Primary Health Properties PLC Notice of Interim Dividend (2545K)

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for the scrip dividend alternative, who hold their shares in certificated form and have previously completed, and not withdrawn, a scrip mandate form, need take no further action.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

Primary Health Properties PLC

   Paul Wright, Company Secretary                                    [phone] 
   Richard Howell, Finance Director                                     [phone] 

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