21st Oct 2008 11:00
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Press Release |
21 October 2008 |
Lighthouse Group plc
("Lighthouse" or "the Company")
Director/PDMR Shareholding
Lighthouse Group plc (AIM: LGT) announces that Allan Rosengren and Alex Scott-Barrett, Directors of the Company, today purchased 645,000 and 130,000 ordinary shares in the company respectively at a price of 10 pence per share.
These Directors' total interests are as follows:
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Director |
Previous holding |
Shares purchased |
New holding |
Holding (%) |
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Allan Rosengren Joint CEO |
18,104,400 |
645,000 |
18,749,400* |
14.68% |
|
Alex Scott-Barrett Non-executive director |
150,000 |
130,000 |
280,000 |
0.22% |
* Of which, following the purchase of these shares, Allan Rosengren has a beneficial interest in 1,517,000 Lighthouse ordinary shares through his Self Invested Personal Pension Plan.
In addition, Allan Rosengren and Julian Telling, a former director of Sumus Plc are the sole beneficiaries of the Falcon Retirement Benefits Scheme which holds 470,000 ordinary shares in Lighthouse Group plc. These shares, as yet, have not been allocated.
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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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Edward Mansfield |
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 |
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 paid a maiden dividend in 2008.
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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