REG - abrdn Pvt Equity - First Interim Dividend
13/03/2024 07:00
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RNS Number : 5605G abrdn Private Equity Opp Trst plc 13 March 2024
13 March 2024
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust plc ("THE COMPANY")
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 2138004MK7VPTZ99EV13
DECLARATION OF FIRST INTERIM DIVIDEND
The Company announces the payment of the first interim dividend in respect of
the year ended 30 September 2024 of 4.2 pence per ordinary share (2023: 4.0
pence per ordinary share).
The dividend will be paid on 26 April 2024 to all shareholders on the register
on 22 March 2024. The ex- dividend date is 21 March 2024.
In the absence of unforeseen circumstances, it is the Board's intention that
the second, third and fourth interim dividends will also be 4.2 pence per
Ordinary Share, payable in July 2024, October 2024 and January 2025
respectively, making a total dividend payment for the year ending 30 September
2024 of 16.8 pence per ordinary share.
Based on the share price at 11 March 2024, this would represent a 3.2%
dividend yield and is an overall increase of 5% on the total dividend payment
for the financial year ended 30 September 2023 of 16.0 pence per ordinary
share.
DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN ("DRIP")
The Company has in place a DRIP, provided by Equiniti Financial Services
Limited, which allows shareholders to use their dividends to purchase further
ordinary shares in the Company. The last election date to participate in the
DRIP is 8 April 2024.
Further information on the DRIP including the Terms and Conditions and the
associated costs can be found via the following link:
https://www.shareview.co.uk/4/Info/Portfolio/default/en/home/shareholders/Pages/Rei
(https://www.shareview.co.uk/4/Info/Portfolio/default/en/home/shareholders/Pages/ReinvestDividends.aspx)
nvestDividends.aspx
(https://www.shareview.co.uk/4/Info/Portfolio/default/en/home/shareholders/Pages/ReinvestDividends.aspx)
Shareholders who have not previously applied to participate in the DRIP and
who wish to do so in respect of the dividend payable on 26 April 2024, should
ensure that a mandate form, or CREST instruction if appropriate, is submitted
to the Company's registrars, Equiniti Limited, prior to the dividend election
date of 8 April 2024. Applications can be made on-line and a mandate form can
be downloaded from the above website.
Further information can also be obtained by calling the registrars'
shareholder helpline on 0371 384 2618 or by writing to Equiniti Limited,
Aspect House, Spence Road, Lancing, West Sussex BN99 6DA.
For further information please contact: Paul Evitt
abrdn Holdings Limited
Company Secretary
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