Personal Group Holdings PLC Dividend Announcement (8944F)

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RNS Number : 8944F

Personal Group Holdings PLC

23 May 2017

 
 Press Release   23 May 2017 
 

PERSONAL GROUP HOLDINGS PLC

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

Dividend Announcement

The directors of the Company are pleased to announce that the second dividend for 2017 of 5.675p per share will be paid on 22 June 2017 to members on the register on 2 June 2017. Shares will be marked ex-dividend on 1 June 2017.

This dividend is the second of the four dividends expected to be announced this year and represents an increase of 3.2% over the equivalent period last year.

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For more information please contact:

 
Personal Group Holdings Plc 
Mark Scanlon / Mike Dugdale                   [phone] 
Philip Dennis (Investor Relations)            [phone] 
Cenkos Securities Plc 
Max Hartley / Stephen Keys (Nomad)            [phone] 
Russell Kerr (Sales) 
Hudson Sandler 
Nick Lyon / Sophie Lister / Jasper Bartlett   [phone] 
 

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: Network Rail, Stagecoach, Four Seasons Health Care, Priory Group, Spire Healthcare, TNT Express, Bibby, 2 Sisters Food Group and Young's Seafood.

For further information, please see www.personalgroup.com

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