Holdings in the Company and TVR

16 January 2018

RM Secured Direct Lending Plc

("RMDL" or the "Company")

LEI: 213800RBRIYICC2QC958

Holdings in the Company and TVR

Investment Manager's Holding

RMDL, an investment trust specialising in secured debt investments, announces that RM Capital Markets Limited (the "Investment Manager") acquired 79,458 ordinary shares of 1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") in the Company at 103.5 pence per share on 16 January 2018. This purchase was made pursuant to the Investment Manager's commitment to invest 50 per cent. of its management fee, on a quarterly basis, in Ordinary Shares.

Following the purchase, the Investment Manager's total holding of Ordinary Shares is 681,609.

Total Voting Rights

At the date of this announcement, the issued share capital of the Company consists of 57,300,000 Ordinary Shares and 30,000,000 c shares of £0.10 each (the "C Shares"), with each share carrying one voting right. The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in Treasury.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 87,300,000 (the 'Figure').

The Figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

For further information, please contact:

RM Capital Markets Limited - Investment Manager

James Robson

Pietro Nicholls

Tel: 0131 603 7060

Nplus1 Singer Advisory LLP - Sponsor, Financial Adviser and Broker

James Maxwell

James Hopton

Tel: 020 7496 3000

Tulchan Group - Financial PR

James Macey White

Elizabeth Snow

Tel: 0207 353 4200

International Fund Management - AIFM

Chris Hickling

Shaun Robert

Tel: 01481 737600

PraxisIFM Fund Services (UK) Limited - Administrator and Company Secretary

Anthony Lee

Ciara McKillop

Tel: 020 7653 9690

About RM Secured Direct Lending

RM Secured Direct Lending Plc is a closed-ended investment trust established to invest in a portfolio of secured debt instruments.

The Company aims to generate attractive and regular dividends through loans sourced or originated by the Investment Manager with a degree of inflation protection through index-linked returns where appropriate. Loans in which the Company invests are predominantly secured against assets such as real estate or plant and machinery and/or income streams such as account receivables.

For more information, please see https://rmdl.co.uk/investor-centre/