14 Dec 2023 13:14
AMENDMENT
Please note that the announcement released on 13 December 2023 at 07:00 (RNS No: 5278W) contained an incorrect date for shareholders to elect for the DRIP. The correct dates for DRIP election are included in this updated announcement. All other information remains unchanged.
13 December 2023
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust plc
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 2138004MK7VPTZ99EV13
DECLARATION OF FOURTH INTERIM DIVIDEND
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust plc ("the Company") announces the payment of the fourth interim dividend in respect of the year ended 30 September 2023 of 4.0 pence per ordinary share (2022: 3.6 pence per ordinary share).
The dividend will be paid on 26 January 2024 to all shareholders on the register on 22 December 2023. The ex- dividend date is 21 December 2023.
The payment of the fourth interim dividend brings the total dividend for the financial year to 16.0 pence per ordinary share (2022: 14.4 pence per ordinary share). Based on the share price on 12 December 2023, this represents a 3.6% dividend yield and is an overall increase of 11.1% on the Company's total dividend payment for the financial year ended 30 September 2022.
DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN ("DRIP")
The Company has in place a DRIP, provided by Equiniti Financial Services Limited, 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 5 January 2024.
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 26 January 2024, 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 5 January 2024. 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