Dividend Declaration

RNS Number : 3752L

City Natural Res High Yield Tst PLC

18 July 2017

 

To:                    RNS

From:                City Natural Resources High Yield Trust plc

LEI:                  549300ES8CNIK2CQR054

Date:                18 July 2017

CITY NATURAL RESOURCES HIGH YIELD TRUST PLC

("City Natural Resources" or "the Company")

·      Fourth interim dividend of 3.02p (2016: 3.02p) declared

·      Total dividend of 5.60p (2016: 5.60p) for the year

City Natural Resources High Yield Trust plc announces a fourth interim dividend of 3.02 pence per share payable on 31 August 2017 to shareholders on the register on 28 July 2017, with an ex-dividend date of 27 July 2017. 

For further information please contact:

Craig Cleland                                                                

CQS (UK) LLP

0207 201 5368

Martin Cassels

Maitland Administration Services (Scotland) Limited

0131 550 3760

Note to Editors:

City Natural Resources High Yield Trust plc is managed by Ian Francis, Keith Watson and Rob Crayfourd of New City Investment Managers.

The investment objective of the Company is to provide shareholders with capital growth and income predominantly from a portfolio of mining and resource equities and of mining, resource and industrial fixed interest securities.

If you would like to receive the monthly factsheet on City Natural Resources High Yield Trust plc or any of the other New City Investment Managers' funds please email: [e-mail]

Please see the below table for the Company's ordinary share total return and NAV total return performance over a fourteen year period:

	1 Month %	3 Months %	6 Months %	12 Months %	3 Years %	5 Years %	From 01/08/03 %
Company NAV	-1.55	-12.17	-9.98	+7.50	-5.69	-36.45	+259.47
Share Price	-1.69	-6.72	-9.96	+17.78	-2.59	-38.61	+211.38
Benchmark	-0.45	-6.81	-0.98	+17.68	+14.86	+6.18	+245.47

Source: Maitland Administration Services (Scotland) Limited.

Data correct as at 30 June 2017.

The Company's investment benchmark is 2/3 Euromoney Global Mining Index (sterling adjusted) and 1/3 Credit Suisse High Yield Index (sterling adjusted). 

Note : Data starts at 1 August 2013, this being the date from which the new investment policy was implemented.

 

END

 

 

DIVRPMLTMBJBMLR