Dividend Declaration

7 August 2018

RM Secured Direct Lending Plc

("RMDL" or the "Company")

LEI: 213800RBRIYICC2QC958

Dividend Declaration

The Directors of the Company, an investment trust specialising in secured debt investments, have declared an interim dividend of 1.625 pence per ordinary share in respect of the period from 1 April 2018 to 30 June 2018:

Ex-Dividend Date - 16 August 2018

Record Date - 17 August 2018

Payment Date - 14 September 2018

The Company has elected to designate the interim dividend for the period as an interest distribution to its ordinary shareholders.

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For further information, please contact:

RM Capital Markets Limited - 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/