Personal Group Holdings PLC PDMR purchase of shares (4527T)

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RNS Number : 4527T

Personal Group Holdings PLC

03 July 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 third allocation period ended on 30 June 2018 and the following PDMRs have acquired Shares on 1 July 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    477.00p      236                152,765                  0.495 
                -----------  -----------------  -----------------------  --------------- 
 Mr K Rooney     477.00p      239                2,176                    0.007 
                -----------  -----------------  -----------------------  --------------- 
 Mr M Dugdale    477.00p      249                69,532*                  0.225 
                -----------  -----------------  -----------------------  --------------- 
 Ms D Rees       477.00p      137                568                      0.002 
                -----------  -----------------  -----------------------  --------------- 
 Mr A Doody      477.00p      21                 832                      0.003 
                -----------  -----------------  -----------------------  --------------- 
 Mr D Walker     477.00p      35                 1,368                    0.004 
                -----------  -----------------  -----------------------  --------------- 
 Mr A Lothian    477.00p      13                 38,064**                 0.123 
                -----------  -----------------  -----------------------  --------------- 
 

* This figure includes Mr Dugdale's wife's holding of 23,813 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 
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 2    Reason for the notification 
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 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 - Director / PDMR 
     --------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification        Initial 
       /Amendment 
     --------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 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                         213800TN8BH2YYWAH345 
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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 the          Ordinary shares of 5p each 
       financial instrument, 
       type of instrument 
                                   ISIN: GB0002760279 
       Identification code 
     --------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the transaction   Purchase of shares pursuant to All 
                                   Employee Share Ownership Plan 
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 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)       Director/PDMR    Price(s)   Volume(s) 
                                    1. M Scanlon     477.00p    236 
                                     2. K Rooney      477.00p    239 
                                     3. M Dugdale     477.00p    249 
                                     4. D Rees        477.00p    137 
                                     5. A Doody       477.00p    21 
                                     6. D Walker      477.00p    35 
                                     7. A Lothian     477.00p    13 
                                                    ---------  ---------- 
     --------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information 
 
       - Aggregated volume          930 shares 
 
 
       - Price                      GBP4.77 per share 
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 e)   Date of the transaction     1 July 2018 
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 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] 
 Philip Dennis -                   [phone] 
 
 
 Cenkos Securities Plc 
 Max Hartley / Callum Davidson 
  (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 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 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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