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RNS Number : 4734U  BioPharma Credit PLC  23 January 2025

23 January 2025

 

BIOPHARMA CREDIT PLC

("BIOPHARMA CREDIT" OR THE "COMPANY")

ORDINARY AND SPECIAL DIVIDEND DECLARATION

2.89 CENT PER SHARE DISTRIBUTION INCLUDING A 1.14 CENT SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION

BioPharma Credit PLC (LSE: BPCR), the specialist life sciences debt investor,
is pleased to declare an interim dividend in respect of the quarterly
financial period ending 31 December 2024 of 2.892309 cents per share, payable
on 28 February 2025 to ordinary shareholders on the register as at 31 January
2025. The 2.892309 cents dividend comprises an ordinary dividend of 1.75
cents and a special dividend of 1.142309 cents. The ex-dividend date will be
30 January 2025.

The Company is currently paying and continues to target a 7-cent base annual
dividend per ordinary share. After the payment of the dividend on 28 February
2025, dividends for the calendar year 2024 to date will total 10.18 cents.

The Company has chosen to designate the entire amount of this interim dividend
as an interest distribution. Shareholders in receipt of such a dividend will
be treated for UK tax purposes as though they have received a payment of
interest. This will result in a reduction in the corporation tax payable by
the Company.

The default payment for dividends is in US dollars. However, shareholders can
elect to have dividends paid in sterling (GBP) and the option to elect a
sterling dividend payment for this dividend will be available to shareholders
until 31 January 2025 (the "Election Date").

Further details together with a copy of the Dividend Currency Election Form,
which should be sent to Link Group, 10(th) Floor, Central Square, 29
Wellington Street, Leeds LS1 4DL when completed, will be available on the
Group's website shortly at www.bpcruk.com/investor-materials
(http://www.bpcruk.com/investor-materials) . CREST shareholders must elect via
CREST. Further details together with a copy of the Dividend Currency Election
Form, which should be sent to Link Group, 10th Floor, Central Square, 29
Wellington Street, Leeds LS1 4DL when completed, will be available on the
Group's website shortly at www.bpcruk.com/investor-materials
(http://www.bpcruk.com/investor-materials) . CREST shareholders must elect via
CREST.

Enquiries:

BioPharma Credit plc

via MUFG Corporate Markets

Company Secretary

+44 (0) 1392 477 500

Burson Buchanan

Mark Court / Jamie Hooper / Henry Wilson / Samuel Adams

+44 (0) 20 7466 5000

biopharmacredit@buchanan.uk.com (mailto:biopharmacredit@buchanan.uk.com)

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 to achieve 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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