To: RNS
From: European Assets Trust PLC
Date: 29 June 2022
LEI: 213800N61H8P3Z4I8726
European Assets Trust PLC ("the Company") announces that a dividend of 2.2 pence per share will be paid on 29 July 2022 to shareholders on the register on 8 July 2022, having an ex-dividend date of 7 July 2022.
In addition, t he Company has paid dividends of 2.2 pence per share in January and April 2022. It will also pay a further dividend of 2.2 pence per share in October 2022. These four interim dividends, with a cumulative total of 8.8 pence per share, provide an annual payment to shareholders representing six per cent of the closing net asset value per share of the Company as at 31 December 2021.
As at 28 June 2022, the latest practicable date prior to publication of this announcement, an annual dividend of 8.8 pence per share represents a yield of 9.1 per cent calculated with reference to the Company's closing share price of 97.0 pence that day.
Enquiries:
Scott McEllen
BMO Investment Business Limited Tel: 0207 628 8000