Dividend Notice

RNS Number : 9566E

Personal Group Holdings PLC

23 October 2018

 

Press Release                                                                                                                    23 October 2018

Personal Group Holding PLC

(the "Company", "Personal Group", "PGH" or "Group")

Dividend Notice

Personal Group PLC, a leading provider of employee services in the UK, is pleased to announce that its fourth dividend for 2018 of 5.75p per share will be paid on 14 December 2018 to members on the register on 9 November 2018. Shares will be marked ex-dividend on 8 November 2018.

The last day for dividend reinvestment elections will be on 23 November 2018.

This dividend, the fourth of four expected to be announced this year, represents a 1.3% increase over the equivalent period last year, reflecting the Company's progressive dividend policy.

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For more information please contact:

Personal Group Holdings Plc
Mark Scanlon / Mike Dugdale	[phone]
Philip Dennis (Investor Relations)	[phone]
Cenkos Securities Plc
Max Hartley / Stephen Keys (Nomad)	[phone]
Russell Kerr (Sales)
Hudson Sandler
Nick Lyon / Sophie Lister / Lucy Wollam	[phone]

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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