Director Shareholding

18 April 2006

                          Personal Group Holdings Plc                          

                           DIRECTOR'S SHARE PURCHASE                           

Mr J F Pardoe has today purchased 10,825 Personal Group Holdings Plc ordinary
shares at £2.725 per share.

Under the terms of Mr Pardoe's bonus agreement the shares were purchased from
the Group's share scheme trustee (Personal Group Trustees Ltd) at the closing
mid-market price on 27 March 2006, the date on which Personal Group Holdings
Plc's close period ended.

The total number of ordinary shares held by Mr Pardoe as at 18 April 2006 was
46,529.