Rule 8.3- Lighthouse Grp

22 Apr 2008 07:00

Arron Banks21 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 Company dealt in Lighthouse Group PLC Class of relevant security to which Ordinary 1p the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 21 April 2008 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 4,000,000 (4.78%) Refer Appendix (2) Derivatives (other than options) 25,000 (0.03%) Refer Appendix 1 (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 4,025,000 (4.81%) (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 50,000 £0.21375 (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) YES Date of disclosure 21 April 2008 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 21 April 2008 The share holdings as at 21 April 2008 are as follows: Arron Banks holds 250,000 sharesPaul Chase-Gardener holds 165,000 sharesRock Holdings Limited holds 425,000 sharesSouthern Rock Insurance Company Limited holds 3,160,000 shares The spread bets held as at 21 April 2008 are as follows: Arron Banks holds 25,000 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 Rock Insurance Company Limited. Therefore, together Arron Banks, Paul Chase-Gardener, Rock Holdings Limited and Southern Rock Insurance Company Limited, are interested in 4,025,000 shares in Lighthouse Group plc, representing approximately 4.81% of the Company's issued share capital. SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS (This form should be attached to Form 8.1, Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as appropriate) OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1) Product Written Number of Exercise Type, Expiry name,e.g. or securities price e.g. date call purchased to which (Note 2) American, option the option European or etc. derivative relates Spread Bet Purchased 25,000 N/A N/A N/A Notes 1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (except for CFDs), full details should be given. Full details of any existing agreements to purchase or to sell should also be given on this form. 2. For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated. For details of the Code's dealing disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 and itsNotes which can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange