Re Fund Management Fee

2 July 2019

Residential Secure Income plc

Satisfaction of the Equity Portion of the Fund Management Fee

Residential Secure Income plc ("ReSI") (LSE: RESI), which invests in affordable Shared Ownership, retirement and Local Authority housing, announces that, in accordance with the terms of the Fund Management Agreement with ReSI Capital Management Limited (the "Fund Manager") pursuant to which 25 per cent of the fund management fee is payable in the form of Ordinary Shares (the "Equity Portion") rather than cash, it has purchased on 1 July 2019 123,664 Ordinary Shares in the secondary market (the "Fund Management Ordinary Shares") at an average price of 94.0 pence.

The Fund Management Ordinary Shares are subject to a minimum lock-in period of 12 months from 1 July 2019, being when the Fund Management Ordinary Shares became due and deliverable.

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Residential Secure Income plc (LSE: RESI) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) listed on the premium segment of the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange with the objective of delivering secure inflation linked returns by investing in affordable shared ownership, retirement and Local Authority housing throughout the UK.

ReSI targets a secure, long-dated, inflation-linked dividend of 5.0 pence per share p.a. (paid quarterly) and a total return in excess of 8.0% p.a. and has to date committed c. £300 million, assembling a portfolio of 2,674 properties.

ReSI aims to make a meaningful contribution to alleviating the UK housing shortage by meeting demand from housing developers (Housing Associations, Local Authorities and private developers) for long-term investment partners to accelerate the development of socially and economically beneficial new affordable housing.

ReSI's subsidiary, ReSI Housing Limited, is registered as a for-profit Registered Provider of Social Housing, and so provides a unique proposition to its housing developer partners, being a long term private sector landlord within the social housing regulatory environment. As a Registered Provider, ReSI Housing can acquire affordable housing subject to s106 planning restrictions and housing funded by government grant.

ReSI is managed by ReSI Capital Management Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TradeRisks Limited which has an 18 year track record of executing transactions within the UK social housing sector and, to date, has arranged funding of over £10 billion in the social housing, care and other specialist residential property sectors.

Acquisitions by ReSI are limited to homes with sufficient cashflows, counterparty credit quality and property security to be capable of supporting long‑term investment grade equivalent debt.

ReSI does not manage or operate stock and uses experienced and credit-worthy third party managers.

Further information on ReSI is available at www.resi-reit.com