Personal : Issue of Equity under the LTIP

Personal Group Holdings plc

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

Issue of Equity under the LTIP 28 November 2014

Personal Group Holdings Plc (AIM: PGH), a leading provider of employee benefits, employee related insurance products and financial services in the UK, announces the allotment of shares in relation to the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP").

As announced on 18 December 2012, the Company stated that it had implemented an LTIP to reward directors and certain other senior employees in a way that aligns the interests of LTIP participants with the interests of shareholders, as well as with the Group's long-term strategic plan. Details of this are disclosed in the Group's annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2013.

Accordingly, the Company has allotted a total of 173,239 new ordinary shares of 5p each ("New Ordinary Shares") for nil consideration to certain employees and Mark Scanlon, in connection with awards made in 2012 which have crystallised under the Company's LTIP.  Application will be made for the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission") and it is expected that Admission will take place on 4 December 2014.

As part of the award, Mark Scanlon, the Company's Chief Executive, has been awarded 150,643 of the New Ordinary Shares under the Company's LTIP which have now vested.  The award was subject to the achievement of certain performance conditions in relation to the increase in the market capitalisation of the Company.

Following Admission, Mark Scanlon will be interested in 152,403 ordinary shares of 5p each representing 0.50% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company.

Following Admission, the Company will have 30,320,851 ordinary shares in issue.  The Company does not hold any ordinary shares in treasury.  Therefore the total number of ordinary shares in the Company with voting rights is 30,320,851.

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