3 April 2014
 Personal Group Holdings plc (the "Company") Grant of Options

The Company operates an Inland Revenue approved Company Share Option Plan (CSOP) which allows certain directors the opportunity to exercise options over ordinary shares in the Company currently held by Personal Group Trustees Limited (a company wholly owned by the Company which operates the Company's All Employee Share Ownership Plan (AESOP) and the Company's Share Option Plan (CSOP) schemes).

On 2 April 2014 the Remuneration Committee approved the award of the following options under the CSOP to be made on 3 April 2014.

Number of options

Exercise price (pence per share)

Total number of options held

Total number of ordinary shares held

% holding of ordinary shares

M Scanlon

6,167

486.5

6,167

56,588

0.19

M Dugdale

6,167

486.5

6,167

425

0.01

These new options can be exercised within 10 years from 3 April 2017.  Enquiries:

Personal Group Holdings Plc

Mark Scanlon / Mike Dugdale

Tel:+44 (0) 1908 605000

Abchurch Communications

Joanne Shears / Quincy Allan

Tel: +44 (0) 207 398 7710

Cenkos Securities Plc

Max Hartley (Nomad) / Russell Kerr (Sales)

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7397 8926

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