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ABERDEEN STANDARD EQUITY INCOME TRUST PLC

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300DN623WEGE2MY04

4 February 2022

Declaration of Interim Dividends

The Board announces that the first quarterly dividend for the year ending 30 September 2022 of 5.4 pence per Ordinary Share will be payable to Shareholders on 18 March 2022. The dividend is payable to Shareholders on the register on 18 February 2022.

In addition to the above, the Board's intention is that the second and third quarterly dividends will also each be 5.4 pence per Ordinary Share, payable in June and September 2022 respectively, and that the final dividend will be paid in January 2023, will be at least 5.6 pence per Ordinary Share, making a total for the year ending 30 September 2022 of 21.8 pence per Ordinary Share.

The Chairman, Mark White, commented that "the Board expects to be able to deliver a minimum of a 2.8% increase in the dividend in 2022 and is focused on having this covered by the revenue earnings in the year. Looking ahead the Board's objective is to deliver real-term sustainable dividend growth from the earnings for the year and continue to build on the 21 year track record of consecutive years of dividend growth."

The proposed 2022 dividend timetable is as follows:-

For further information please contact:-

Kerry Higgins

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

Company Secretary

Tel: 020 7618 1578