Duke Royalty Limited Interim Dividend Increase (7731R)

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Duke Royalty Limited

19 June 2018

Tuesday 19 June

Duke Royalty Limited

("Duke Royalty", "Duke" or the "Company")

Increase to Interim Dividend and Dividend Declaration

Duke Royalty Limited (AIM: DUKE), a provider of alternative capital solutions to a diversified range of profitable and long-established businesses in Europe and abroad, is pleased to announce that its interim dividend has been further increased by 0.1 pence per share quarter-on-quarter to 0.7p pence per share, representing an increase of 17%.

Duke's increasing royalty portfolio provides robust, predictable, long term returns to shareholders which has facilitated the second consecutive quarterly dividend increase in three months.

The ex-dividend date is 28 June 2018, the record date is 29 June 2018 and the payment date 12 July 2018.

In addition, the Company advises that it will release its audited Final Results for the 12 months ended 31 March 2018 in early September 2018. It will publish a Notice of Results nearer the time.

**ENDS**

For further information, please contact www.dukeroyalty.com, or contact:

 
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About Duke Royalty

Duke Royalty Limited provides alternative capital solutions to a diversified range of profitable and long-established businesses in Europe and abroad. Duke Royalty's experienced team and exclusive partnership provide financing solutions to private companies that are in need of capital but whose owners wish to maintain equity control of their business. Duke Royalty's royalty investments are intended to provide robust, stable, long term returns to its shareholders.

Duke Royalty is listed on the AIM market under the ticker DUKE and is headquartered in Guernsey.

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