Dividend Declaration

RNS Number : 0468A

F&C Managed Portfolio Trust PLC.

06 September 2018

 

To:                   RNS

From:              F&C Managed Portfolio Trust plc

Date:               6 September 2018

LEI:                  213800ZA6TW45NM9YY31

First Interim Dividend for the year ended 31 May 2019

F&C Managed Portfolio Trust plc (the "Company") announces a first interim dividend in respect of the financial year to 31 May 2019 of 1.35 pence per Income share, an increase of 3.8% from the corresponding period of the previous year. (2018: 1.3 pence per Income share). This dividend is payable on 5 October 2018 to shareholders on the register on 14 September 2018, with an ex-dividend date of 13 September 2018.

The normal pattern for the Company is to pay four quarterly interim dividends per financial year.

In the absence of unforeseen circumstances, the first three quarterly interim dividends will each be 1.35 pence per Income share and the aggregate dividends for the financial year to 31 May 2019 will be at least 5.85 pence per Income share (2018: 5.7 pence per Income share, excluding the special dividend of 0.8 pence per Income share). The directors will determine the amount of the fourth quarterly interim dividend when a clearer view emerges of income for the year.

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

 

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