EXERCISE OF OPTIONS

Personal Group Holdings Plc ("the Company")                  

                              EXERCISE OF OPTIONS                              

The Company has today been informed by Dr John Barber, Finance Director, of the
following transaction in ordinary shares of 5p each in the Company ("Ordinary
Shares").

Exercise of options over 13,245 Ordinary Shares in the Company at a price of
186.5 pence per share. These shares were held by Personal Group Trustees
Limited (a company wholly owned by the Company which operates the Company's All
Employee Share Option Plan (AESOP) and Company's Share Option Plan (CSOP)
schemes).

Following this transaction, Dr John Barber has increased his beneficial holding
to 342,349 shares, representing 1.12 per cent of the issued share capital of
the company.

Further enquiries:

John Barber, Financial Director
Personal Group Holdings Plc                           01908 605000