Third Interim Dividend

abrdn Private Equity Opp Trst plc

14 September 2023

 

14 September 2023

abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust plc

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 2138004MK7VPTZ99EV13

DECLARATION OF THIRD INTERIM DIVIDEND

abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust plc ("the Company") announces the payment of the third interim dividend in respect of the year ended 30 September 2023 of 4.0 pence per ordinary share (2022: 3.6 pence per ordinary share).

The dividend will be paid on 27 October 2023 to all shareholders on the register on 22 September 2023. The ex- dividend date is 21 September 2023.

In the absence of unforeseen circumstances, it is the Board's intention that the Company's fourth interim dividend, payable in January 2024, will also be 4.0 pence per Ordinary Share, making a total dividend payment for the year ending 30 September 2023 of 16.0 pence per ordinary share.

Based on the share price at 13 September 2023, this would represent a 3.8% dividend yield and is an overall increase of 11.1% on the Company's total dividend payment for the financial year ended 30 September 2022 of 14.4 pence per ordinary share.

DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN ("DRIP")

The Company has in place a DRIP which allows shareholders to use their dividends to purchase further ordinary shares in the Company. The last election date to participate in the DRIP is 6 October 2023.

Further information on the DRIP, including the Terms and Conditions and the associated costs can be found via the following link:

https://www.shareview.co.uk/4/Info/Portfolio/default/en/home/shareholders/Pages/Rei nvestDividends.aspx

Shareholders who have not previously applied to participate in the DRIP and who wish to do so in respect of the dividend payable on 27 October 2023, should ensure that a mandate form, or CREST instruction if appropriate, is submitted to the Company's registrars, Equiniti Limited, prior to the dividend election date of 6 October 2023. Applications can be made on-line and a mandate form can be downloaded from the above website.

Further information can also be obtained by calling the registrars' shareholder helpline on 0371 384 2618 or by writing to Equiniti Limited, Aspect House, Spence Road, Lancing, West Sussex BN99 6DA.

For further information please contact: Paul Evitt

abrdn Holdings Limited

Company Secretary

 

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