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RNS Number : 3456F B.P. Marsh & Partners PLC 16 April 2025
16 April 2025
B.P. Marsh & Partners Plc
("B.P. Marsh", "the Company" or "the Group")
Special Dividend Declaration
Further to the announcement made on 25 March 2024, B.P. Marsh & Partners
Plc (AIM: BPM), the specialist private equity investor in early-stage
financial services businesses, is pleased to confirm that it has received
further consideration of £9.17m from the disposal of its shareholding in
Paladin Holdings Limited ("Paladin"), the parent company of CBC UK Limited
("CBC").
Following receipt of £9.17m (being the first tranche of the deferred
consideration), the Company has resolved to return a total of £3.0m to
Shareholders and is pleased to declare a Special Dividend of 8.08p per share.
The Special Dividend of 8.08p per share will be payable on 30 May 2025 to
Shareholders on the Register as at 2 May 2025. The associated ex-dividend date
will be 1 May 2025.
In addition to the above, it remains the Company's intention to pay a total
dividend of £5.0m in respect of the financial year ending 31 January 2026. As
previously announced, the Board resolved to pay this in two tranches: an
Interim Dividend of £2.5m (6.78p per share), which was paid in February 2025,
and a Final Dividend of £2.5m (6.78p per share), expected to be paid in July
2025, subject to Shareholder approval at the Annual General Meeting, which is
scheduled to take place in July 2025.
The Company intends to pay a dividend of at least £5.0m per annum in each
of the financial years ending 31 January 2027 and 2028, subject always to the
Board's right to recommend an increased or decreased Final Dividend, for
example in the event of significant realisations or capital commitments.
The Board will annually revisit the frequency of dividend payments for
subsequent years as it reviews the cash requirements of the Group.
This announcement contains inside information.
For further information, please visit www.bpmarsh.co.uk
(http://www.bpmarsh.co.uk) or contact:
B.P. Marsh & Partners Plc +44 (0)20 7233 3112
Brian Marsh OBE / Alice Foulk
Nominated Adviser & Joint Corporate Broker: +44 (0)20 7886 2500
Panmure Liberum Limited
Atholl Tweedie / Amrit Mahbubani / Ailsa MacMaster
Joint Corporate Broker: +44 (0)20 7496 3000
Singer Capital Markets Advisory LLP
Charles Leigh Pemberton / James Moat / Asha Chotai
Financial PR & Investor Relations: bpmarsh@tavistock.co.uk (mailto:bpmarsh@tavistock.co.uk)
Tavistock +44 (0)20 7920 3150
Simon Hudson / Katie Hopkins / Kuba Stawiski
Notes to Editors:
B.P. Marsh's current portfolio contains seventeen companies. More detailed
descriptions of the portfolio can be found at www.bpmarsh.co.uk
(http://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 over ten
years.
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