11 June 2024
B.P. Marsh & Partners
Plc
("B.P. Marsh" or the
"Company")
Share Buy-Back
Programme
B.P. Marsh & Partners Plc (AIM: BPM), the
specialist venture capital investor in early stage financial
services businesses, today announces the launch of a new share
buy-back programme (the "Programme").
Further to the release of the Company's Annual
Results, which reconfirmed the Company's intention to undertake
on-market share buy-backs to return further capital to
shareholders, the Board has today approved the Programme to
repurchase ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company
("Ordinary Shares") for up to a maximum aggregate consideration of
£1 million and subject to Ordinary Shares being available to
purchase at a price representing a discount of at least 15% to the
most recently announced diluted NAV per share prevailing at the
time of repurchase.
The Programme will be carried out in accordance
with the Company's general authority to purchase a maximum of
3,746,600 Ordinary Shares, granted by shareholders at the Company's
Annual General Meeting which was held on 26 July 2023 (the "General
Authority"), since when the Company has purchased 97,652 Ordinary
Shares.
This General Authority expires at the Company's
next Annual General Meeting to be held in July 2024 (the "2024
AGM"), at which the Company expects to seek shareholders' approval
authorising another such general authority for a further 12 months,
or, if earlier, at the close of business on 31 July 2025 (being, if
approved, also a "General Authority"), subject to which the
Programme will continue beyond the 2024 AGM in accordance with the
renewed General Authority and the parameters set out
above.
The purpose of the Programme is to reduce the
Company's share capital and it will commence on the date of this
announcement and continue until either the maximum
pecuniary amount has been purchased under the Programme or, if
earlier, the expiration of the relevant General
Authority.
The Company has entered into an irrevocable
commitment with Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited to conduct the
Programme and repurchase Ordinary Shares on the Company's
behalf and to make trading decisions under the
Programme in accordance with certain pre-set parameters
independently of the Company.
Share repurchases will take place in open
market transactions and may be made from time to time depending on
market conditions, share price, trading volume and other terms. The
maximum price paid per Ordinary Share will be no more than the
higher of the price of the last independent trade and the highest
current independent purchase bid for Ordinary Shares on the trading
venue where the purchase is carried out. Under the Programme, the
repurchased shares will be held in treasury at the Company's
discretion for later reissue or cancellation. Shares held in
treasury are not entitled to dividends and have no voting rights at
the Company's general meetings.
The Programme will be conducted within the
parameters of the Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014/EU (as in force
in the UK and as amended by the Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit)
Regulations 2019) and the delegated regulations made pursuant to
it. The Company confirms that it currently has no unpublished price
sensitive information.
The Company will announce any market purchase
of Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Programme without
delay.
For
further information:
B.P. Marsh & Partners Plc
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www.bpmarsh.co.uk
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Brian Marsh OBE
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+44 (0)20 7233 3112
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Nominated Adviser & Broker
Panmure Gordon
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Atholl Tweedie / Amrit Mahbubani
/ Ailsa MacMaster
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+44 (0)20 7886 2500
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Financial PR & Investor Relations
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Tavistock
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bpmarsh@tavistock.co.uk
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Simon Hudson / Tim Pearson / Katie
Hopkins
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+44 (0)20 7920 3150
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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 at least ten years.
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