Dividend Declaration

RNS Number : 7780A

Aberdeen Standard Equity Income Tst

04 February 2022

 

ABERDEEN STANDARD EQUITY INCOME TRUST PLC

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300DN623WEGE2MY04

4 February 2022

Declaration of Interim Dividends

The Board announces that the first quarterly dividend for the year ending 30 September 2022 of 5.4 pence per Ordinary Share will be payable to Shareholders on 18 March 2022.  The dividend is payable to Shareholders on the register on 18 February 2022. 

In addition to the above, the Board's intention is that the second and third quarterly dividends will also each be 5.4 pence per Ordinary Share, payable in June and September 2022 respectively, and that the final dividend will be paid in January 2023, will be at least 5.6 pence per Ordinary Share, making a total for the year ending 30 September 2022 of 21.8 pence per Ordinary Share.

The Chairman, Mark White, commented that "the Board expects to be able to deliver a minimum of a 2.8% increase in the dividend in 2022 and is focused on having this covered by the revenue earnings in the year. Looking ahead the Board's objective is to deliver real-term sustainable dividend growth from the earnings for the year and continue to build on the 21 year track record of consecutive years of dividend growth."

The proposed 2022 dividend timetable is as follows:-

Dividend	Ex-Dividend Date	Payment Date
First Interim 2022	February 2022	March 2022
Second Interim 2022	May 2022	June 2022
Third Interim 2022	September 2022	September 2022
Fourth Interim 2022	December 2022	December 2022

For further information please contact:-

Kerry Higgins

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

 

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