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16/07/2015 12:19

RNS Number : 0020R
Personal Group Holdings PLC
23 June 2015
Press Release
23 June 2015
Personal Group Holdings Plc
("the Company" or "the Group")
Director Shareholding
The Company has been informed today by Michael Dugdale, Chief Financial Officer, that on the same day he purchased 2,843 ordinary shares of 5 pence ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 535.4614 pence per Ordinary Share.
Following this transaction, Mr Dugdale holds an interest in 13,408 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.044% of the issued Ordinary Share capital of the Company. 
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For more information please contact:
Personal Group Holdings Plc
Mike Dugdale - Chief Financial Officer
+44 (0)1908 605 000
Cenkos Securities Plc
Max Hartley / Stephen Keys (Nomad)
+44 (0)20 7397 8900
Russell Kerr (Sales)
Media enquiries:
Abchurch Communications
Quincy Allan / Alex Shaw
+44 (0)20 7398 7710
quincy.allan@abchurch-group.com
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's innovative approach to using technology to deliver its programmes, combined with its face-to-face method of communicating with employees, makes its offeringcompelling to blue chip clients across the UK as a way of attracting, retaining and motivating employees. The Group tailors its packages to include insurance products such as hospital and convalescence plans, death benefit and income protection plans, as well as lifestyle benefits such as holiday and retail discounts, health and wellbeing benefits and a range of tax efficient benefits. 
Personal Group can also supply home technology via salary sacrifice through its subsidiary Lets Connect. Offering the latest iPads and other tablets, home computers and laptops, smart phones and smart TVs is a highly engaging benefit which has employee and employer benefits too. In April 2015 the Group established its own Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) called Personal Group Mobile Ltd. This was achieved through the acquisition of the assets of shebang Technologies Ltd and in addition to handsets can provide airtime via salary sacrifice which offers an overall 10-47% reduction on mobile phone costs to its client's employees.
Personal Group has a strong client base across a range of sectors including transport, where it works with the likes of Network Rail, Stagecoach and EYMS Group Ltd, healthcare, where clients include Four Seasons Health Care, Priory Group and Spire Healthcare. The Group also covers logistics, with companies such as TNT Express and Bibby, and motoring with Manheim and JCT600 as clients. In addition the Group also has a strong presence in food manufacturing and service and clients include 2 Sisters Food Group and Young's Seafood. 
With over 450 clients the Group has grown considerably and provides engaging and effective benefits packages across a breadth of sectors. 
For further information, go to www.personal-group.com.

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