SVG Capital plc ("SVG" or the "Company")
Purchase of Own Shares

SVG announces that on 25 January 2013 the Company purchased 100,000 ordinary shares at a price of 303.5 pence per share representing approximately 0.04 per cent of the Company's current issued ordinary share capital.  These 100,000 ordinary shares are to be held in treasury.

For the purposes of the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the total number of ordinary shares in issue as at the date of this notice (excluding 18,211,035 Ordinary Shares held in treasury) is 271,821,655.

The figure of 271,821,655 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 38,742,962 ordinary shares.

For further information please contact:

SVG Capital plc
Stuart Ballard                    020 7010 8935


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