Grant of Company Share Option Plan (CSOP) options

RNS Number : 0196U

Personal Group Holdings PLC

30 November 2021

 

30 November 2021

 Personal Group Holdings Plc

("the Company" or "the Group")

Grant of Company Share Option Plan (CSOP) options

The Company announces that, on 29 November 2021, it granted options over 69,968 new ordinary shares of 5p each in the Company to certain employees and two PDMRs (person discharging managerial responsibility). These options were granted to continue the appropriate incentivisation of the Company's senior management team and employee base and will continue to be granted from time to time as the Remuneration Committee deems appropriate. These options were granted under the Company's HMRC approved Company Share Option Plan (CSOP) and may be exercised within 10 years from 29 November 2021, at an exercise price of 343p per share.

	Number of options	Exercise price (pence per share)	Total number of options held	Total number of ordinary shares held	% holding of ordinary shares
D Frost	8,746	343.0	8,746	304,063	0.974
L McGrath	8,746	343.0	8,746	-	-
Other senior staff members (not a PDMR)	52,476	343.0	N/A	N/A	N/A

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	Deborah Frost
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive
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	Grant of options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £3.43 per share 8,746
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	8,746 £29,998.78
e)	Date of the transaction	29 November 2021
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Liam McGrath
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	COO
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	Grant of options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £3.43 per share 8,746
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	8,746 £29,998.78
e)	Date of the transaction	29 November 2021
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

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For more information please contact:

Personal Group Holdings Plc
Deborah Frost / Sarah Mace	[phone]
Cenkos Securities Plc
Camilla Hume / Callum Davidson (Nomad)	[phone]
Russell Kerr (Sales)
Alma PR
Susie Hudson/Caroline Forde/Faye Calow	[phone] [e-mail]

Notes to Editors

Personal Group Holdings Plc (AIM: PGH) is a digitally-enabled employee benefits and services provider. The Group enables employers across the UK to improve employee engagement and support their people's physical, mental, social and financial wellbeing. Its vision is to create a brighter future for the UK workforce.

Personal Group provides health insurance services and a broad range of employee benefits, engagement and wellbeing products. Many of these services are delivered through its proprietary app, Hapi.

The Group's growth strategy is centred around widening the footprint of the business into the SME, talent-led & Public Sectors, thereby expanding the addressable customer base. In addition, it aims to grow in its existing industrial heartlands, to re-invigorate growth in insurance policyholders and to drive the use of its SaaS offerings.

Clients include: Arsenal FC, Barchester Healthcare, DHL Supply Chain Limited, Merseyrail, Randstad, Royal Mail Group, the Sandwell & Birmingham NHS trust and Stagecoach Group plc. c.40% of clients are served by two or more group companies.

For further information, please see: www.personalgroup.com

 

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