REG - Aquila Energy Effcn. - Dividend Declaration

Aquila Energy Efficiency TrustAnnouncement

03/11/2022 07:00

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RNS Number : 1283F  Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust PLC  03 November 2022

3 November 2022

Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust PLC (the "Company")

 Dividend Declaration

The Board is pleased to declare an interim dividend for the period from 1 July
2022 to 30 September 2022 of 1.25 pence per Ordinary share. The dividend will
be paid on 9 December 2022 to shareholders who appear on the register on 18
November 2022.  The Company's Ordinary shares will be marked ex-dividend on
17 November 2022.

The Board does not expect that its stated dividend target of 3.5 pence per
Ordinary Share for the financial year ending 31 December 2022 will be covered
by earnings, due to slower than anticipated deployment. However, the Board has
decided that it will retain this dividend target for the current financial
year and meet any earnings shortfall through paying out of distributable
reserves.

As set out in the prospectus published on 10 May 2021, the Company is
targeting a dividend of a minimum of 3.5 pence per Ordinary Share in relation
to the financial year ending 31 December 2022, and a minimum of 5 pence per
Ordinary Share in relation to the financial year ending 31 December 2023, with
the aim of increasing this dividend progressively over the medium term*.

For further information please contact:

Sanne Fund Services (UK) Limited  +44 (0) 20 3327 9720

Company Secretary

 

LEI: 213800AJ3TY3OJCQQC53

 

Notes:

*The target returns and dividends set out above are targets only and are not
profit forecasts. There can be no assurance that these targets can or will be
met and they should not be seen as an indication of the Company's expected or
actual results or returns. The Company's ability to distribute dividends will
be determined by the existence of sufficient distributable reserves,
legislative requirements and available cash reserves. Accordingly, investors
should not place any reliance on these targets in deciding whether to invest
in the ordinary shares or assume that the Company will make any distributions
at all.

 

 

 

 

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