To: RNS
From: BMO Managed Portfolio Trust PLC
Date: 13 June 2019
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Fourth Interim Dividend for the year ended 31 May 2019
BMO Managed Portfolio Trust PLC announces a fourth interim dividend in respect of the financial year to 31 May 2019 of 1.9 pence per Income share (2018: 1.8 pence per Income share).
This dividend is payable on 12 July 2019 to shareholders on the register on 21 June 2019, with an ex-dividend date of 20 June 2019.
The normal pattern for BMO Managed Portfolio Trust PLC is to pay four quarterly interim dividends per financial year.
For the full financial year to 31 May 2019, total dividends have increased by 4.4% to 5.95 pence per Income share (Financial year to 31 May 2018: 5.7 pence per Income share, excluding the special dividend of 0.8p per Income share).
This annual dividend of 5.95 pence per Income share represents a dividend yield of 4.4% based on the Income share price at 31 May 2019 compared to the yield on the FTSE All-Share Index of 4.3% at the same date.
For further information please contact:
Peter Hewitt, BMO Investment Business Limited 0131 718 1244
Ian Ridge, BMO Investment Business Limited 0131 718 1010