Interim statement for the six months to 30 June 2011

28 September 2011

Personal Group Holdings Plc ("Personal Group" or "the Group")

Interim statement for the six months to 30 June 2011

Personal Group Holdings Plc (AIM: PGH), specialist providers of employee benefits, insurance and consultancy, is pleased to report its results for the six months to 30 June 2011.

Highlights

• Profit before tax increased by 3.0% to £4.7m (2010: £4.6m) following continued record new business
• Annualised new business of hospital, convalescence and death benefit plans increased by 14.3% to £4.0m (2010: £3.5m)
• Claims incurred have remained in line with the board’s expectations
• Total equity (shareholders’ funds) increased by 8.1% to £24.4m (2010: £22.5m)
• Dividends per share paid in the period up 2.4% to 8.7 pence per share (2010: 8.5p)
• EPS 11.5 pence per share (2010: 11.1p)

Ken Rooney, group chief executive, commented:  “Despite the ongoing difficult economic conditions, the group has achieved not only its best first half of a year but the best results for any six month period in the history of the group, in terms of new business written. The group wrote over £4.0m of new annualised premiums in the period and, with our pipeline looking strong, the board expects that the second half of the year will produce similar, if not better, results.”

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Personal Group Holdings Plc Interim Statement for the 6 months ended 30th June 2011