SQN Secured Income Fund PLC Dividend Declaration (6438V)

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RNS Number : 6438V

SQN Secured Income Fund PLC

25 July 2018

25 July 2018

SQN Secured Income Fund plc

SQN Secured Income Fund plc (LSE: SSIF) (the "Company"), a specialist secured lending income investment trust, listed in the UK, is pleased to provide its monthly dividend announcement ("DIV").

Dividend

The Company is pleased to announce the final monthly dividend for the year ending 30(th) June 2018:

 
 Dividend amount:   0.525 pence per Ordinary Share 
 Ex-date:           2nd August 2018 
 Record date:       3rd August 2018 
 Payment date:      31(st) August 2018 
 

The Company has elected to designate all of the dividends for the period ended 30(th) June as interest distributions 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.

In addition and in line with previous guidance with regard to the matter of dividend distributions, the Board has elected to increase the amount paid to Shareholders to 0.583p per share from next month. This has been made possible by the successful implementation of the manager's stated strategy to divest from platform sourced deals to their own direct lending. With nearly 50% of the portfolio now delivering yield from SQN's own origination and the fall off in impairments from platform deals as they mature, the Board has taken comfort that sufficient dividend cover is being established. The overall weighted average gross yield of the portfolio before fees, expenses and cash now stands at 9.84%.

For further information please contact:

 
 
 SQN Asset Management Limited                   tel: [phone] 
  Neil Roberts/Jeremiah Silkowski/Dawn           888 
  Kendall 
 Cantor Fitzgerald Europe                       tel: [phone] 
  Robert Peel 
 Buchanan Communications                        tel: [phone] 
  Charles Ryland/Vicky Hayns/Henry 
  Wilson 
 http://www.sqncapital.com/managed-funds/sqn-secured-income-fund/about/ 
 

Notes to Editor

The Company aims to provide shareholders with attractive risk-adjusted returns, principally in the form of regular, sustainable dividends, through investment predominantly in a range of secured loans and other secured loan-based instruments originated through a variety of channels and diversified by way of asset class, geography and duration.

The Company's Investment Managers are SQN Capital Management, LLC, a Registered Investment Advisor with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and its subsidiary, SQN Asset Management Limited. The principals responsible for managing the portfolio are Jeremiah Silkowski, Dawn Kendall and Neil Roberts.

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