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DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT & TRADING STATEMENT
DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT & TRADING STATEMENT.
About this update from Personal Group Holdings Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n Personal Group Holdings plc (\"the Company\") \n\n DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT & TRADING STATEMENT \n\nDIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT\n\nThe directors of the Company are pleased to announce that a fourth quarterly\ndividend of 3.3p per share will be paid on 19 December 2008 to members on the\nregister on\n\n5 December 2008.\n\nShares will be marked ex-dividend on 3 December 2008.\n\nTRADING STATEMENT\n\nThe directors are pleased to report that the Group continues to trade well and\nthat current trading remains in line with the directors' and market expectations.\n\nAs required under IFRS, the directors have undertaken a preliminary impairment\nreview of the carrying amount of goodwill in the Group's consolidated balance\nsheet. Given the change in economic circumstances since the publication of the\nCompany's interim results, there is likely to be a goodwill write down at the\nyear end in relation to Berkeley Morgan Group Limited. Further details will be\nset out in the Company's preliminary results for the year ended 31 December\n2008.\n\nContact: Personal Group Holdings Plc\nJohn Barber, FD\nTel: 01908 605000\n\nCenkos Securities Plc\nStephen Keys\nTel: 0207 397 8926\n\nBankside Consultants\nSimon Rothschild\nTel: 0207 367 8871\n\n\n \n ","length":1538,"tagName":"div"}]