18th Nov 2008 15:00
18 November 2008
Lighthouse Group plc ("Lighthouse")
Director/PDMR Shareholding
Lighthouse Group plc (AIM: LGT) announces that David Hickey, Malcolm Streatfield and Peter Smith, directors of the company, yesterday purchased in aggregate 300,000 ordinary shares of 1p ("Ordinary Shares") in the company at a price of 10.25 pence per Ordinary Share. Their resultant holdings are summarised below:
|
Director |
Previous holding |
Ordinary Shares acquired on 17 November 2008 |
New holding |
Percentage of issued share capital |
|
David Hickey Chairman |
378,750 |
50,000 |
428,750 |
0.34% |
|
Malcolm Streatfield Joint CEO |
70,834 |
150,000 |
220,834 |
0.17% |
|
Peter Smith Group Finance Director |
117,500 |
100,000 |
217,500 |
0.17% |
Lighthouse also announces that Malcolm Streatfield has transferred 70,834 Ordinary Shares from his existing holding into his Self Invested Personal Pension ("SIPP") scheme. The transfer has no impact on his ultimate beneficial ownership. Mr Streatfield acquired the additional Ordinary Shares through his SIPP, such that his entire holding of Ordinary Shares is now held through his SIPP.
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For further information, please contact:
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Lighthouse Group plc |
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David Hickey, Executive Chairman |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7065 5646 |
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www.lighthousegroup.plc.uk |
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Shore Capital and Corporate Limited |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7408 4090 |
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(Nominated Adviser to the Company) |
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Dru Danford |
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Stephane Auton |
Media enquiries:
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Abchurch Communications |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7398 7700 |
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Heather Salmond |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7398 7704 |
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Joanne Shears |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7398 7709 |
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www.abchurch-group.com |
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Winningtons |
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Tom Cooper |
Tel: +44 (0) 797 122 1972 |
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www.winningtons.co.uk |
Notes to Editors
About Lighthouse Group plc
Lighthouse Group is the largest autonomous provider of independent financial advice, wealth management and distribution of retail financial products in the UK, with in excess of £6 billion of funds under advice. The Group is cash generative, profitable and dividend paying.
Lighthouse Group provides support to approximately 900 IFAs across the UK who, in turn, provide fully independent financial planning advice to both private and corporate clients via its operating divisions including LighthouseCarrwood, LighthouseTemple, Falcon Group, LighthouseXpress, FSAS and City Pensions.
Based in major operational centres across Britain, the Group has grown through both organic growth and key strategic acquisitions since being admitted to AIM in October 2000.
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