11 Sep 2019 12:21
To: RNS
From: BMO Managed Portfolio Trust PLC
Date: 11 September 2019
LEI: 213800ZA6TW45NM9YY31
First Interim Dividend for the year ended 31 May 2020
BMO Managed Portfolio Trust PLC (the "Company") announces a first interim dividend in respect of the financial year to 31 May 2020 of 1.40 pence per Income share, an increase of 3.7% from the corresponding period of the previous financial year. (2019: 1.35 pence per Income share). This dividend is payable on 11 October 2019 to shareholders on the register on 20 September 2019, with an ex-dividend date of 19 September 2019.
The normal pattern for the Company is to pay four quarterly interim dividends per financial year.
In the absence of unforeseen circumstances, the first three quarterly interim dividends will each be 1.40 pence per Income share and the aggregate dividends for the financial year to 31 May 2020 will be at least 6.10 pence per Income share (2019: 5.95 pence per Income share). 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