Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1482U

Personal Group Holdings PLC

13 January 2017

 

Press Release

13 January 2017

Personal Group Holdings Plc

("the Company" or "the Group")

Director/PDMR Dealing

The Company has been informed by Ken Rooney, Non-Executive Director, that his partner has purchased, on 12 January 2017, 4,220 ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the Company at a price of £3.545 per share.

Following this transaction, Ken Rooney has an interest in 16,168 ordinary shares of 5p each in the Company, including his partner's holding of 4,220 shares, representing in aggregate 0.052% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company.

Further detail is provided below in accordance with Article 19.3 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Anne Karin Keating
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Person closely associated with Ken Rooney, Non-Executive Director of Personal Group Holdings Plc
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
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £3.545 per share 4,220
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A - single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	12 January 2017
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

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For more information please contact:

Personal Group Holdings Plc
Mark Scanlon / Mike Dugdale		[phone]
Philip Dennis (IR) [e-mail]		[phone]
Cenkos Securities Plc
Max Hartley / Stephen Keys (Nomad)	[phone]
Russell Kerr (Sales)

Media enquiries:

Hudson Sandler
Nick Lyon / Sophie Lister/ Lucy Wollam	[phone]
[e-mail]

Notes to Editors

With over 30 years' experience of looking after its customers' employees, Personal Group Holdings Plc (AIM: PGH) is a leading provider of employee benefits and employee related insurance products, offering benefits programmes to over 2 million employees across the UK.

Personal Group has a unique approach to delivering employee engagement, by combining technology with its face-to-face method of communicating with employees. This approach assists clients with the attraction, retention and motivation of their employees. Included in this approach is the delivery of a range of insurance products and services including hospital and convalescence plans, death benefit and income protection, in addition to lifestyle benefits including High Street savings and discounts, retail offers, travel and holiday promotions and health and wellbeing services.

Hapi, Personal Group's leading edge Employee Services platform allows clients to build bespoke engagement, benefit and communications programmes, which are made available to employees through both websites and mobile apps. This platform allows for a broader range of services, including holiday booking, electronic payslips, reward and recognition and Employee Assistance programmes to be accessed by employees in a simple and effective interface.

The Group also supplies clients with home technology and smartphone handsets via salary reduction schemes, offering the latest computers, laptops, tablets, smartphones and other home technology products through Lets Connect.

Personal Group has a strong client base across a wide range of sectors, with particular expertise in transport, logistics, domiciliary care, motor, retail, food production and manufacturing. Over 520 clients, including Network Rail, DHL, JCT600, Four Seasons, Two Sisters and Stagecoach, work with Personal Group in delivering effective benefits, engagement and communications programmes.

For further information, go to www.personal-group.com.

 

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