Marchpole is one of those stocks which have had a really bad time. Boardroom battles, losses, price collapse, profit warnings up the ying yang.

Now all of those things seem to be sorted out, new management are getting to grips, new contracts and the price is on the up. So much so that Monday ought to see a 50/200 day MA golden cross.

DYOR of course, but I think I will be putting a few of these away at the open.

Socco

Stockbunny,

Bought some more myself last Friday! The SP has been kept back over recent months but the long term trend line looks very nice. The figures over the last year have been very good. Looking forward to updates on the OB situation, plus news of any possible acquisitions..
Man Grp buying again is another plus point, which bodes well for the future. Good luck with the investment; although i have a feeling you wont need any!

No expert by any means but there is a lovely pennant forming and breakout above 29p would appear to show 36 again, short term... dyor

Did you notice that there were two announcements yesterday.Second sneaked in after belated notification of the first that Man Group % holdings increased twice yesterday.4%+ to 6%+.Nice to see that they have gone long.Bodes well methinks.
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certainly seems like a good price to be buying at

Not a lot occurring today chaps :>(

Treads water sp held down large buyer continues accumulating?

Stale bulls selling and institutions accumulating.In for the long term. announcements could come out at any time.

Ticks up on 100K buy.

Comment below from Hemscott daily market report today:

'Marchpole

A subscriber has asked us to comment on the recent decline in the shares of Marchpole, a company which we tipped in February last year at 13.5p and subsequently sold in May at 19.25p. Since February 6th the shares have fallen from 28.75p to 25.5p today. This is rather puzzling since there has been no news from the company, which produces and sells designer clothing for labels such as Yves Saint Laurent, Boateng and Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, during that period to trigger this fall.

Indeed, the last news we had was on January 10th when the group reported strong trading in the run-up to Christmas and said it remained confident in its outlook for the year. The shares shot up to 30.25p that day but have slipped steadily back since then. House broker Shore Capital is forecasting that full-year profits will rise 68% this year to 4.5m, with 5.4m pencilled in for next year. That gives a forward PER of 9.1, which is low by any standards, and a prospective dividend yield of 2.7% so the current dip in the share price might be a good time to consider getting back in.'

Lex1000,

Thanks for that, been mad busy and not had much of a chance to catch up on things!
I see Louis Feraud has been bought by Alliance designers, oh well at least we know that we're in a safe postion and don't have to risk taking on such a big deal, which could effect the sp etc etc Think its back to sitting on my hands time until we get further news...

dawsinho,you are more than welcome.Pointed out to me that MPH is one of Barclays Stockbrokers small companies recommendations and considered a buy by the Telegraph.Also it has been suggested that according to one site TDW Man Group may have added 1.2m shares to their holdings.No RNS though so therefore official confirmation as yet.Tick up by 0.5p on thinest of volumes.The problem with MPH is that it is also traded on virt-x and therefore no transparency as all trades not shown on money am.Patience is key!

^tick up 25.50p/26.75p

A bit more ticking would be good :>)

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Marchpole Holdings PLC
24 February 2005



24 February 2005

Marchpole Holdings plc
(the "Company")

Ungaro Distribution Agreement


Marchpole Holdings plc, which designs, produces and sells high quality clothing
and accessories for six world class brands (Yves Saint Laurent, Boateng,
Jean-Charles de Castelbajac ("JCC"), Jean-Charles de Castelbajac / Rossignol,
Emmanuel Ungaro and Ungaro) is pleased to announce that the Company has entered
into a European distribution agreement with Camiceria Giemme S.R.L. which has
been a long term partner of Ungaro and has successfully developed the brand's
presence in store groups such as Galleries Lafayette in France and Corte de
Ingles in Spain.


Under the terms of the five year agreement, Marchpole will receive a minimum
guarantee of 1.375 million Euros plus an 8% royalty on all sales. The agreement
also includes a further sales and marketing contribution of 150,000 Euros.


Greg Tufnell, Chief Executive, commented:


"Our new agreement is a further illustration of Marchpole's increasing ability
to manage and grow brands on a worldwide basis"


AND



Marchpole Holdings PLC
24 February 2005

24 February 2005


Marchpole Holdings plc
(the 'Company')

Directors' interests


Following approval by the Remuneration Committee, the executive Directors of the
Company have been granted the following share options ('Options') over new
ordinary shares of 1 pence each ('Ordinary Shares') under the Marchpole Holdings
plc 2002 Unapproved Share Option Scheme adopted by the Company at the Annual
General Meeting held on 31 October 2002.


All Options were granted on 21 February 2005, are exercisable at a price of
25.75 pence per share and vest and become exercisable in three equal tranches on
and from each twelfth month anniversary of the date of grant on the attainment
of a market capitalisation of the Company of #60 million, #70 million and #80
million respectively.


Director Number of Options over new Ordinary
Shares
Greg Tufnell, Chief Executive 900,000
Justin Hampshire, Finance Director 900,000
Michael Morris, Executive Director 900,000


The additional grant of 3,250,000 Options in the Company has been made to
Michael Morris at a exercise price of 25.75 pence per share, such share options
vesting and becoming exercisable in two equal tranches on each twelfth month
anniversary on the date of grant and on the achievement of a market
capitalisation of the Company of #50 million and #55 million respectively.


The Directors have the following interests in the Company:


Director Number of Ordinary % of issued
Shares share capital

Christopher Phillips, Chairman 500,000 0.38
Greg Tufnell, Chief Executive - -
Justin Hampshire, Finance Director 500,000 0.38
Michael Morris, Executive Director 25,521,715 19.21
Raymond Harris, Non-Executive Director 30,000 0.02

The Michael Morris 1997 Trust 10,000,000 7.55


Enquiries:

Justin Hampshire, Marchpole Holdings 020 7908 7777

Great, thanks for posting dawsinho - hopefully a bit
more ticking upwards will occur now!

No probs,

Will look forward to the day when marchpole has a market cap of 80 million and a higher sp..........

Prayer is a powerful thing dawsinho....
;>)

stockbunny, looks like that prayer last night worked :-) lol">

looks like the 10 day ma just dipped below the 200 day ma and shot bang right through it! looks bullish

the patients still breathing..

the tide has turned on this share!
the Q4 Trading update due any day now (always 7.00 a.m.).
it will be very positive as can be determined from the forward orders updated at the Q3 announcements.
the new directors options announced this wee, at just below todays price, require a 'quantum leap' in the size of the co. and can only be exercised on future anniversary dates!

Sunday Telegraph 27.2.05

Marchpole

On February 21 Michael Morris, the founder of Marchpole Holdings (28p), which licenses and distributes up market fashion brands, bought 100,000 shares at 25.75p each, to take his holding to 19.2 per cent.

On the same day Morris, Greg Tufnell, the chief executive, and Justin Hampshire, the finance director, were each granted 900,000 options exercisable at 25.75p in three equal tranches when the company's market capitalisation (currently 35m) hits 60m, 70m, and 80m.

Morris, who has been buying shares steadily over the past 12 months, was granted a further 3.25m options, exercisable when Marchpole's valuation hits 50m and 55m. These hefty targets show that the board believes Marchpole can achieve impressive growth. The shares are worth tucking away.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2005/02/27/ccmm27.xml