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Lighthouse Group PLC
19 March 2008



19 March 2008

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                                   Merger of
                              Lighthouse Group plc
                                      and
                                   Sumus Plc

Update on irrevocable undertakings

On 11 March 2008 Lighthouse announced that the boards of Sumus and Lighthouse
had agreed the terms of a merger between Sumus and Lighthouse whereby Lighthouse
would acquire, for shares and cash, the entire issued and to be issued share
capital of Sumus.


Lighthouse now announces that it has received additional irrevocable
undertakings from certain other Lighthouse Shareholders who are together
interested in a total of 9,923,890 Lighthouse Shares, representing approximately
11.85 per cent. of the existing issued share capital of Lighthouse, to vote (or
procure the vote of) such Lighthouse Shares in favour of the Lighthouse Scheme
Resolution to be proposed at the Lighthouse General Meeting. All such
irrevocable undertakings will remain binding even if a higher competing offer is
made for Sumus.

A summary of these irrevocable undertakings is set out below.



Name of Lighthouse Shareholder                    Number of Lighthouse Shares in
giving irrevocable undertaking to            respect of which undertakings given
vote (or procure the vote) in favour                    
of the Lighthouse Resolutions


Skandia Life Assurance (Holdings) Limited                              3,333,334
Aegon UK plc                                                           3,257,222
Norwich Union Life Investment Partnership                              3,333,334

Total                                                                  9,923,890

As announced on 11 March 2008, Lighthouse had already received irrevocable
undertakings from the Lighthouse Directors and certain other Lighthouse
Shareholders in respect of, in aggregate, 32,594,444 Lighthouse Shares,
representing, in aggregate, approximately 38.93 per cent. of Lighthouse's
existing issued share capital to vote (or procure or use reasonable endeavours
to procure the vote) of such Lighthouse Shares in favour of the Lighthouse
Scheme Resolution to be proposed at the Lighthouse General Meeting.


Accordingly, Lighthouse has now received irrevocable undertakings in respect of,
in aggregate, 42,518,334 Lighthouse Shares, representing, in aggregate,
approximately 50.79 per cent. of Lighthouse's existing issued share capital to
vote (or procure or use reasonable endeavours to procure the vote) of such
Lighthouse Shares in favour of the Lighthouse Scheme Resolution to be proposed
at the Lighthouse General Meeting.

This announcement is made in accordance with Rule 8 of the City Code.


Enquiries

Lighthouse Group plc                                               020 7065 5640
David Hickey, Executive Chairman
Malcolm Streatfield, Chief Executive Officer
                                                      www.lighthousegroup.plc.uk


Daniel Stewart & Company plc 
(Financial adviser to Lighthouse)                                  020 7776 6550
Lindsay Mair/Stewart Dick

                                                         www.danielstewart.co.uk

Abchurch Communications 
(Financial PR adviser to Lighthouse)                               020 7398 7700
Heather Salmond                                                    020 7398 7704
Gareth Mead                                                        020 7398 7710
Joanne Shears                                                      020 7398 7709

                                                          www.abchurch-group.com


References to Lighthouse's existing issued share capital for the purposes of
rule 2.10 of the City Code are based on the announcement made by Lighthouse on
12 March 2008 which stated that  for the purposes of rule 2.10 of the City Code
on Takeovers and Mergers there are 83,718,751 ordinary shares in issue.

Terms herein have the same meaning as in the Rule 2.5 announcement dated 11
March 2008, save where the context otherwise requires.

The Lighthouse Directors accept responsibility for the information contained in
this announcement. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the Lighthouse
Directors (who have taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case)
the information contained in this announcement for which they are responsible is
in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the
import of such information.


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