Issue of Equity and Options under the LTIP

RNS Number : 9964G

Personal Group Holdings PLC

26 November 2015

 

Press Release

26 November 2015

Personal Group Holdings plc

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

Issue of Equity and Options under the LTIP

Personal Group Holdings Plc (AIM: PGH), a leading provider of employee benefits, employee related insurance products and financial services in the UK, announces the allotment of shares in relation to the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP").

As announced on 18 December 2012, the Company stated that it had implemented an LTIP to reward directors and certain other senior employees in a way that aligns the interests of LTIP participants with the interests of shareholders, as well as with the Group's long-term strategic plan.  Details of this are disclosed in the Group's interim statement for the period ended 30 June 2015.

The Company has allotted a total of 15,289 new ordinary shares of 5p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") in connection with an award made to a senior employee which has now crystallised under the Company's LTIP.  Application will be made for the 15,289 Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission") and it is expected that Admission will take place on 2 December 2015.

Further to the award above, Mark Scanlon, the Company's Chief Executive, has been awarded an option over 305,793 Ordinary Shares under the Company's LTIP which can be exercised in the next year at an exercise value of nil.  The award was conditional upon the achievement of certain performance conditions in relation to the increase in the market capitalisation of the Company.

Following the above, Mark Scanlon remains interested in 27,799 Ordinary Shares representing 0.1% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company.

Following Admission, the Company will have 30,374,737 Ordinary Shares in issue.  The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in treasury.  Therefore the total number of Ordinary Shares in the Company with voting rights is 30,374,737.

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For more information please contact:

Personal Group Holdings Plc
Mark Scanlon, Chief Executive Mike Dugdale, Chief Financial Officer	[phone]
Cenkos Securities Plc
Max Hartley / Stephen Keys (Nomad)	[phone]
Russell Kerr (Sales)

Media enquiries:

Abchurch Communications
Quincy Allan / Alex Shaw	[phone]
[e-mail]	www.abchurch-group.com

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's innovative approach to using technology to deliver its programmes, combined with its face-to-face method of communicating with employees, makes its offering compelling to blue chip clients across the UK as a way of attracting, retaining and motivating employees.  The Group tailors its packages to include insurance products such as hospital and convalescence plans, death benefit and income protection plans, as well as lifestyle benefits such as holiday and retail discounts, health and wellbeing benefits and a range of tax efficient benefits.

Personal Group can also supply home technology via salary sacrifice through its subsidiary Let's Connect.  Offering the latest iPads and other tablets, home computers and laptops, smart phones and smart TVs is a highly engaging benefit from which both the employer and employee can profit. In April 2015 the Group established its own Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) called Personal Group Mobile Ltd. which was achieved through the acquisition of the assets of shebang Technologies Ltd. This means that home technology, including handsets and airtime, can be provided via salary sacrifice with a reduction of c10-47% on costs to its client's employees.

Personal Group has a strong client base across a range of sectors including transport, where it works with the likes of Network Rail, Stagecoach and EYMS Group Ltd, and healthcare, where clients include Four Seasons Health Care, Priory Group and Spire Healthcare. The Group also covers logistics, with companies such as TNT Express and Bibby, and motoring with Manheim and JCT600 as clients. In addition the Group also has a strong presence in food manufacturing and service and clients include 2 Sisters Food Group and Young's Seafood.

With over 520 clients the Group has grown considerably and provides engaging and effective benefits packages across a breadth of sectors.  

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

 

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