Dividend Declaration

RNS Number : 0144M

Primary Health Properties PLC

03 January 2019

 

3 January 2019

Primary Health Properties PLC

(the "Company")

Notice of Interim Dividend

The Company hereby announces the payment of its first quarterly interim dividend in 2019 of 1.4 pence per ordinary share of 12.5 pence each.  The dividend will comprise a Property Income Distribution (PID) of 0.75 pence per share and an ordinary dividend of 0.65 pence per share.  The Company will be offering a scrip alternative with this dividend.

Certain qualifying shareholders may receive PIDs without deduction of withholding tax and further details are available on the Company's website www.phpgroup.co.uk.

Shareholders wishing to elect for the scrip dividend alternative, who hold their shares in certificated form and who have not previously completed a scrip mandate form, or, who have done so but subsequently have withdrawn a scrip mandate form, should complete and return a scrip mandate form which must be returned to the Company's registrars, Equiniti, at the address given on the form by the Election Date set out below.  Details of where to obtain a copy of the scrip mandate form are set out below.  Shareholders, who hold their shares in certificated form and have previously completed, and not withdrawn, a scrip mandate form, need take no further action.

Shareholders who hold their ordinary shares in CREST must elect for the scrip dividend alternative by submitting an election by CREST input message by the Election Date set out below.

The key dates for the dividend are detailed in the timetable below.  Further information on the dividend, including the terms and conditions and the scrip mandate form, can be obtained from the Investors web pages of the Company's website www.phpgroup.co.uk, or from the Company's Registrars (Equiniti, Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, West Sussex BN99 6DA, telephone [phone], international callers [phone]).

Timetable
Ex-dividend date	10 January 2019
Record Date	11 January 2019
Scrip Dividend Reference Price calculation dates	10,11,14,15,16 January 2019
Announcement of Scrip Dividend Reference Price	17 January 2019
Latest date for receipt by Equiniti of scrip dividend mandate and CREST input message ("Election Date")	8 February 2019
Definitive share certificates and scrip dividend statements posted	21 February 2019
Dividend payment date/CREST credit date	22 February 2019

Legal Entity Identifier: 213800Y5CJHXOATK7X11

For further information:

Primary Health Properties PLC

Paul Wright, Company Secretary                                    [phone]

Richard Howell, Finance Director                                    [phone]

 

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