9 Sep 2021 11:27
To: RNS
From: BMO Managed Portfolio Trust PLC
Date: 9 September 2021
LEI: 213800ZA6TW45NM9YY31
First Interim Dividend for the Year Ended 31 May 2022
BMO Managed Portfolio Trust PLC (the "Company") announces a first interim dividend in respect of the financial year to 31 May 2022 of 1.55 pence per Income share (2021: 1.40 pence per Income share). This dividend is payable on 8 October 2021 to shareholders on the register on 17 September 2021, with an ex-dividend date of 16 September 2021.
The normal pattern for the Company is to pay four quarterly interim dividends per financial year and the directors of the Company now intend to make the quarterly interim dividends of more equal amounts.
In the absence of unforeseen circumstances, the first three quarterly interim dividends will each be 1.55 pence per Income share and the aggregate dividends for the financial year to 31 May 2022 will be at least 6.20 pence per Income share (2021: 6.20 pence per Income share). Accordingly, as a result of making the interim dividends of more equal amounts and the anticipated increase in each of the first three interim dividends, the fourth interim dividend is expected to be lower than last year. The directors will determine the amount of the fourth quarterly interim dividend when a clearer view emerges of income for the year.
For further information please contact:
Peter Hewitt, BMO Investment Business Limited 0131 718 1244
Ian Ridge, BMO Investment Business Limited 0131 718 1010