Appointment of Director

27 Apr 2005 07:00

Personal Group Holdings PLC27 April 2005 27 April 2005 Personal Group Holding plc ("Personal Group") Appointment of Director The Board of Personal Group is pleased to announce the appointment of JonathanPardoe as an Executive Director, with immediate effect. Jonathan Pardoe is the Chairman and Managing Director of Berkeley Morgan GroupLimited. On 10 December 2004 it was announced that agreement had been reachedon the terms of a recommended cash offer by Personal Group Holdings Plc toacquire the whole of the issued and to be issued share capital of BerkeleyMorgan Group. In accordance with paragraph (f) of Schedule Two of the AIM Rules, the followinginformation in relation to Jonathan, as a new appointee to the Board of PersonalGroup, is disclosed below: Full name and age: Jonathan Francis Pardoe, aged 42 Current directorships and partnerships: Berkeley Morgan LimitedUniversal Provident LimitedBerkeley Morgan Property LimitedRapidinsure.co.uk LimitedBM Agency Services LimitedSummit Financial Solutions LimitedSummit Financial Holdings PLCR.E. Gee & Company LimitedBM Trustees LimitedBerkeley Morgan Healthcare Previous directorships and partnerships: Connaught Group LimitedCranfield & Moore Training & Compliance LimitedBMXchange LimitedRapid Money LimitedMoneyhill Limited Other than as detailed above there is no further information to be disclosedpursuant to paragraph (f) of Schedule Two of the AIM Rules. On Monday, 25 April 2005 Jonathan Pardoe purchased 35,000 Personal GroupHoldings Plc shares at £2.27 per share. The Board report that all resolutions at yesterday's Annual General Meeting wereapproved by the shareholders and that trading for the first quarter of 2005 isin line with market expectations. - ENDS - For further information, please contact: John BarberPersonal Group Holdings plc(01908) 605000 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange