PDMR purchase of shares

RNS Number : 4527T
Personal Group Holdings PLC
03 July 2018
 
 

 

 

Personal Group Holdings plc

 

("the Company")

 

 

PDMR purchase of shares

 

Personal Group Holdings Plc operates an Inland Revenue approved All Employee Share Ownership Plan (AESOP) which allows employees and directors the opportunity to purchase ordinary shares of 5p each in the Company ("Shares") currently held by Personal Group Trustees Limited.

The thirty third allocation period ended on 30 June 2018 and the following PDMRs have acquired Shares on 1 July 2018 as follows:

 

Director

Price paid per Share

Shares purchased

Total number of ordinary shares held following transaction

% of Company's issued share capital

Mr M Scanlon 

477.00p

236

152,765

0.495

Mr K Rooney

477.00p

239

2,176

0.007

Mr M Dugdale

477.00p

249

69,532*

0.225

Ms D Rees

477.00p

137

568

0.002

Mr A Doody

477.00p

21

832     

0.003

Mr D Walker

477.00p

35

1,368

0.004

Mr A Lothian

477.00p

13

38,064**

0.123

 

* This figure includes Mr Dugdale's wife's holding of 23,813 ordinary shares.

** This figure includes Mr Lothian's wife's holding of 17,570 ordinary shares.

Under the Rules of the AESOP, the share price at which the shares are purchased is the lower of the mid-market value at the start and end of the relevant accumulation period.

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

 

a)

 

Name

 

 

1. Mark Scanlon

2. Ken Rooney

3. Mike Dugdale

4. Deborah Rees

5. Ashley Doody

6. David Walker

7. Andrew Lothian

2

 

Reason for the notification

 

a)

 

Position/status

 

 

1. Mark Scanlon - Director/ PDMR

2. Ken Rooney - Director/ PDMR

3. Mike Dugdale - Director/ PDMR

4. Deborah Rees - Director / PDMR

5. Ashley Doody - PDMR

6. David Walker - PDMR

7. Andrew Lothian - Director / PDMR

b)

 

Initial notification /Amendment

 

 

Initial

3

 

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

 

a)

 

Name

 

 

Personal Group Holdings Plc

b)

 

LEI

 

 

213800TN8BH2YYWAH345

4

 

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

 

 

a)

 

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

 

Identification code

 

 

Ordinary shares of 5p each

 

 

ISIN: GB0002760279

 

 

 

b)

 

Nature of the transaction

 

 

Purchase of shares pursuant to All Employee Share  Ownership Plan

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

Director/PDMR

Price(s)

 

Volume(s)

1. M Scanlon

2. K Rooney

3. M Dugdale

4. D Rees

5. A Doody

6. D Walker

7. A Lothian

477.00p

477.00p

477.00p

477.00p

477.00p

477.00p

477.00p

236

239

249

137

21

35

13

 

d)

 

Aggregated information

 

- Aggregated volume

 

 

- Price

 

 

 

 

930 shares

 

 

£4.77 per share

 

 

e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

 

1 July 2018

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

 

Outside a trading venue

 

 

-ENDS-

 

For more information please contact:

Personal Group Holdings Plc

 

Mike Dugdale - Chief Financial Officer

+44 (0)1908 605 000

Philip Dennis -

+44 (0)7947 868 206

 

Cenkos Securities Plc

 

Max Hartley / Callum Davidson (Nomad)

+44 (0)20 7397 8900

Russell Kerr (Sales)

 

 

Media enquiries:

Hudson Sandler

 

Nick Lyon / Sophie Lister / Lucy Wollam 

+44 (0)20 7796 4133

personalgroup@hudsonsandler.com 

 

 

  

Notes to Editors:

 

Personal Group Holdings Plc (AIM: PGH) is a technology enabled employee services business, working with employers to drive productivity though better employee engagement and a more motivated workforce. With over 30 years' experience, the Company provides employee benefits and services to over 2 million employees across the UK.

Personal Group's offer comprises 8,000 in-house and third party products and services, from c.60 supply lines. In-house services include employee insurance products (hospital, convalescence plans and death benefit) and the provision of home technology via salary sacrifice (iPads, computers, laptops, smart phones and smart TVs). Third party services include retail discounts, e-payslips, employee assistance programmes, wellbeing programmes and salary sacrifice cars and bikes.

The offer is provided via the Company's proprietary technology platform, Hapi. The platform is intuitive, designed primarily for app deployment and also accessible via web and tablet, driving better engagement, communication and value recognition. Hapi is flexible and can quickly integrate additional services, such as existing employee services and partner platforms. Hapi is a SaaS product.

Through technology and select acquisitions, the Company has grown its addressable market from 6m to over 27m UK employees; including 15.6m SME employees targeted via its partnership with Sage, the UK's largest software company.  

Personal Group's innovative approach to using technology to deliver its programmes, combined with its face-to-face method of communicating with employees, makes its offer compelling to blue chip clients across the UK as a way of attracting, retaining and motivating employees. 

Personal Group has a strong client base across a range of sectors including passenger transport, healthcare, logistics and food manufacturing. Clients include: Stagecoach, Four Seasons Health Care, Priory Group, Spire Healthcare, Bibby, 2 Sisters Food Group and Young's Seafood.   

For further information, please see www.personalgroup.com

 

 


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