Personal Group Holdings PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (7596P)

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RNS Number : 7596P

Personal Group Holdings PLC

21 November 2016

 
 Press Release   21 November 2016 
 

Personal Group Holdings Plc

("the Company" or "the Group")

Directors purchase of shares - Dividend Reinvestment Plan

The Company has been today informed by Mike Dugdale, Chief Financial Officer, that his wife has purchased, on the 21 November 2016, 3,476 ordinary shares of 5 pence each at GBP4.376 into her personal ISA.

Following these transactions, Mike Dugdale has an interest in 57,814 ordinary shares of 5p each, including his wife's holding of 6,489 shares, representing in aggregate 0.189% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company.

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 
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 a)   Name                       Mike Dugdale / Jennifer Millward-Dugdale 
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 2    Reason for the notification 
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 a)   Position/status            Mike Dugdale (Chief Financial 
                                  Officer) 
                                  Jennifer Millward-Dugdale 
                                  (person closely associated 
                                  with Mike Dugdale) 
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 b)   Initial notification       Initial 
       /Amendment 
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 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
       market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
       or auction monitor 
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 a)   Name                       Personal Group Holdings Plc 
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 b)   LEI                        N/A 
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 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 
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 a)   Description of             Ordinary shares of 5p each 
       the financial 
       instrument, type 
       of instrument              ISIN: GB0002760279 
 
       Identification 
       code 
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 b)   Nature of the              Purchase of ordinary shares 
       transaction                by Jennifer Millward-Dugdale 
                                  into her personal ISA 
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 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)       Price(s)        Volume(s) 
                                   --------------  ---------- 
                                    GBP4.376 per 
                                     share          3,476 
                                   --------------  ---------- 
---  -------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information 
 
 
       - Aggregated volume 
                                   N/A - single transaction 
 
       - Price 
---  -------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction    21 November 2016 
---  -------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the transaction   London Stock Exchange 
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- ENDS -

For more information please contact:

 
 Personal Group Holdings 
  Plc 
 Mark Scanlon / Mike Dugdale    [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.personal-group.com.

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