Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 2169T

Personal Group Holdings PLC

03 January 2017

 

Press Release

3 January 2017

Personal Group Holdings plc

("the Company")

PDMR purchase of shares

Personal Group Holdings Plc operates an Inland Revenue approved All Employee Share Ownership Plan (AESOP) 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 thirtieth allocation period ended on 31 December 2016 and the following PDMRs have acquired Shares on 1 January 2017 as follows:

Director	Price paid per Share	Shares purchased	Total number of ordinary shares held following transaction	% of Company's issued share capital
Mr M Scanlon	370.00p	269	131,741	0.428
Mr K Rooney	370.00p	304	6,546	0.021
Mr M Dugdale	370.00p	281	58,907*	0.191
Mr A Doody	370.00p	20	760	0.002
Mr D Walker	370.00p	191	1,251	0.004
Mr A Lothian	370.00p	14	37,495**	0.122

*This figure includes Mr Dugdale's wife's holding of 6,582 ordinary shares.

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

Under the Rules of the AESOP, 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.Mark Scanlon 2. Ken Rooney 3.Mike Dugdale 4.Ashley Doody 5. David Walker 6. Andrew Lothian
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	1.Mark Scanlon - Director/ PDMR 2. Ken Rooney - Director/ PDMR 3.Mike Dugdale - Director/ PDMR 4.Ashley Doody - PDMR 5. David Walker - PDMR 6. Andrew Lothian - 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	N/A
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 via SIPP scheme
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Director/PDMR Price(s) Volume(s) 1. M Scanlon 2. K Rooney 3. M Dugdale 4. A Doody 5. D Walker 6. A Lothian 370.00p 370.00p 370.00p 370.00p 370.00p 370.00p 269 304 281 20 191 14
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	1,079 shares £3.70 per share
e)	Date of the transaction	1 January 2017
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:

Abchurch Communications
Julian Bosdet / Tim Thompson / Rebecca Clube	[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 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.personalgroup.com.

 

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