Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 7745A

Personal Group Holdings PLC

02 January 2018

 

Press Release

2 January 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 second allocation period ended on 31 December 2017 and the following PDMRs have acquired Shares on 1 January 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	348.00p	301	132,346	0.430
Mr K Rooney	348.00p	339	1,937	0.006
Mr M Dugdale	348.00p	314	67,654*	0.220
Ms D Rees	348.00p	263	431	0.001
Mr A Doody	348.00p	22	811	0.003
Mr D Walker	348.00p	36	1,333	0.004
Mr A Lothian	348.00p	22	38,051**	0.124

* This figure includes Mr Dugdale's wife's holding of 13,490 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 - 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	N/A
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 348.00p 348.00p 348.00p 348.00p 348.00p 348.00p 348.00p 301 339 314 263 22 36 22
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	1,297 shares £3.48 per share
e)	Date of the transaction	1 January 2018
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

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For more information please contact:

Personal Group Holdings Plc
Mike Dugdale - Chief Financial Officer	[phone]
Philip Dennis -	[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

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, serving 550 businesses, reaching 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, wellbeing programmes and salary sacrifice cars and bikes.

The offer is provided via the Company's proprietary technology platform, Hapi. The platform is intuitive and accessible via web, tablet and mobile app, 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 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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