Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 7248P
Personal Group Holdings PLC
30 May 2018
 
 

 

 

Personal Group Holdings Plc

 

("the Company" or "the Group")

 

 

Director / PDMR Shareholding 

The Company has been informed by Mike Dugdale, the Company's Chief Financial Officer, that on 25 May 2018 he dematerialised 22,871 ordinary shares of 5p each ("Ordinary Shares") from his paper share certificate into a nominee account controlled by him, for nil consideration. He subsequently transferred 10,000 Ordinary Shares from this nominee account immediately into an account controlled by his wife for nil consideration.

Subsequently, on 29 May 2018, both Mike Dugdale and his wife each sold 4,256 shares from their respective nominee holdings, at a price of £4.70 per share, and subsequently purchased 4,246 shares each into their ISAs, at a price of £4.707 a share.

Following these transactions, Mike Dugdale has an interest in 68,528 Ordinary Shares, including his wife's holding of 23,661 Ordinary Shares, representing in aggregate 0.222% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company.

 

Further detail is provided below in accordance with Article 19.3 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

 

a)

 

Name

Mike Dugdale

2

 

Reason for the notification

 

a)

 

Position/status

 

Chief Financial Officer

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

 

Dematerialisation of personal certificated shares into nominee account controlled by Mike Dugdale

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

£nil

22,871

 

d)

 

Aggregated information

 

 

- Aggregated volume

 

 

- Price

 

 

 

 

 

N/A - single transaction

 

 

 

e)

 

Date of the transaction

25 May 2018

f)

 

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

 

a)

 

Name

 

Mike Dugdale

 

2

 

Reason for the notification

 

a)

 

Position/status

 

Chief Financial Officer

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

 

 

Transfer of shares from personal nominee holding to nominee account controlled by wife, Jennifer Millward-Dugdale

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

 

Price(s)

 

Volume(s)

£nil

10,000

 

d)

 

Aggregated information

 

 

- Aggregated volume

 

 

- Price

 

 

 

 

N/A - single transaction

 

 

e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

25 May 2018

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

Outside a trading venue

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

 

a)

 

Name

 

Mike Dugdale

 

2

 

Reason for the notification

 

a)

 

Position/status

 

Chief Financial Officer

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

 

 

Sale of shares from personal nominee holding

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

£4.70

4,256

 

d)

 

Aggregated information

 

- Aggregated volume

 

- Price

 

 

 

 

N/A - single transaction

 

e)

 

Date of the transaction

29 May 2018

f)

 

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

 

a)

 

Name

 

Mike Dugdale

2

 

Reason for the notification

 

a)

 

Position/status

 

Chief Financial Officer

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 into personal ISA

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

 

Price(s)

 

Volume(s)

£4.707

 

4,246

 

d)

 

Aggregated information

 

 

- Aggregated volume

 

 

- Price

 

 

 

 

 

 

N/A - single transaction

 

 

 

e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

29 May 2018

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

London Stock Exchange

 

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

 

a)

 

Name

 

Jennifer Millward-Dugdale

 

2

 

Reason for the notification

 

a)

 

Position/status

 

Wife of/person closely associated with Mike Dugdale, Chief Financial Officer of Personal Group Holdings Plc

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

 

 

Acquisition of shares from Mike Dugdale via transfer for nil consideration

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

 

Price(s)

 

Volume(s)

£nil

 

10,000

 

d)

 

Aggregated information

 

 

- Aggregated volume

 

 

- Price

 

 

 

 

 

 

N/A - single transaction

 

 

 

e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

25 May 2018

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

Outside a trading venue

 

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

 

a)

 

Name

 

Jennifer Millward-Dugdale

 

2

 

Reason for the notification

 

a)

 

Position/status

 

Wife of/person closely associated with Mike Dugdale, Chief Financial Officer of Personal Group Holdings Plc

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

 

Sale of shares

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

 

Price(s)

 

Volume(s)

£4.70

4,256

 

d)

 

Aggregated information

 

 

- Aggregated volume

 

 

- Price

 

 

 

 

 

N/A - single transaction

 

 

 

e)

 

Date of the transaction

29 May 2018

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

London Stock Exchange

 

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

 

a)

 

Name

 

Jennifer Millward-Dugdale

2

 

Reason for the notification

 

a)

 

Position/status

 

Wife of/person closely associated with Mike Dugdale, Chief Financial Officer of Personal Group Holdings Plc

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 into personal ISA

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

 

Price(s)

 

Volume(s)

£4.707

4,246

 

d)

 

Aggregated information

 

 

- Aggregated volume

 

 

- Price

 

 

 

 

 

N/A - single transaction

 

 

e)

 

Date of the transaction

29 May 2018

f)

 

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange

 

 

- ENDS -

 For more information please contact:

 

Personal Group Holdings Plc

 

 

Mark Scanlon

+44 (0)1908 605 000

 

Philip Dennis (IR)

Philip.Dennis@personalgroup.com

      +44 (0)7947 868 206

         

 

Cenkos Securities Plc

 

Max Hartley / Callum Davidson (Nominated Adviser)

+44 (0)20 7397 8900

Russell Kerr (Sales)

 

 

Media enquiries:

Hudson Sandler

 

Nick Lyon / Sophie Lister/ Lucy Wollam

+44 (0)207796 4133

www.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 8,000 in-house and third party products and services, from c.60 supply lines. In-house services include employee insurance products (hospital, convalescence plans and death benefit) and 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 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. 

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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