PDMR purchase of shares

RNS Number : 9125R

Personal Group Holdings PLC

02 July 2020

 

Press Release

2 July 2020

Personal Group Holdings plc

("the Company")

PDMR purchase of shares

Personal Group Holdings Plc operates an Inland Revenue approved Employee Share Ownership Plan 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 latest allocation period ended on 30 June 2020 and the following PDMRs have acquired Shares on 1 July 2020 as follows:

Director / PDMR	Price paid per Share	Shares purchased	Total number of ordinary shares held following transaction	% of Company's issued share capital
K Rooney	277.00p	413	3,473	0.011
M Dugdale	277.00p	88	41,541*	0.133
D Frost	277.00p	24	300,093	0.961
A Doody	277.00p	26	931	0.003
A Lothian	277.00p	16	38,128**	0.122
S Mace	277.00p	59	2,070	0.007
M Darby-Walker	277.00p	8	276	0.001

* This figure includes M Dugdale's wife's holding of 18,069 ordinary shares.

** This figure includes A Lothian's wife's holding of 17,570 ordinary shares.

Under the Rules of the plan, 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. Ken Rooney 2. Mike Dugdale 3. Deborah Frost 4. Ashley Doody 5. Andrew Lothian 6. Sarah Mace 7. Maria Darby-Walker
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	1. Ken Rooney - Director / PDMR 2. Mike Dugdale - Director / PDMR 3. Deborah Frost - Director / PDMR 4. Ashley Doody - PDMR 5. Andrew Lothian - Director / PDMR 6. Sarah Mace - PDMR 7. Maria Darby-Walker - Director / 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	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	Purchase of shares pursuant to Personal Group Share Investment Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Director/PDMR Price(s) Volume(s) 1. K Rooney 2. M Dugdale 3. D Frost 4. A Doody 5. A Lothian 6. S Mace 7. M Darby-Walker 277.00p 277.00p 277.00p 277.00p 277.00p 277.00p 277.00p 413 88 24 26 16 59 8
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	634 shares £2.77 per share
e)	Date of the transaction	2 July 2020
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]

Cenkos Securities Plc
Max Hartley / Stephen Keys (Nomad)	[phone]
Russell Kerr (Sales)

Media enquiries:

Hudson Sandler
Nick Lyon / 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 35 years' experience, the Company provides employee benefits and services to a large number of employees across the UK.

Personal Group's offer comprises in-house services, including employee insurance products (hospital, convalescence plans and death benefit), the provision of home technology via salary sacrifice (iPads, computers, laptops, smart phones and smart TVs), the provision of e-payslips, and pay and reward consulting via Innecto, the leading independent UK consultancy acquired in 2019. Third party services include retail discounts, employee assistance programmes, wellbeing programmes and salary sacrifice cars and bikes.

The product 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 digital SaaS product.

Through technology and select acquisitions, the Company has grown its addressable market to the majority of the working population in the UK; 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, in combination with its face-to-face method of communicating with employees, delivers a compelling offer to blue-chip clients across the UK as a way of attracting, retaining and motivating employees.  The acquisition of Innecto in February 2019 allows Personal Group to engage with clients earlier in their thinking around Pay and Reward, and to interact with a new base of blue-chip and fast growth clients typically at HR Director and CEO level.

Personal Group has a strong client base across a diverse range of sectors. Clients include: Arsenal F.C., Barchester Healthcare Ltd, DHL Supply Chain Limited, The Go-Ahead Group plc, Samworth Brothers Ltd, Independent Television News, Stagecoach Group plc and Wincanton plc.

For further information, please see   www.personalgroup.com

 

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