J.P. Morgan Private Equity Limited

Arnold House

St Julian's Avenue

St Peter Port         

Guernsey GY1 3NF

www.jpelonline.com

www.jpelonline.co.uk

Regulatory News Service

London Stock Exchange

London

EC2N 1HP

31 October 2011

Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ending 30 June 2011

J.P. Morgan Private Equity Limited ("JPEL" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company's Annual Report and Financial Statements ("Annual Report") for the year ending 30 June 2011 have been released.  

An electronic copy of the Annual Report is also attached to this notice.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/1925R_-2011-10-31.pdf

A copy of the circular have been forwarded to the Financial Services Authority and submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do

Shareholders may access an electronic copy of the Annual Report at www.jpelonline.com or www.jpelonline.co.uk  by clicking on the "Investor Information" and "Reports" link on the home page.  

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About J.P. Morgan Private Equity Limited

J.P. Morgan Private Equity Limited is a Guernsey registered and incorporated, London Stock Exchange-listed, closed-ended investment company (LSE: JPEL, JPEZ, JPZZ, JPSZ) designed primarily to invest in the global private equity market.  The investment objective of the Company is to achieve both short and long-term capital appreciation by investing in a well diversified portfolio of private equity fund interests and by capitalising on the inefficiencies of the secondary private equity market.  The Company's capital structure consists of four classes of shares: Equity Shares and three classes of Zero Dividend Preference Shares due 2013, 2015 and 2017, respectively.

Subsequent to 30 June 2011, JPEL issued a new class of 2017 Zero Dividend Preference Shares ("2017 ZDP Shares") which was listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: JPSZ) on 12 September 2011.  

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