13 December 2022
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust plc ("THE COMPANY")
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 2138004MK7VPTZ99EV13
The Company announces the payment of the fourth quarter interim dividend in respect of the year ended 30 September 2022 of 3.6 pence per ordinary share (2021: 3.4 pence per ordinary share) and brings the total dividend for the financial year to 14.4 pence per ordinary share (2021: 13.6 pence per ordinary share).
This fourth interim dividend will be paid on 27 January 2023 to all shareholders on the register as at 23 December 2022. The ex- dividend date is 22 December 2022.
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 January 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 January 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 January 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