BioPharma Credit PLC New Investment (3305B)

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RNS Number : 3305B

BioPharma Credit PLC

20 September 2018

BIOPHARMA CREDIT PLC

(THE "COMPANY")

NEW INVESTMENT

BioPharma Credit PLC (LSE: BPCR) is pleased to announce that, on 19 September 2018, it entered into a definitive loan agreement for US$150 million with a commercial-stage $2bn+ market cap biopharmaceutical company.

Under the terms of the transaction, the Company will invest US$150 million in a senior secured loan that has a term of five years, 2 per cent. additional consideration and bears interest at LIBOR plus 7.5% subject to a floor of 1% and certain caps. The loan is interest-only for the first four years, amortises over the remaining term, and can be prepaid at any time, subject to prepayment fees. The loan is expected to close and be funded within 6 business days. BPCR will provide additional details about the borrower later today, after they publicly announce the transaction.

The funding will be completed from the assets attributable to the C Shares of the Company only. Following this investment, the C Shares will be 100 per cent. invested and therefore eligible for conversion into ordinary shares, as outlined in the Prospectus published on 14 March 2018. Further details regarding conversion will be announced in due course after funding has completed.

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Company Secretary

20 September 2018

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Notes to Editors:

BioPharma Credit PLC is London's only listed specialist investor in debt from the life sciences industry and joined the LSE on 27 March 2017. The Company seeks to provide long-term shareholder returns, principally in the form of sustainable income distributions from exposure to the life sciences industry. The Company seeks this objective primarily through investments in debt assets secured by royalties or other cash flows derived from the sales of approved life sciences products.

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