Notice of AGM

B.P. Marsh & Partners PLC

16 June 2026

 

16 June 2026

B.P. Marsh & Partners Plc

("B.P. Marsh" or the "Company")

Notice of Annual General Meeting

B.P. Marsh, the specialist investor in early-stage financial services businesses, announces that it will be holding its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") at 08:30a.m. (UK time) on Wednesday 8 July 2026 at 1 Cornhill, London EC3V 3ND. The Company has sent its Notice of AGM and Annual Report & Accounts to its Shareholders by post and both documents are available on the Company's website (www.bpmarsh.co.uk).

This year's AGM will again be a hybrid meeting. The meeting will be held in person with the opportunity for Shareholders to view (though not participate in) the proceedings via the Investor Meet Company platform. The business of the meeting will be conducted by way of a poll, and Shareholders are encouraged to submit their votes, in respect of the business to be considered at the AGM, via proxy. More information on how to vote by proxy is contained within the Notice of AGM.

Amongst the resolutions to be proposed at the AGM is a special resolution authorising the Company to make market purchases of its shares. Further detail regarding the application of the City Code on Takeovers & Mergers (the "Takeover Code") in respect of that resolution is found in the notes below this announcement.

Shareholders can follow the proceedings of the AGM in real time via an online audio and presentation link on the Investor Meet Company platform and, following the formal proceedings, pre-submitted questions will be answered by Company Management.  Shareholders that wish to view the AGM should register for the event in advance via the following link where they will also be able to submit questions up until 08:25 a.m. on 7 July 2026: https://www.investormeetcompany.com/bp-marsh-partners-plc/register-investor

The online presentation link will be opened at approximately 08:25 a.m. UK time on 8 July 2026.

For further information on B.P. Marsh, its strategy and current portfolio, please contact: 

B.P. Marsh & Partners Plc Daniel Topping / Alice Foulk	[phone]
Nominated Adviser & Joint Corporate Broker: Singer Capital Markets Advisory LLP Charles Leigh-Pemberton / Peter Steel / James Todd	[phone]
Joint Corporate Broker: Investec Bank plc Christopher Baird / Maria Gomez de Olea	[phone]
Financial PR & Investor Relations: Tavistock Simon Hudson / Katie Hopkins / Kuba Stawiski	[e-mail] [phone]

Notes:

Shareholders should consider in detail the further information contained in the AGM Notice. In connection with Resolution 15 of the AGM Notice (i.e. the authority for the Company to make market purchases of its shares), Explanatory Note 15 to Resolution 15 provides an explanation regarding the application of the Takeover Code to the making by the Company of share buybacks under the market purchase authority, if approved by shareholders. In summary, however, for the reasons set out in the Explanatory Note, in connection with the Company making share buybacks under the market purchase authority (a) no obligation will be incurred by Mr Brian Marsh (the founder of the Company and, until very recently, the Company's Chairman) or members of his concert party (together, the "Brian Marsh Concert Party", which is interested in 14,184,819 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 39.4 per cent. of the Company's voting share capital, excluding any Ordinary Shares held in treasury), under Rule 9 of the Takeover Code, to make a mandatory offer in cash for the remaining shares in the Company not already held by them, as a result of any increase in their aggregate percentage interest in the Company's shares which arises from those buybacks and (b) neither will any formal resolution of independent shareholders, specifically seeking the waiver of the application of Rule 9 of the Takeover Code to the Brian Marsh Concert Party, be required. If the market purchase authority for which shareholder approval is sought under Resolution 15 is approved by shareholders and utilised in full by the Company, and also assuming the maximum utilisation by the Company of the market purchase authority sought from shareholders in 2025, the Brian Marsh Concert Party might come to be interested in up to 47.78 per cent. of the Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding any Ordinary Shares held in treasury).

About B.P. Marsh

B.P. Marsh & Partners Plc (AIM: BPM) is a specialist investor in early stage and small to medium-sized financial services intermediary businesses, with a particular focus on the insurance sector. Bridging the gap to traditional private equity funding rounds, B.P. Marsh takes a typical initial equity stake of up to £5m, often complemented by loans, and is able to tailor its investment model to each opportunity. Taking a long-term view of its investments, with an average holding period of around seven years, the Group supplies strategic insight and capital while empowering entrepreneurial management teams to grow their businesses.

The B.P. Marsh portfolio is diversified by geography and class of business, spanning insurance brokers, underwriting agencies and financial advisers in the UK, Europe, North America and other international markets. For further information, including details of the current portfolio and recent exits, please visit: www.bpmarsh.co.uk.

 

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