PERSONAL GROUP HOLDINGS PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Dec 2, 2016

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RNS Number : 7635Q

Personal Group Holdings PLC

02 December 2016

For filings with the FCA include the annex

For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer

of existing shares to which voting rights are

attached: ii

Personal Group Holdings plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

x

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the

notification obligation: iii

Delta Lloyd N.V. and its Group of Companies

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv

Registered Holder:

Delta Lloyd L European Participation Fund Sicav	749,411
Delta Lloyd Europees Deelnemingen Fonds N.V.	1,402,568

5. Date of the transaction and date on

which the threshold is crossed or

reached: v

30 November 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

1 December 2016

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or

reached: vi, vii

7% at combined indirect interest level

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction						Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of Shares			Number of Voting Rights			Number of shares		Number of voting rights			% of  voting rights x
Direct		Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct			Indirect
Ordinary shares	2,151,979			2,151,979			2,151,979		NIHIL		2,151,979	NIHIL			6.99%
GB0002760279
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date xiii		Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv					Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.				% of voting rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price		Expiration date xvii		Exercise/ Conversion period xviii			Number of voting rights instrument refers to				% of voting rights xix, xx
													Nominal			Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights								Percentage of voting rights
2,151,979								6.99%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
The voting rights held in the 2 investment funds are managed and controlled by Delta Lloyd Asset Management N.V., with the following chain of controlled undertakings: Delta Lloyd Asset Management N.V.: ·      Delta Lloyd N.V. ·      DLAM Holding B.V. (wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Lloyd N.V.) ·    Delta Lloyd Asset Management N.V. (wholly owned subsidiary of DLAM Holding B.V.)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		See section 4
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:	Figures are based on a change in the outstanding shares: 30,594,098 (30 November 2016) to 30,799,891 (1 December 2016)
14. Contact name:	M. Koster, Senior Product manager
15. Contact telephone number:	+31 20 59 43691

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