Fourth Interim Dividend

RNS Number : 6005I

Standard Life Private Eqty Trst PLC

14 December 2020

 

14 December 2020

STANDARD LIFE PRIVATE EQUITY TRUST PLC ("THE COMPANY")

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 2138004MK7VPTZ99EV13

DECLARATION OF FOURTH QUARTER INTERIM DIVIDEND

The Company announces the payment of the fourth quarter interim dividend in respect of the year ending 30 September 2020 of 3.3 pence per ordinary share and brings the total dividends for the financial year to 13.2 pence per ordinary share.

This fourth quarter dividend which, in line with the Company's dividends during the year to 30 September 2020, will be partly funded from capital and will be paid on 29 January 2021 to all shareholders on the register as at 29 December 2020. The ex-dividend date is 28 December 2020.

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 8 January 2021.

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/ReinvestDividends.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 29 January 2021 , 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 8 January 2021 . 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 BN 99 6DA.

For further information please contact:-

Paul Evitt

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

 

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