Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 7456B

Personal Group Holdings PLC

12 January 2018

 

Press Release

12 January 2018

Personal Group Holdings Plc

("the Company" or "the Group")

Director/PDMR Dealing

The Company has been informed by Ken Rooney, Non-Executive Director & Deputy Chairman, that on 11 January 2018 he exercised options over 2,882 ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the Company pursuant to the Company's CSOP (Company Share Option Plan) scheme, at an exercise price of £4.15 per share. He subsequently sold 2,882 ordinary shares at a price of £4.82p per share on the same date.

In order to satisfy this exercise of options, shares were issued from the Personal Group Employee Benefit Trust.

Following this transaction, Ken Rooney remains interested in 1,937 ordinary shares of 5p each in the Company representing 0.006% 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	Ken Rooney
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Non-Executive Director
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	1)   Exercise of options 2)   Sale of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 1.   £4.15 per share 2.   £4.82 per share 2,882 2,882
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	1.   N/A single transaction 2.   N/A - single transaction -
e)	Date of the transaction	1.   11 January 2018 2.   11 January 2018
f)	Place of the transaction	1. Outside a trading venue 2. London Stock Exchange (AIM)

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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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