Lighthouse : Renewal of affinity contract

18 July 2018

Lighthouse Group plc

('Lighthouse' or 'the Group')

Renewal of affinity contract

Lighthouse Group plc (AIM: LGT), the national financial adviser of choice for Middle Britain, is pleased to announce that it has agreed the renewal of its contract with the Association of School and College Leaders ('ASCL'), as the preferred provider of expert financial advice to its members, encompassing retirement planning, mortgages and investments, for a further three years from the 1^st September 2018.

The Association of School and College Leaders represents more than 19,000 education professionals, including Executive Heads, Secondary Heads, Deputy Heads, Assistant Heads, Bursars and Business Managers, College Principals, Vice-Principals and others with whole school / college responsibility.

This contract renewal underlines Lighthouse's already impressive list of affinity partnerships, which includes major employee organisations such as UNISON, BA Clubs, Royal College of Nursing and Prospect, and highlights further Lighthouse's capacity to deliver financial planning solutions to a diverse and substantial audience.

Steve Kind, Director of Finance and Operations of the Association of School and College Leaders ('ASCL') commented: 'We are very pleased to have secured this contract renewal with Lighthouse, which will enable us to continue to ensure that our members are able to access financial planning assistance from a reliable and well reputed organisation. It is important to us to continue to partner with an organisation which is clearly capable of supporting our members no matter where they may reside and also capable of dealing with the sometimes complex and very specific needs of our membership. We look forward to continuing to develop our relationship with Lighthouse and ensuring that our members are able to secure quality service and consistent professional financial advice'.

Malcolm Streatfield, Chief Executive Officer of Lighthouse, commented:'The Board is delighted that we have secured this contract renewal with the Association of School and College Leaders, which highlights further the quality of service and financial planning support which Lighthouse Financial Advice provides for all participating members in our affinity relationships. We very much look forward to building on our relationship with the Association of School and College Leaders over the years ahead. The Board remains committed to developing further our affinity partnerships throughout the UK'.

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About Lighthouse Group plc

Lighthouse has been listed on AIM since 2000 as an integrated financial services company for investors, coupled with significant scale in terms of distribution through financial advisers and wealth managers and its fully diversified business model.

As one of the UK's largest autonomous financial advice and wealth management groups, Lighthouse provides a comprehensive range of services to businesses and individuals and is retained by most of the major trades unions and other affinity groups to advise their combined memberships of over 6 million members.

The Group aims to increase its relationships with, and the benefits it derives from, its relationships with affinity groups and professional partners.

In addition to a wide range of financial advice, the Group has developed innovative products to meet the specific needs of its retail and corporate customers in the asset management and auto-enrolment sectors.

Lighthouse operates from its headquarters in London as well as having principal operating offices in Stockport and Woodingdean, near Brighton.

For more information please visit:http://www.lighthousegroup.plc.uk/