8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549 

FORM 8-K 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 3, 2018 

JMP Group LLC

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) 

Delaware	001-36802	47-1632931
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

600 Montgomery Street, Suite 1100, San Francisco, California 94111

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including zip code)

415-835-8900

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) 

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Item 8.01. Other Events

On December 3, 2018, the Board of Directors of JMP Group LLC (the “Company”) approved the extension of the term of the Company’s share repurchase program through April 30, 2019. The current repurchase program was initially authorized on December 13, 2017, and allowed for the repurchase of up to one million of the Company’s outstanding common shares during 2018. As of the close of the market on November 30, 2018, 444,310 of the Company’s common shares remained to be repurchased. Under the repurchase program, the Company may purchase its common shares from time to time in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions. The timing, volume and nature of any common share repurchases will be at the sole discretion of management, will be dependent on market conditions, applicable securities laws and other factors, and may be suspended or discontinued at any time.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

The following exhibits are furnished as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:

99.1 Press release of the Company dated December 4, 2018.

Signature(s)

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	JMP GROUP LLC
Date: December 4, 2018	By:	/s/ Raymond Jackson
		Raymond Jackson
		Chief Financial Officer

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

JMP GROUP ANNOUNCES EXTENSION OF SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAM

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4, 2018 — JMP Group LLC (NYSE: JMP), an investment banking and alternative asset management firm, announced today that its board of directors has extended the term of the company’s share repurchase program through April 30, 2019.

The current repurchase program was initially authorized on December 13, 2017, and allowed for the repurchase of up to one million of the company’s outstanding common shares during 2018. As of the close of the market on November 30, 2018, 444,310 of the company’s common shares remained to be repurchased. With the extension of the existing program, those shares are now eligible to be repurchased through April 30, 2019.

Under the company’s repurchase program, JMP Group may purchase its common shares from time to time in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions. The timing, volume and nature of any common share repurchases will be at the sole discretion of management, will be dependent on market conditions, applicable securities laws and other factors, and may be suspended or discontinued at any time.

About JMP Group

JMP Group LLC is a diversified capital markets firm that provides investment banking, equity research, and sales and trading services to corporate and institutional clients as well as alternative asset management products and services to institutional and high-net-worth investors. JMP Group conducts its investment banking and research, sales and trading activities through JMP Securities; its hedge fund, venture and private capital, and credit management activities though Harvest Capital Strategies, JMP Asset Management and JMP Credit Advisors; and the management of Harvest Capital Credit Corporation (NASDAQ: HCAP), a business development company, through HCAP Advisors. For more information, visit www.jmpg.com.

Investor Relations Contact	Media Relations Contacts
JMP Group LLC	Dukas Linden Public Relations, Inc.
Andrew Palmer	Zach Leibowitz
(415) 835-8978	(646) 722-6528
apalmer@jmpg.com	zach@dlpr.com
	Alyssa Noud
	(646) 722-6525
	alyssa@dlpr.com