Dividend Declaration

RNS Number : 1280I

BMO Private Equity Trust PLC

31 March 2020

 

To:  RNS

From:  BMO Private Equity Trust PLC ("the Company")

Date:  31 March 2020

LEI:   2138009FW98WZFCGRN66

April Quarterly Dividend

In accordance with the guidance issued by the Financial Reporting Council on 23 March 2020 requesting that all listed companies observe a moratorium on the publication of Preliminary Results Announcements for at least two weeks, the Company confirms that it is anticipated that its Final Results Announcement for the year ended 31 December 2019 will be issued during the week commencing 6 April 2020.

To ensure the timely payment of the Company's dividend for the quarter ended 31 December 2019, the Board announces that a dividend of 3.92 pence per Ordinary Share will be paid on 30 April 2020 to shareholders on the register on 14 April 2020, having an ex-dividend date of 9 April 2020.  This dividend is calculated with reference to an unaudited net asset value as at 31 December 2019 of 406.26 pence.

Total dividends paid for the year therefore amount to 15.33 pence per Ordinary Share.

For more information, please contact:

Hamish Mair (Investment Manager)	07775 954497
Scott McEllen  (Company Secretary)	0131 718 1137
[e-mail]   / [e-mail]

 

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