J.P.Morgan Private Equity Limited (the 'Company')
Issue of Shares
12 August 2009
The Company has today issued 15,703,886 US$ Equity Shares at a price of US$1.00 per share. 12,760,580 US$ Equity Shares have been issued under a tap issue placing and 2,943,306 US$ Equity Shares have been issued out of treasury.
Application has been made to list the 12,760,580 new US$ Equity Shares under the tap issue placing on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange with dealings expected to commence at 8 a.m. on 17 August 2009.
Immediately following the issue, the Company's issued share capital will consist of 349,486,718 shares of no par value (excluding treasury shares) each classified as US$ equity shares, 63,367,316 shares of no par value (excluding treasury shares) each classified as zero dividend preference shares and 16,088,214 shares of no par value (excluding treasury shares) each classified as 2015 zero dividend preference shares. Immediately following the issue, the Company will hold 16,845,998 US$ Equity Shares of no par value and 2,051,508 '2013' Zero Dividend Preference shares of no par value in Treasury.
The Company is not in possession of any unpublished inside information.
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