothing and homewares seller - Jeremy Stakol and Marcelle Stakol together sell 26,523 shares at £98.79, worth £2.6 million, on Wednesday. Jeremy Stakol is director of group investments, acquisitions & third party brands, and Marcelle Stakol is director of the Lipsy clothing brand.

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Greggs PLC - Newcastle, England-based bakery chain - Finance Director John Hutton sells 65,000 shares at £28.51, worth £1.9 million, on Tuesday.

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Balfour Beatty PLC - London-based infrastructure construction contractor - Chief Financial Officer Philip Harrison sells 240,000 shares at £4.32, worth £1.0 million, on October 1. Harrison now has 429,252 shares.

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Agronomics Ltd - investor in cellular agriculture - Executive Chair Jim Mellon buys 3.0 million shares at 4.84 pence and £4.92p, worth £146,075, on Monday and Thursday. Mellon, who also is owner of Shellbay Investments Ltd, the adviser to Agronomics, now is interested in 159.1 million shares, a 15.8% stake. Late last month, Shellbay named Philip Boigner as interim chief executive officer, replacing Anthony Chow, after a ‘strategic review’ by Mellon.

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North American Income Trust PLC - Edinburgh-based investor in US equities - Director Patrick Edwardson, together with Anna Edwardson, buys 60,000 shares and sells 10,000, all on Monday. The shares are bought for 316.87p to 316.98p, worth about £190,000, and sold at 316.52p, worth about £31,650.

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Vistry Group PLC - Kent, England-based housebuilder - Independent Non-Executive Director Margaret Browne buys 7,800 shares at £9.63, worth £75,125, on Wednesday. Browne follows Executive Chair & CEO Greg Fitzgerald in buying shares after Vistry’s share price took a hit on Tuesday in the wake of a profit warning by the company.

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Ramsdens Holdings PLC - Middlesbrough, England-based financial services provider and pawnbroker - Non-Executive Chair Andrew Meehan, together with Susan Meehan, sells 125,000 shares at 216.8p, worth £271,000, on October 4. Meehan is now interested in 192,320 shares, a 0.6% stake. Ramsdens on Thursday says it expects to report pretax profit of at least £11 million in the financial year that ended September 30, up from £10.1 million in financial 2023. It adds that positive trading momentum is set the company up for further growth in financial 2025. Ramsdens will release its annual results on January 14.

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Marula Mining PLC - Africa-focused battery-metals mine investor and developer operating in South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia - Gathoni Muchai Investments Ltd buys 1.0 million shares at 7.38p, worth £73,800, on October 4. Marula CEO Jason Brewer is a director and shareholder of Gathoni Muchai Investments, which is now has 17.7 million shares, a 8.8% stake.

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Jadestone Energy PLC - production and development assets in Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam - CEO Paul Blakeley buys 511,000 shares at £0.29, worth £149,800, on October 2. He now has 5.5 million shares, a 1.0% stake.

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Unicorn Mineral Resources PLC - exploring for copper, lead, zinc, and silver in the Irish Midlands ore field and in east and southern Africa - Chair Patrick Doherty buys 596,875 shares in four purchases, mostly at £0.09, worth £51,109 in total, on September 24 to 30.

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