Personal Group Holdings PLC Dividend Announcement & Notice of Results (5819O)

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RNS Number : 5819O

Personal Group Holdings PLC

21 August 2017

 
 Press Release   21 August 2017 
 

PERSONAL GROUP HOLDINGS PLC

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

Dividend Announcement & Notice of Results

The directors of the Company are pleased to announce that the third dividend for 2017 of 5.675p per share will be paid on 28 September 2017 to members on the register on 8 September 2017. Shares will be marked ex-dividend on 7 September 2017.

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

Furthermore, the Group expects to announce its Interim Results for the six month period ended 30 June 2017 on Tuesday 26 September 2017. An analyst briefing will be held on Tuesday 26th September at 9.30am at the offices of Hudson Sandler, 29 Cloth Fair, London EC1A 7NN. Analysts interested in attending the briefing should contact [e-mail].

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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 and services to 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 programmes, wellbeing programmes and salary sacrifice cars and bikes.

The 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 SaaS product.

Through technology and select acquisitions, the Company has grown its addressable market from 6m to over 30m 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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