Issue of Equity

abrdn Equity Income Trust plc

14 August 2023

 

ABRDN EQUITY INCOME TRUST PLC

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 21380015XPT7BZISSQ74

14 August 2023

Issue of Equity

The Company announces that, on 11 August 2023, it sold 25,000 Ordinary shares of 25p each from treasury (the "New Shares") for cash at a price of 315.5 pence per share.  The New Shares rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary shares and dealings are expected to commence on 15 August 2023.

Following this issue of shares, the total number of Ordinary shares in issue is 47,521,522 with each Ordinary share holding one voting right and there are 1,657,245 Ordinary 25p shares remaining in Treasury. 

The total number of voting rights in the Company is 47,521,522 and this figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company, under the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

For further information, please contact:

Paul Evitt

abrdn Holdings Limited

Secretaries

Tel. [phone]

 

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