Last checked at 22 Oct 2019 17:30
Date: 22 October 2019
B.P. Marsh & Partners Plc
("B.P. Marsh" or "the Company")
Purchase of own shares
B.P. Marsh, the specialist investor in early stage financial services intermediaries, announces that on 21st October 2019 it purchased 7,367 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 272 pence per Ordinary Share pursuant to the share buyback programme (the "Programme") announced on 17 July 2019. These shares are to be held in Treasury, taking the total number of shares held by the Company in Treasury to 89,504 shares.
As a result of the above, the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue is 37,478,077 and the total number of voting rights in B.P. Marsh, is 37,388,573 This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), the schedules below contain a summary of and detailed information about the purchases made by the Company's broker, Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited on behalf of the Company as part of the Programme.
Schedule 1 - aggregate information:
Date of purchase: | 21st October 2019 |
Number of Ordinary Shares purchased: | 7,367 |
Highest price paid per Ordinary Share (pence) | 272 |
Lowest price paid per Ordinary Share (pence) | 272 |
Volume weighted average price paid per Ordinary Share (pence) | 272 |
Schedule 2 - individual transactions:
Date of purchase | Time of purchase (hh:mm - GMT) | Number of Ordinary Shares purchased | Transaction price (pence per Ordinary Share) |
21/10/2019 | 14:51 | 7,367 | 272 |
For further information:
B.P. Marsh & Partners Plc www.bpmarsh.co.uk
Brian Marsh OBE / Sinead O'Haire +44 (0)20 7233 3112
Nominated Adviser & Broker
Panmure Gordon
Atholl Tweedie / Charles Leigh-Pemberton / Ailsa Macmaster +44 (0)20 7886 2500
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About B.P. Marsh & Partners Plc
B.P. Marsh's current portfolio contains sixteen companies. More detailed descriptions of the portfolio can be found at www.bpmarsh.co.uk.
Since formation over 25 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.
Alice Foulk joined B.P. Marsh in September 2011 having started her career at a leading Life Assurance company. In 2014 she took over as Executive Assistant to the Chairman, running the Chairman's Office and established herself as a central part of the management team.
In February 2015 she was appointed as a Director of B.P. Marsh and a member of the Investment Committee. In January 2016 Alice was appointed Managing Director of B.P. Marsh.
In her position as Managing Director, Alice is responsible for the overall performance of the Company and monitoring the Company's overall progress towards achieving the objectives and goals of the Company, as set by the Board.
Dan Topping is the Chief Investment Officer of B.P. Marsh, with over a decade of experience in the financial services sector. Dan graduated from the University of Durham in 2005 and is a member of the Securities and Investment Institute and the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators. Having spent two years at an independent London accountancy practice, he joined the company in 2007. He was appointed as a Director in 2011 and promoted to his current role in 2015.
Dan is a standing member of the B.P. Marsh Investment and Valuation Committees and currently serves as a Board Director across the portfolio.
Jonathan Newman is a Chartered Management Accountant and is the Group Director of Finance and has over 20 years' experience in the financial services industry. Jon graduated from the University of Sheffield with an honours degree in Business Studies and joined the Group in November 1999, following two years at Euler Trade Indemnity and two years at a Chartered Accountants. Jon is a Member of the Chartered Global Management Accountants, the Chartered Management Accountants and the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment.
Jon was appointed a Director of B.P. Marsh & Company Limited in September 2001, and Group Finance Director in December 2003 and was instrumental in the admission of the Group to AIM in February 2006. Jon is a member of the B.P. Marsh Investment and Valuation Committees and currently serves as a Nominee Director on the Boards of three Investee Companies, and provides senior financial support and advice to all companies within the Group's portfolio as well as evaluating new investment opportunities.