Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8785J

B.P. Marsh & Partners PLC

13 August 2012

 

Date:                13^th August 2012

On behalf of:     B. P. Marsh & Partners PLC

Immediate release

B. P. Marsh & Partners PLC ("B. P. Marsh")

Purchase of own shares

B. P. Marsh, the niche venture capital provider to early stage financial services businesses, announces that on 13 August 2012 it purchased 11,742 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 89 pence per Ordinary Share. These shares will be immediately cancelled.

Prior to this purchase, B. P. Marsh's issued ordinary share capital with voting rights consisted of 29,254,196 Ordinary Shares. As a result, the total number of voting rights in B. P. Marsh, and the figure to be used by shareholders as a denominator for the calculations by which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interest in the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency rules, is Ordinary Shares 29,242,454.

For further information:

B. P. Marsh & Partners Plc                                                               www.bpmarsh.co.uk

Brian Marsh OBE / Camilla Kenyon                                                       [phone]

Nominated Adviser & Broker

Panmure Gordon

Paul Lumbis / Fred Walsh / Charles Leigh-Pemberton                             [phone]

Notes to Editors:

About B. P. Marsh

B. P. Marsh's current portfolio contains nine companies. More detailed descriptions of the portfolio can be found at www.bpmarsh.co.uk.

Over the past 20 years, the Company has assembled a management team with considerable experience both in the financial services sector and in managing private equity investments. Many of the directors have worked with each other in previous roles, and all have worked with each other for at least four years.

Prior to Brian Marsh's involvement in the Company, he spent many years in insurance broking and underwriting in Lloyd's as well as the London and overseas market. He has over 30 years' experience in building, buying and selling financial services businesses, particularly in the insurance sector.

Jonathan Newman is a Chartered Management Accountant and is the Group Director of Finance and has over 15 years' experience in the financial services industry. Jonathan advises investee companies through three non-executive board appointments and evaluates new investment opportunities.

Daniel Topping is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment (MCSI) and an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ACIS) having joined the Company in 2007. Dan was appointed director in 2011 and currently holds four non-executive board appointments through which he advises investee companies and he also evaluates new investment opportunities.

Camilla Kenyon was appointed as Head of Investor Relations at B. P. Marsh in February 2009, having four years' prior experience with the Company. Camilla holds two non-executive appointments, is Chair of the New Business Committee and is a Member of the Investor Relations Society.

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