7 Apr 2008 17:21
Bear Stearns Private Equity Limited07 April 2008 Bear Stearns Private Equity Limited(the "Company") Sale of treasury shares 7 April 2008 The Company has sold from treasury 17,847,750 redeemable participatingpreference shares of 1 pence each designated as equity shares ("Equity Shares").The Equity Shares were sold for cash at US$1.72 each and rank pari passu withthe existing Equity Shares in issue. As a result of the sale, the Company now holds 7,178,110 Equity Shares and274,822 redeemable non-participating preference shares designated as zerodividend preference shares ("ZDP Shares") in treasury. The total number of issued share capital and voting rights in the Company(excluding treasury shares) is 278,120,246 Equity Shares and 59,196,837 ZDPShares. These figures may be used by shareholders as the denominator for thecalculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify theirinterest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FSA'sDisclosure and Transparency rules. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange