Dividend Declaration - Replacement

RNS Number : 6082R

SME Loan Fund PLC (The)

12 December 2016

 

The SME Loan Fund plc (the "Company")

Dividend Declaration - Correction

12 December 2016

The Company's dividend announcement released at 9am on 12 December 2016 (RNS 4908R) should have read that the payment date was 27 January 2017, not 28 January 2017, as originally stated.  All other details remain unchanged and the announcement should have read as follows:

The Directors of the Company today announce the fifth monthly dividend for the year ended 30 June 2017:

Dividend amount:	0.60p per Ordinary Share
Ex-date:	05 January 2017
Record date:	06 January 2017
Payment date:	27 January 2017

In aggregate, the Company has declared dividends of 3.00p per Ordinary Share for the period from 01 July 2016 to 30 November 2016.

As stated in the Company's Prospectus, the Company has elected to designate all of the dividend for the period ended 30 November 2016 as an interest distribution to its shareholders.  In doing so, the Company is taking advantage of UK tax treatment by "streaming" income from interest-bearing investments into dividends that will be taxed in the hands of shareholders as interest income.

Unless they have already returned a Declaration of Eligibility Form to the Registrar, investors who are eligible to receive the interest distribution without deduction of UK tax should complete the Declaration of Eligibility Form which can be found on the Company's website www.thesmeloanfund.com and return the form by post to the Registrar (Capita Asset Services) by 5pm on Friday 06 January 2017.

Enquiries to:
Elysium Fund Management Limited [e-mail]	tel: [phone]
Amberton Asset Management Limited Graham Glass [e-mail]	tel: [phone]
Cantor Fitzgerald Europe Sue Inglis	tel: [phone]
www.thesmeloanfund.com

 

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