Jpel Priv Eqty Regulatory News (JPEL)

J.P. Morgan Private Equity Limited

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St Peter Port

Guernsey GY1 4BF

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Regulatory News Service

London Stock Exchange

London

EC2N 1HP

20 February 2015

New Appointment to the Board of Directors

J.P. Morgan Private Equity Limited ("JPEL" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Anthony Dalwood as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company with immediate effect.

Further information regarding Mr. Dalwood is set forth below:

Anthony (Tony) Dalwood was formerly Chairman of SVG Investment Managers and CEO of SVG Advisers, the global private equity funds business and manager of $5b billion in AUM. He established the public equities business for Schroder Ventures (London) Limited. Prior to this he was a Director at UBS Global Asset Management (formerly Phillips & Drew Fund Management) where he was a member of the UK Equity Investment Committee and responsible for managing over £1.5 billion of UK equities. He is currently CEO of Gresham House plc, and a Board director of Branton Capital and the London Pensions Fund Authority.

Mr. Dalwood has an honours degree in Economics & Accounting from Bristol University, a degree in Management Studies from Cambridge University (Judge Institute) and is a member of the CFA Institute.

Trevor Ash, JPEL's Chairman said: "We are delighted to have Tony Dalwood join the Company's Board of Directors. Tony's expertise in both finance and private equity will further enhance the existing skill set of our Board."

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For further information please contact:

J.P. Morgan Private Equity Limited

Greg Getschow

+1 212 648 1150

Gregory.Getschow@jpmorgan.com

Rosemary DeRise / Samantha Ladd

+1 212 648 2980 / +1 212 648 2982

Rosemary.DeRise@jpmorgan.com / Samantha.Ladd@jpmorgan.com

About J.P. Morgan Private Equity Limited

J.P. Morgan Private Equity Limited ("JPEL" or the "Company") is a Guernsey registered and incorporated, London Stock Exchange-listed, closed-ended investment company (LSE: JPEL, JPZZ, JPSZ). The Company's capital structure consists of three classes of shares: US$ Equity Shares and two classes of Zero Dividend Preference Shares due 2015 and 2017, respectively.