22 Jun 2018 15:48
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22 June 2018
RM Secured Direct Lending Plc
("RMDL" or the "Company")
LEI: 213800RBRIYICC2QC958
Conversion of C Shares
RMDL, an investment trust specialising in secured debt investments, announces that as at 21 June 2018, it has deployed £9.81 million of the proceeds of its C Share fundraising from April 2018, including loans that are closed and those that have binding commitments. This represents approximately 87% of the net proceeds of the C share issue.
Accordingly, the Board is pleased to announce that the Company intends to convert the C Shares into Ordinary Shares (the "Conversion"). In the absence of unforeseen circumstances, the Company expects the Calculation Date, being close of business on the date on which the Conversion Ratio will be calculated, to fall on 30 June 2018. The calculation of the Conversion Ratio will be based on the net assets attributable to the Ordinary Shares and C Shares as at close of business on 30 June 2018. The Conversion Ratio is expected to be announced on or around 16 July 2018.
The Company intends to make a further announcement in due course setting out the Conversion Ratio applying to the Conversion, the expected date when such Conversion will occur and the number of new Ordinary Shares to be issued.
Holders of C Shares, once converted, will not be entitled to receive the Q1 2018 1.625 pence interim dividend that was declared on the Ordinary Shares on 24 May 2018 which will be payable to Ordinary Shares on the register on 8 June 2018 and is due to be paid on 29 June 2018. Such holders will be entitled to the quarterly dividend to be declared in due course on the Ordinary Shares for the quarter ending 30 June 2018, being the first dividend to be declared after the Conversion.
Terms used in this announcement shall, unless the context otherwise requires, bear the meanings given to them in the prospectus published by the Company on 12 March 2018.
For further information, please contact:
RM Funds - Investment Manager
James Robson
Pietro Nicholls
Tel: 0131 603 7060
Nplus1 Singer Advisory LLP - Sponsor, Financial Adviser and Broker
James Maxwell
Lauren Kettle
Tel: 020 7496 3000
Tulchan Group - Financial PR
James Macey White
Elizabeth Snow
Tel: 0207 353 4200
International Fund Management - AIFM
Chris Hickling
Shaun Robert
Tel: 01481 737600
PraxisIFM Fund Services (UK) Limited - Administrator and Company Secretary
Anthony Lee
Ciara McKillop
Tel: 020 7653 9690
About RM Secured Direct Lending
RM Secured Direct Lending Plc is a closed-ended investment trust established to invest in a portfolio of secured debt instruments.
The Company aims to generate attractive and regular dividends through loans sourced or originated by the Investment Manager with a degree of inflation protection through index-linked returns where appropriate. Loans in which the Company invests are predominantly secured against assets such as real estate or plant and machinery and/or income streams such as account receivables.
For more information, please see https://rmdl.co.uk/investor-centre/
About RM Funds
RM Funds is a trading name of RM Capital Markets Limited ("RM"). RM is the Investment Manager to RM Secured Direct Lending PLC. RM specialises in alternative credit fund management, sales & trading, foreign exchange, and capital markets and advisory. Founded in 2010, with offices in Edinburgh, and London, it has transacted in excess of £50 billion of bonds and loans since its inception, and advised or originated, structured and managed the due diligence process for over £1 billion of Sterling credit transactions and approximately €700 million of Euro based transactions in each case since 2012.