Lighthouse Regulatory News (LGT)

17 Apr 2008 12:43

Arron Banks17 April 2008 FORM 8.3 DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE (Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of person dealing (Note 1) ARRON BANKS (REFER APPENDIX 1) Company dealt in LIGHTHOUSE GROUP PLC Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) ORDINARY 1P Date of dealing 16/04/08 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevantsecurity dealt in (Note 3) Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities REFER APPENDIX 1 3,925,000 4.69 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, otherthan the class dealt in (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 4) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 5) PURCHASE 175,000 0.21250 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product Long/short Number of Price per name, e.g. (Note 6) securities unit (Note 5)CFD (Note 7) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, Expiry Option name,e.g. selling, securities price e.g. date money call purchasing, to which American, paid/ option varying the option European received etc. relates etc. per unit (Note 7) (Note 5) (ii) Exercising Product name, Number of Exercise price per unit e.g. call option securities (Note 5) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4) Nature of transaction Details Price per unit (Note 8) (if applicable) (Note 5) 4. OTHER INFORMATION Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the persondisclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevantsecurities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which anyderivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should bestated. .............................................................................. Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO Date of disclosure Contact name JONATHAN BANKS Telephone number 01454 634579 If a connected EFM, name of offeree /offeror with which connected If a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10) Notes The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk APPENDIX 1 to Form 8.3 dated 16 April 2008 The share holdings as at 16 April 2008 are as follows: Arron Banks holds 175,000 sharesPaul Chase-Gardener holds 165,000 sharesRock Holdings Limited holds 425,000 sharesSouthern Rock Insurance Company Limited holds 3,160,000 shares Arron Banks and Paul Chase-Gardener are connected to both Rock Holdings Limitedand Southern Rock Insurance Company Limited, being major shareholders of RockHoldings Limited. Rock Holdings Limited is a major shareholder of Southern RockInsurance Company Limited. Therefore, together Arron Banks, Paul Chase-Gardener, Rock Holdings Limited andSouthern Rock Insurance Company Limited, hold 3,925,000 shares in LighthouseGroup plc, representing approximately 4.69% of the Company's issued sharecapital. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange