REG - Personal Group - Holdings in Company -Donation of Shares to Charity

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17/02/2022 09:15

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RNS Number : 9997B  Personal Group Holdings PLC  17 February 2022

 

Personal Group Holdings Plc

("Personal Group" or the "Group")

Holdings in Company - Donation of Shares to Charity

The Company has today been informed that on 15 February 2022  Christopher
Johnston, the Company's founder and substantial shareholder, has gifted
326,522 ordinary shares of 5p each ("Ordinary Shares") to Clayesmore School, a
registered charity.

Following this gift, Christopher Johnston retains a beneficial interest in
11,336,533 Ordinary Shares, including 138,333 shares held by his wife,
representing approximately 36.3 per cent. of the Company's issued share
capital.

Mr Johnston, who is a Clayesmore Alumnus , understands from the trustees that
the School intends to be a long-term holder of these shares in the Company.

 

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

 

 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the
 FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible) (i)

 1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to                                                                                    Personal Group Holdings Plc
 which voting rights are attached (ii):
 1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer  (please mark with an
 "X" if appropriate)
 Non-UK issuer
 2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with
 an "X")
 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                                                                                                                                                                               X
 An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
 Other (please specify) (iii):
 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation (iv)
 Name                                                                                                                                                         Christopher Wilfred Thomas Johnston
 City and country of registered office (if applicable)
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (v)
 Name                                                                                                                                                         N/A
 City and country of registered office (if applicable)
 5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached (vi):                                                                                                  15.02.2022
 6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):                                                                                                               16.02.2022
 7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
                                                                            % of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)  % of voting rights through financial instruments      Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)  Total number of voting rights held in issuer (8.A + 8.B) (vii)

(total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)
 Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached  36.3                                                   -                                                     36.3                            11,336,533
 Position of previous notification (if                                      37.3                                                   -                                                     37.3

 applicable)

 

 8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the
 threshold was crossed or reached (viii)
 A: Voting rights attached to shares
 Class/type of                                  Number of voting rights (ix)                                              % of voting rights

shares

 ISIN code (if possible)
                                                Direct                    Indirect                                        Direct                                           Indirect

                                                (DTR5.1)                   (DTR5.2.1)                                     (DTR5.1)                                         (DTR5.2.1)
 Ordinary Shares GB0002760279                   11,336,533                                                                36.3

 SUBTOTAL 8. A                                  11,336,533                                                                36.3

 B 1: Financial Instruments according to DTR5.3.1R (1) (a)
 Type of financial instrument                   Expiration  Exercise/                             Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is        % of voting rights

date (x)
Conversion Period (xi)

                                                                                                  exercised/converted.
 N/A

                                                            SUBTOTAL 8. B 1

 B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to DTR5.3.1R
 (1) (b)
 Type of financial instrument  Expiration                   Exercise/                   Physical or cash                                          Number of voting rights  % of voting rights

date (x)
Conversion Period (xi)

                                                                                        Settlement (xii)
 N/A

                                                                                        SUBTOTAL 8.B.2

 

 9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification
 obligation (please mark the

 applicable box with an "X")
 Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural
 person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding
 directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer (xiii)
 Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or
 the

financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate
 controlling natural person or legal entity (please add additional rows as
 necessary) (xiv)
 Name (xv)                   % of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold  % of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher  Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
                                                                                                         than the notifiable threshold
 N/A

 10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
 Name of the proxy holder
 The number and % of voting rights held
 The date until which the voting rights will be held

 11. Additional information (xvi)
 Included within the above figure are 138,333 shares held by Mr Johnston's wife

 

 Place of completion  London
 Date of completion   16 February 2022

 

 

 

 

- ENDS -

 

For more information please contact:

 

 Personal Group Holdings Plc                         +44 (0)1908 605 000
 Deborah Frost / Sarah Mace

 Cenkos Securities Plc                               +44 (0)20 7397 8900
 Camilla Hume / Callum Davidson (Nominated Adviser)
 Russell Kerr (Sales)

 Alma PR                                             +44 (0)20 3405 0205
 Susie Hudson/ Lily Soares Smith                     personalgroup@almapr.co.uk

Notes to Editors

 Personal Group Holdings Plc (AIM: PGH) is a workforce benefits and services
provider. The Group enables employers across the UK to improve workforce
engagement and support their people's physical, mental, social and financial
wellbeing. Its vision is to create a brighter future for the UK workforce.

 

Personal Group provides health insurance services and a broad range of
workforce benefits, engagement, and wellbeing products. Its offerings can also
be delivered through its proprietary app, Hapi, and the recently developed
extension to the platform, Hapiflex.

 

The Group's growth strategy is centred around widening the footprint of the
business into the SME, talent-led & Public Sectors, thereby expanding the
addressable customer base. In addition, it aims to grow in its existing
industrial heartlands, to re-invigorate growth in insurance policyholders and
to drive the use of its SaaS offerings.

 

Clients include: Arsenal FC, Barchester Healthcare, Merseyrail, Randstad,
Royal Mail Group, The Royal Mint, the Sandwell & Birmingham NHS Trust,
Stagecoach Group plc., and The University of York. c.40% of clients are served
by two or more group companies.

 

For further information, please see  www.personalgroup.com
(http://www.personalgroup.com/)

 

 

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