Notice of Interim Dividend

RNS Number : 2545K

Primary Health Properties PLC

06 July 2017

 

6 July 2017

Primary Health Properties PLC

(the "Company")

Notice of Interim Dividend

The Company hereby announces the payment of its third quarterly interim dividend in 2017 of 1.31 pence per ordinary share of 12.5 pence each.  The Company will be offering a scrip alternative with this dividend.  The dividend will comprise a Property Income Distribution (PID) of 0.76 pence per share and an ordinary dividend of 0.55 pence per share.

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, 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 wishing to elect for the scrip dividend alternative, who hold their shares in certificated form and have previously completed, and not withdrawn, a scrip mandate form, need take no further action.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	13 July 2017
Record Date	14 July 2017
Scrip Dividend Reference Price calculation dates	13,14,15,18,19 July  2017
Announcement of Scrip Dividend Reference Price	20 July 2017
Latest date for receipt by Equiniti of scrip dividend mandate and CREST input message ("Election Date")	11 August 2017
Definitive share certificates and scrip dividend statements posted	24 August 2017
Dividend payment date/CREST credit date	25 August 2017

For further information:

Primary Health Properties PLC

Paul Wright, Company Secretary                                    [phone]

Richard Howell, Finance Director                                     [phone]

 

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