PERSONAL GROUP HOLDINGS PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Feb 17, 2022

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RNS Number : 9997B

Personal Group Holdings PLC

17 February 2022

Personal Group Holdings Plc

("Personal Group" or the "Group")

Holdings in Company - Donation of Shares to Charity

The Company has today been informed that on 15 February 2022  Christopher Johnston, the Company's founder and substantial shareholder, has gifted 326,522 ordinary shares of 5p each ("Ordinary Shares") to Clayesmore School, a registered charity. 

Following this gift, Christopher Johnston retains a beneficial interest in 11,336,533 Ordinary Shares, including 138,333 shares held by his wife, representing approximately 36.3 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital.

Mr Johnston, who is a Clayesmore Alumnus , understands from the trustees that the School intends to be a long-term holder of these shares in the Company.

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible) i
1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached ii:			Personal Group Holdings Plc
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)
Non-UK issuer
2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights						X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify) iii:
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation iv
Name			Christopher Wilfred Thomas Johnston
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) v
Name			N/A
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached vi:			15.02.2022
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):			16.02.2022
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)		Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights held in issuer (8.A + 8.B) vii
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	36.3	-		36.3	11,336,533
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	37.3	-		37.3

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached viii
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible)		Number of voting rights ix					% of voting rights
Direct (DTR5.1)		Indirect  (DTR5.2.1)			Direct (DTR5.1)		Indirect (DTR5.2.1)
Ordinary Shares GB0002760279		11,336,533					36.3
SUBTOTAL 8. A		11,336,533					36.3
B 1: Financial Instruments according to DTR5.3.1R (1) (a)
Type of financial instrument		Expiration date x	Exercise/ Conversion Period xi			Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.			% of voting rights
N/A
			SUBTOTAL 8. B 1
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to DTR5.3.1R (1) (b)
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date x		Exercise/ Conversion Period xi		Physical or cash Settlement xii			Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
N/A
					SUBTOTAL 8.B.2

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the applicable box with an "X")
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer xiii
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity (please add additional rows as necessary) xiv
Name xv	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
N/A
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder
The number and % of voting rights held
The date until which the voting rights will be held
11. Additional information xvi
Included within the above figure are 138,333 shares held by Mr Johnston's wife

Place of completion	London
Date of completion	16 February 2022

- ENDS - 

For more information please contact:

Personal Group Holdings Plc	+44 (0)1908 605 000
Deborah Frost / Sarah Mace
Cenkos Securities Plc	+44 (0)20 7397 8900
Camilla Hume / Callum Davidson (Nominated Adviser)
Russell Kerr (Sales)
Alma PR	+44 (0)20 3405 0205
Susie Hudson/ Lily Soares Smith	personalgroup@almapr.co.uk

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 workforce 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 workforce benefits, engagement, and wellbeing products. Its offerings can also be delivered through its proprietary app, Hapi, and the recently developed extension to the platform, Hapiflex.

The Group's growth strategy is centred around widening the footprint of the business into the SME, talent-led & Public Sectors, thereby expanding the addressable customer base. In addition, it aims to grow in its existing industrial heartlands, to re-invigorate growth in insurance policyholders and to drive the use of its SaaS offerings.

Clients include: Arsenal FC, Barchester Healthcare, Merseyrail, Randstad, Royal Mail Group, The Royal Mint, the Sandwell & Birmingham NHS Trust, Stagecoach Group plc., and The University of York. c.40% of clients are served by two or more group companies.

For further information, please see  www.personalgroup.com

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