Personal Group Holdings PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (7745A)

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RNS Number : 7745A

Personal Group Holdings PLC

02 January 2018

 
 Press Release   2 January 2018 
 

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 thirty second allocation period ended on 31 December 2017 and the following PDMRs have acquired Shares on 1 January 2018 as follows:

 
 Director        Price paid   Shares purchased   Total number   % of Company's 
                  per Share                       of ordinary    issued share 
                                                  shares held    capital 
                                                  following 
                                                  transaction 
--------------  -----------  -----------------  -------------  --------------- 
 Mr M Scanlon    348.00p      301                132,346        0.430 
--------------  -----------  -----------------  -------------  --------------- 
 Mr K Rooney     348.00p      339                1,937          0.006 
--------------  -----------  -----------------  -------------  --------------- 
 Mr M Dugdale    348.00p      314                67,654*        0.220 
--------------  -----------  -----------------  -------------  --------------- 
 Ms D Rees       348.00p      263                431            0.001 
--------------  -----------  -----------------  -------------  --------------- 
 Mr A Doody      348.00p      22                 811            0.003 
--------------  -----------  -----------------  -------------  --------------- 
 Mr D Walker     348.00p      36                 1,333          0.004 
--------------  -----------  -----------------  -------------  --------------- 
 Mr A Lothian    348.00p      22                 38,051**       0.124 
--------------  -----------  -----------------  -------------  --------------- 
 

* This figure includes Mr Dugdale's wife's holding of 13,490 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. Deborah Rees 
                                  5. Ashley Doody 
                                  6. David Walker 
                                  7. 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. Deborah Rees - Director 
                                  / PDMR 
                                  5. Ashley Doody - PDMR 
                                  6. David Walker - PDMR 
                                  7. Andrew Lothian - PDMR 
---  -------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification       Initial 
       /Amendment 
---  -------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 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             Ordinary shares of 5p each 
       the financial 
       instrument, type 
       of instrument              ISIN: GB0002760279 
 
       Identification 
       code 
---  -------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the              Purchase of shares pursuant 
       transaction                to All Employee Share Ownership 
                                  Plan 
---  -------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)      Director/PDMR    Price(s)   Volume(s) 
                                  ---------------  ---------  ---------- 
                                   1. M Scanlon     348.00p    301 
                                    2. K Rooney      348.00p    339 
                                    3. M Dugdale     348.00p    314 
                                    4. D Rees        348.00p    263 
                                    5. A Doody       348.00p    22 
                                    6. D Walker      348.00p    36 
                                    7. A Lothian     348.00p    22 
                                  ---------------  ---------  ---------- 
---  -------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information 
 
       - Aggregated volume         1,297 shares 
 
 
       - Price                     GBP3.48 per share 
---  -------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction    1 January 2018 
---  -------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the transaction   Outside a trading venue 
---  -------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 

-ENDS-

For more information please contact:

 
 Personal Group Holdings 
  Plc 
 Mike Dugdale - Chief 
  Financial Officer         [phone] 
 Philip Dennis -            [phone] 
 
 
 Cenkos Securities Plc 
 Max Hartley / Stephen 
  Keys (Nomad)            [phone] 
 Russell Kerr (Sales) 
 

Media enquiries:

 
 Hudson Sandler 
 Nick Lyon / Sophie Lister 
  / 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 30 years' experience, the Company provides employee benefits, serving 550 businesses, reaching over 2 million employees across the UK.

Personal Group's offer comprises 8,000 in-house and third party products and services, from c.60 supply lines. In-house services include employee insurance products (hospital, convalescence plans and death benefit) and the provision of home technology via salary sacrifice (iPads, computers, laptops, smart phones and smart TVs). Third party services include retail discounts, e-payslips, employee assistance, wellbeing programmes and salary sacrifice cars and bikes.

The offer is provided via the Company's proprietary technology platform, Hapi. The platform is intuitive and accessible via web, tablet and mobile app, 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 SaaS product.

Through technology and select acquisitions, the Company has grown its addressable market from 6m to 27m UK employees; 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, combined with its face-to-face method of communicating with employees, makes its offer compelling to blue chip clients across the UK as a way of attracting, retaining and motivating employees.

Personal Group has a strong client base across a range of sectors including passenger transport, healthcare, logistics and food manufacturing. Clients include: Stagecoach, Four Seasons Health Care, Priory Group, Spire Healthcare, Bibby, 2 Sisters Food Group and Young's Seafood.

For further information, please see www.personalgroup.com

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