SVG Capital plc

('SVG' or the 'Company')

Purchase of Own Shares

SVG announces that on 06 April 2016 the Company purchased 6,345 ordinary shares at an average price of 513.87pper share (with the highest price being 514p and the lowest price being 513.5p per share) representing approximately 0.004 per cent of the Company's current issued ordinary share capital. These repurchased ordinary shares are to be held in treasury.

For the purposes of the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the total number of ordinary shares in issue as at the date of this notice (excluding 74,034,217 ordinary shares held in treasury) is 157,755,282.

The figure of 157,755,282 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they can determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company, under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Following the purchase, the cumulative number of shares purchased during the period from 23 September 2011 to date is 154,069,963 ordinary shares.

For further information please contact:

SVG Capital plc
Stuart Ballard

020 3457 0090

SVG Capital plc issued this content on 06 April 2016 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein. Distributed by Public, unedited and unaltered, on 06 April 2016 16:21:23 UTC

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