Dividend Declaration

15 February 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 2.0 pence per ordinary share in respect of the period from 1 October 2017 to 31 December 2017:

Ex-Dividend Date - 22 February 2018

Record Date - 23 February 2018

Payment Date - 23 March 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

James Hopton

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/