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7 August 2023
B.P. Marsh & Partners Plc
("B.P. Marsh" or the "Company")
Share Buy-Back Policy
B.P. Marsh & Partners Plc (AIM: BPM), the specialist venture capital investor in early-stage financial services businesses, wishes to reconfirm the details of the existing Share Buy-Back Programme as announced on 16 January 2023 and updated on 25 April 2023, following the Company's recent Annual General Meeting at which the Company's shareholders generally authorised it to purchase up to a maximum of 3,746,600 Ordinary Shares (the "Authority").
The Company announced on 16 January 2023 that it had allocated £1,000,000 to a Share Buy-Back Programme that would buy back shares at a price (the "Price") representing a discount of no less than 20% to the most recently published Net Asset Value per share.
As at the date of this announcement, the latest published Net Asset Value per share is 526.2p, and to date the Company has acquired 201,317 Ordinary Shares since commencing the Share Buy-Back Programme for an aggregate consideration of £731,613. The Price will vary in line with the Company's future published Net Asset Value movements.
Pursuant to the Authority, any purchases of Ordinary Shares will be carried out independently managed by Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited, who will make the share purchases on the Company's behalf and make all trading decisions independently of, and uninfluenced by, the Company.
The Company will announce any market purchase of Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Authority without delay.
Separately, as announced on 6 June 2023, the Group plans to commit a further £6,000,000 to further share buy-backs, with more information to follow in due course with regard to mechanics and how best to deliver this.
The Company remains committed to its previously stated objective to reduce the share price discount to net asset value and reserves the right to review the discount threshold and budget allocation stated above if, in the opinion of the Company's directors, such action would further enhance shareholder value.
The Company confirms that it currently has no unpublished inside information.
All defined terms in this announcement, unless defined herein or the context otherwise requires, shall have the same meaning as defined in the Company's announcements on 16 January 2023 and 25 April 2023 titled 'Interim Dividend Declaration and Share Buy-Back' and 'Share Buy-Back Programme Update', respectively.
For further information:
B.P. Marsh & Partners Plc | www.bpmarsh.co.uk |
Brian Marsh OBE | +44 (0)20 7233 3112 |
Nominated Adviser & Broker Panmure Gordon | |
Atholl Tweedie / Stephen Jones / Amrit Mahbubani / Ailsa MacMaster | +44 (0)20 7886 2500 |
Financial PR & Investor Relations | |
Tavistock | bpmarsh@tavistock.co.uk |
Simon Hudson / Tim Pearson / Katie Hopkins | +44 (0)20 7920 3150 |
Notes to Editors:
B.P. Marsh's current portfolio contains fifteen companies. More detailed descriptions of the portfolio can be found at www.bpmarsh.co.uk.
Since formation over 30 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 approaching ten years.
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