To: RNS
From: F&C Managed Portfolio Trust plc
Date: 8 June 2017
Fourth Interim Dividend
F&C Managed Portfolio Trust plc (the "Company") announces a fourth interim dividend in respect of the financial year to 31 May 2017 of 1.7 pence per Income share (2016: 1.6 pence per Income share).
This dividend is payable on 7 July 2017 to shareholders on the register on 16 June 2017, with an ex-dividend date of 15 June 2017.
The normal pattern for the Company is to pay four quarterly interim dividends per financial year.
For the full financial year to 31 May 2017, total dividends have increased by 4.8% to 5.45 pence per Income share (Financial year to 31 May 2016: 5.2 pence per Income share).
This annual dividend of 5.45 pence per Income share represents a dividend yield of 3.9% based on the Income share price at 31 May 2017 compared to the yield on the FTSE All-Share Index of 3.5% at the same date.
For further information please contact:
Peter Hewitt, F&C Investment Business Limited 0131 718 1244
Ian Ridge, F&C Investment Business Limited 0131 718 1010