JMP Group to Report First Quarter 2009 Financial Results on May 7, 2009

Business Wire, April 29, 2009

Company Management to Host Conference Call at 10:00 a.m. EST

SAN FRANCISCO -- JMP Group Inc. (NYSE:JMP), an investment banking and alternative asset management firm, announced today that it will report financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 before market open on Thursday, May 7, 2009. The company will hold a conference call to discuss the results at 10:00 a.m. EDT that morning.

The conference call will feature remarks by Joseph A. Jolson, JMP Group’s chairman and chief executive officer, and Thomas B. Kilian, the company’s chief financial officer. To participate, dial 800-895-1549 (domestic) or 785-424-1057 (international). The conference identification code is “7JMP1088.”

The conference call will also be broadcast live over the Internet and will be accessible via a link in the investor relations section of JMP Group’s website, at http://investor.jmpg.com. The Internet broadcast will be archived on JMP Group’s website and will remain available for future replay.

About JMP Group

JMP Group Inc. is a full-service investment banking and asset management firm that provides investment banking, sales and trading, and equity research services to corporate and institutional clients and alternative asset management products to institutional and high-net-worth investors. JMP Group operates through three subsidiaries, JMP Securities, JMP Capital and Harvest Capital Strategies. For more information, visit www.jmpg.com.