Dividend and Notice of Results

RNS Number : 6965P

Personal Group Holdings PLC

12 February 2019

 

Personal Group Holding PLC

(the "Company", "Personal Group", "PGH" or "Group")

Dividend and Notice of Results

Personal Group PLC, a leading provider of employee services in the UK, is pleased to announce its first dividend for 2019 of 5.825p per share will be paid on 29 March 2019 to members on the register on 22 February 2019. Shares will be marked ex-dividend on 21 February 2019.

The last day for elections will be on 8 March 2019.

This dividend, the first of four expected to be announced this year, represents a 1.3% increase over the equivalent period last year, reflecting the Company's progressive dividend policy.

The Company will be reporting its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2018 on Tuesday 26th March 2019.

An analyst briefing will be held on Tuesday 26th March at 9.30am at the offices of Hudson Sandler, 25 Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6AE. Analysts interested in attending the briefing should contact [e-mail].

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For more information please contact:

Personal Group Holdings Plc
Mike Dugdale	[phone]
Philip Dennis (Investor Relations)	[phone]
Cenkos Securities Plc
Max Hartley / Callum Davidson (Nomad)	[phone]
Russell Kerr (Sales)
Hudson Sandler (Financial PR)
Nick Lyon / Sophie Lister / Lucy Wollam	[phone]

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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