Director/PDMR Shareholding

3 January 2006

                          Personal Group Holdings Plc                          

                     DIRECTORS PURCHASE AND SALE OF SHARES                     

Personal Group Holdings Plc ('the Company') operates an Inland Revenue approved
Company Share Option Plan (CSOP) which allows certain directors the opportunity
to purchase shares in the Company currently held by Personal Group Trustees
Limited.

The eighth allocation period ended on 31 December 2005 and the following
directors have been allocated shares as follows:

Director                   Price          Shares       Total number of shares  
                                         Allocated    held at 31 December 2005 
                                                                               
Dr J P Barber             227.0p            368                298,997         
                                                                               
Mr S M Donald             227.0p            368                15,793          
                                                                               
Mr R Pease                227.0p            368                76,903          
                                                                               
Mr K Rooney               227.0p            368                64,837          
                                                                               
Mr R Green                227.0p            360                21,154          
                                                                               
Mr C Curling              227.0p            347                10,878          
                                                                               
Mr J Pardoe               227.0p            334                35,704          

Under the Rules of the AESOP, the share price at which the shares are allocated
is the lower of the mid-market value at the start and end of the relevant
accumulation period.