B.p Marsh Regulatory News (BPM)

Date: 24th March 2014

On behalf of: B.P. Marsh & Partners Plc ("B.P. Marsh", "the Company" or "the Group")

Embargoed until: 0700hrs

B.P. Marsh & Partners Plc

Dividend

B.P. Marsh & Partners Plc (AIM: BPM), the niche venture capital provider to early stage financial services businesses, is pleased to announce that the Board has recommended a final dividend of 2.75p per share for the year ended 31st January 2014, subject to Shareholder approval at the Company's next Annual General Meeting.

The dividend is announced in recognition of the steady growth and consolidation of the Company's investment portfolio and demonstrates that B.P. Marsh is an attractive capital and income investment. The Management team remains positive about the Company's ability to generate long term returns from the existing investment portfolio, alongside an interesting pipeline of new investment opportunities. 

Subject to Shareholder approval the dividend will be paid on 25th July 2014 to Shareholders registered at the close of business on 27th June 2014. The ex-dividend date is 25th June 2014.

It is the Board's intention to maintain at least this level of dividend for the years ending 31st January 2015 and 31st January 2016, subject to ongoing review and approval by the Board and the Shareholders.

For further information:

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

Brian Marsh OBE / Camilla Kenyon +44 (0)20 7233 3112

Nominated Adviser & Broker

Panmure Gordon

Fred Walsh / Charles Leigh-Pemberton / Atholl Tweedie +44 (0)20 7886 2500

Notes to Editors:

About B.P. Marsh & Partners Plc

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

Since formation over 20 years ago, 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 five 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, has a number of non-executive appointments over two investee companies and evaluates new investment opportunities.

Daniel Topping is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment (MCSI) and an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ACIS), having graduated from the University of Durham in 2005. Dan joined B.P. Marsh in February 2007 having started his career at an accountancy firm. In 2011 he was appointed as a director of B.P. Marsh and currently has a number of non-executive appointments over six investee companies and 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 has a number of non-executive appointments over two investee companies, is Chair of the New Business Committee and is a Member of the Investor Relations Society.

Natasha Dunbar has over 18 years' experience in the financial services industry. Having joined the Company in 1994 she was made managing director in March 2002, subsequently becoming a non-executive director of the Company in 2008, a position she held for five years. Natasha was reappointed as a Director in February 2013 and holds a non-executive appointment at one of our investee companies.

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