Exercise of Options

Personal Group Holdings Plc ("the Company")                  

                    Exercise of options and sale of shares                     

The Company has today been informed by Dr John Barber, Finance Director, of the
following transactions in ordinary shares of 5p each in the Company ("Ordinary
Shares").

 1. Sale of 8,105 Ordinary Shares, at a price of 300.0 pence per share to
    Personal Group Trustees Limited (a company wholly owned by the Company
    which operates the Company's All Employee Share Option Plan (AESOP) and
    Company's Share Option Plan (CSOP) schemes).
   
 2. Sale of 4,239 Ordinary shares by his wife T M Kennard to Personal Group
    Trustees Limited at a price of 300.0 pence per share.
   
 3. Exercise of options over 20,000 Ordinary Shares in the Company at a price
    of 186.5 pence per share.
   
Following these transactions, which relate to the funding of the exercise of
options, Dr John Barber has increased his beneficial holding to 324,363 shares,
representing 1.06 per cent of the issued share capital of the company.

Further enquiries:

John Barber, Financial Director
Personal Group Holdings Plc       01908 605000