Director Shareholding

Personal Group Holdings PLC
25 April 2001



Personal Group announces that it has issued share options to subscribe for
ordinary shares in the Company at an exercise price of 83p per share to
executive directors as follows:

Director                                                                    No.
                                                                        Options
                                                                        Granted

John Barber, Finance Director, Personal Group Holdings Plc               36,144

Robert Pease, Managing Director, Personal Insurance & Reinsurance
Brokers Limited                                                          36,144

Ken Rooney, Managing Director, Personal Assurance Financial Services
plc
                                                                         36,144


Pending the exercise of share options, the shares which are the subject of the
options are held in the Selective Company Share Ownership Plan.