Second Interim Dividend

RNS Number : 4386M

City Natural Res High Yield Tst PLC

20 January 2016

To: RNS

From: City Natural Resources High Yield Trust plc

Date: 20 January 2016

City Natural Resources High Yield Trust plc

("the Company")

Second Interim Dividend

City Natural Resources High Yield Trust plc (ticker symbol CYN) announces a second interim dividend of 0.86 pence per share (2015: 0.86 pence per share) payable on 29 February 2016 to shareholders on the register on 29 January 2016, having an ex-dividend date of 28 January 2016.

The 0.86 pence remains in line with the dividend paid in respect of the same period last year.

For further information please contact:

Craig Cleland

CQS (UK) LLP

0207 201 5368

Martin Cassels

R&H Fund Services Limited

0131 550 3760

Note to Editors:

City Natural Resources High Yield Trust plc is managed by Keith Watson, Rob Crayfourd and Ian Francis of New City Investment Managers.

The investment objective of the Company is to provide shareholders with capital growth and income predominantly from a portfolio of mining and resource equities and of mining, resource and industrial fixed interest securities.

If you would like to receive the monthly factsheet on City Natural Resources High Yield Trust plc or any of the other New City Investment Managers' funds please email: clientservice@cqsm.com

Please see the below table for the Company's ordinary share total return and NAV total return performance:

	1 Month %	3 Months %	6 Months %	12 Months %	3 Years %	5 Years %	From 01/08/03 %
Company NAV	-0.03	-0.62	-17.65	-19.30	-54.10	-71.57	+148.24
Share Price	-3.53	+4.53	-9.66	-14.40	-54.71	-71.72	+115.59
Benchmark	-1.54	-4.70	-20.70	-24.93	-42.73	-55.45	+103.87