20 Apr 2017 07:00
20 April 2017
RM Secured Direct Lending Plc
("RMDL" or the "Company")
Holdings in the Company/ TVR
Investment Manager's Holding
RMDL, an investment trust specialising in secured debt investments, announces that RM Capital Markets Limited (the "Investment Manager") acquired 35,026 ordinary shares of 1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") in the Company at 102 pence per share on 19 April 2017. This purchase was made pursuant to the Investment Manager's commitment to invest 50 per cent. of its management fee, on a quarterly basis, in Ordinary Shares.
Following the purchase, the Investment Manager's total holding of Ordinary Shares is 535,027.
Key personnel of the Investment Manager hold 352,074 in aggregate.
Directors' Holding
Each of the Directors, Norman Crighton, Marlene Wood* and Guy Heald hold 20,000 Ordinary Shares in the Company respectively, in each case representing 0.04% of the Company's issued shared capital.
Total Voting Rights
At the date of this announcement, the Company's total issued share capital consists of 50,300,000 Ordinary Shares with one voting right per share. The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in Treasury.
The above figure of 50,300,000 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
* Marlene Wood's holding was stated incorrectly in the Prospectus, dated 24 November, as 15,000 Ordinary Shares.
For further information, please contact:
RM Capital Markets Limited - Investment Manager
James Robson
Pietro Nicholls
Tel: 0131 603 7060
Nplus1 Singer Advisory LLP - Financial Adviser and Broker
Gillian Martin
James Hopton
Tel: 020 7496 3000
Bell Pottinger - Financial PR
Elizabeth Snow
Nick Lambert
Tel: 020 3772 2582
International Fund Management - AIFM
Chris Hickling
Tel: 01481 737600
Praxis IFM Fund Services (UK) Limited - Administrator and Company Secretary
Anthony Lee
Adam Smith
Tel: 020 7653 9690
About RM Secured Direct Lending
RM Secured Direct Lending Plc ("RMDL" or the "Company") 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://rm-funds.co.uk/rmdl/investor-relations/