RNS Number : 2740K
Personal Group Holdings PLC
11 April 2024
 

 

11 April 2024

 

 

Personal Group Holdings Plc

 

("the Company" or "the Group")

 

Director / PDMR Shareholding

The Company announces that on 10 April 2024 Sarah Mace, Chief Financial Officer, exercised options over 7,492 ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at an exercise price of 5p per share. These options vested under the Company's 2021 Long Term Incentive Plan. Following the exercise, Mrs Mace sold 3,410 Ordinary Shares at a price of £1.575 per share to cover tax liabilities. Following these transactions, Mrs Mace holds a total of 16,357 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.052% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital.

In addition, Karen Thornley, Chief Product & Partnerships Officer, exercised options over 5,994 ("Ordinary Shares") at an exercise price of 5p per share, also vested under the Company's 2021 Long Term Incentive Plan. Following this exercise, Ms Thornley holds a total of 8,671 Ordinary Shares representing 0.028% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital.

Both exercises of options have been satisfied by the issuance of existing ordinary shares held by the Group's employee benefit trust ("EBT") to Mrs Mace and Ms Thornley respectively. The EBT also purchased back the shares from Mrs Mace at the prevalent market rate.

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

 

Sarah Mace

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

 

Exercise of options over ordinary shares

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

£0.05

 

7,492

 

 

d)

 

Aggregated information

 

- Aggregated volume

 

 

- Price

 

 

 

N/A - single transaction

 

 

 

 

e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

10 April 2024

f)

 

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange, AIM

 

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

 

a)

 

Name

 

Sarah Mace

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 ordinary shares

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

£1.575

 

3,410

 

 

d)

 

Aggregated information

 

- Aggregated volume

 

 

- Price

 

 

 

N/A - single transaction

 

 

 

 

e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

10 April 2024

f)

 

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange, AIM

 

 

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

 

a)

 

Name

 

Karen Thornley

2

 

Reason for the notification

a)

 

Position/status

 

Chief Product & Partnerships 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

 

Exercise of options over ordinary shares

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

£0.05

5,994 ordinary shares

 

d)

 

Aggregated information

 

- Aggregated volume

 

 

- Price

 

 

 

N/A - single transaction

 

 

 

 

e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

10 April 2024

f)

 

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange, AIM

 

 

-ENDS-

 

For more information please contact:

 

 


Personal Group Holdings Plc

 

Paula Constant (CEO) / Sarah Mace (CFO)

Via Alma

 

 

Cavendish Capital Markets Limited

 

Camilla Hume / Callum Davidson (Nomad)

+44 (0)20 7397 8900

Jasper Berry (Sales)




Alma Strategic Communications

+44 (0)20 3405 0205

Caroline Forde / Joe Pederzolli / Kinvara Verdon

personalgroup@almastrategic.com 




 

 

Notes to Editors

 

Personal Group Holdings Plc (AIM: PGH) is a workforce benefits and services provider. The Group enables employers across the UK to improve employee engagement and support their people's physical, mental, social and financial wellbeing. Its vision is to create a brighter future for the UK workforce.

Personal Group provides health insurance services and a broad range of employee benefits, engagement, and wellbeing products. Its offerings can also be delivered through its proprietary app, Hapi.

Group Clients include Airbus, Barchester Healthcare, British Airways, Merseyrail, Randstad, Royal Mail Group, The Royal Mint, the Sandwell & Birmingham NHS Trust, Stagecoach Group plc, and The University of York.

For further information on the Group please see www.personalgroup.com

 

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