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Commenting on the Company's dividend performance,
"The Company has beaten its target dividend every year since launch eleven years ago. It is also the third consecutive year where proposed dividends have exceeded
"As well as its strong performance, the Company continues to trade at a premium and has grown significantly over the course of the year. Due to the availability of accretive assets for purchase, and because of shareholder demand, the Company was able to issue over 54 million new Ordinary Shares during the year, at a premium of 2% (prior to issue costs) to the NAV at issue date.
"With the new issue market being very active again after the usual summer slow down, there are ample investment opportunities to take advantage of."
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The Company's LEI is 549300P9Q5O2B3RDNF78.
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