Personal : Directors purchase of shares – Dividend Reinvestment Plan

Directors purchase of shares - Dividend Reinvestment Plan

Press Release 20 December 2016

Personal Group Holdings Plc

('the Company' or 'the Group')

Directors purchase of shares - Dividend Reinvestment Plan

The Company has been today informed by Mike Dugdale, Chief Financial Officer that, following payment of the third dividend for the year ended 31 December 2016, he has purchased, on the 16 December 2016, 682 ordinary shares of 5 pence each at £3.75 per share under the Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan.

In addition, the dividend received into his ISA shareholding was used to purchase a further 37 ordinary shares of 5 pence each on 20 December 2016 at £3.725 per share. Mike Dugdale's wife also holds an ISA shareholding which received dividends which were used to purchase a further 93 ordinary shares of 5 pence each at £3.725 per share on the same date.

Further to the commitment made by Mike Dugdale in January 2015 in respect of his directly held shares and June 2015 in respect of his ISA shareholding, Mike remains committed to take part in the dividend reinvestment plan in respect of his entire direct and indirect ordinary shares, as set out above.

Following these transactions, Mike Dugdale has an interest in 58,626 ordinary shares of 5p each, including his wife's holding of 6,582 shares, representing in aggregate 0.190% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company.

Further detail is provided below in accordance with Article 19.3 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

Deals of Director purchase of shares