REG - Personal Group - PDMR purchase of shares

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02/07/2019 07:05

RNS Number : 1065E
Personal Group Holdings PLC
02 July 2019
 





Press Release


2 July 2019



 
Personal Group Holdings plc
 
("the Company")
 
 
PDMR purchase of shares
 
Personal Group Holdings Plc operates an Inland Revenue approved Employee Share Ownership Plan 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 fifth allocation period ended on 30 June 2019 and the following PDMRs have acquired Shares on 1 July 2019 as follows:
 



Director


Price paid per Share


Shares purchased


Total number of ordinary shares held following transaction


% of Company's issued share capital




Mr K Rooney


445.00p


268


2,698


0.009




Mr M Dugdale


445.00p


78


40,185*


0.129




Ms D Frost


445.00p


22


300,020


0.961




Mr A Doody


445.00p


23


875


0.003




Mr A Lothian


445.00p


15


38,092**


0.122




Mrs S Mace


445.00p


51


1,944


0.006



 
* This figure includes Mr Dugdale's wife's holding of 18,069 ordinary shares.
** This figure includes Mr Lothian's wife's holding of 17,570 ordinary shares.
Under the Rules of the plan, 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. Ken Rooney
2. Mike Dugdale
3. Deborah Frost
4. Ashley Doody
5. Andrew Lothian
6. Sarah Mace




2
 


Reason for the notification
 




a)
 


Position/status
 
 


1. Ken Rooney - Director/ PDMR
2. Mike Dugdale - Director/ PDMR
3. Deborah Frost - Director / PDMR
4. Ashley Doody - PDMR
5. Andrew Lothian - Director / PDMR
6. Sarah Mace - PDMR




b)
 


Initial notification /Amendment
 
 


Initial




3
 


Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
 




a)
 


Name
 
 


Personal Group Holdings Plc




b)
 


LEI
 
 


213800TN8BH2YYWAH345




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
 
 




a)
 


Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
 
Identification code
 
 


Ordinary shares of 5p each
 
 
ISIN: GB0002760279
 
 
 




b)
 


Nature of the transaction
 
 


Purchase of shares pursuant to Personal Group Share Investment Plan




c)
 


Price(s) and volume(s)
 
 





Director/PDMR


Price(s)
 


Volume(s)




1. K Rooney
2. M Dugdale
3. D Rees-Frost
4. A Doody
5. A Lothian
6. S Mace


445.00p
445.00p
445.00p
445.00p
445.00p
445.00p


268
78
22
23
15
51








d)
 


Aggregated information
 
- Aggregated volume
 
 
- Price
 
 


 
 
457 shares
 
 
£4.45 per share
 
 




e)
 


Date of the transaction
 
 


1 July 2019




f)
 


Place of the transaction
 
 


Outside a trading venue



 
 
-ENDS-
 
For more information please contact:



Personal Group Holdings Plc








Mike Dugdale - Chief Financial Officer


+44 (0)1908 605 000




Philip Dennis -


+44 (0)7947 868 206



 



Cenkos Securities Plc








Max Hartley / Stephen Keys (Nomad)


+44 (0)20 7397 8900




Russell Kerr (Sales)







 
Media enquiries:



Hudson Sandler








Nick Lyon / Lucy Wollam 


+44 (0)20 7796 4133




personalgroup@hudsonsandler.com  







 
  
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 in-house services including employee insurance products (hospital, convalescence plans and death benefit), 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 digital 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.  The acquisition of Innecto in February 2019 allows Personal Group to engage with clients earlier in their thinking around Pay and Reward, and to interact with a new base of blue-chip and fast growth clients typically at HR Director and CEO level.
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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