9 Mar 2020 07:00
9 MARCH 2020
STANDARD LIFE PRIVATE EQUITY TRUST PLC ("THE COMPANY")
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 2138004MK7VPTZ99EV13
DECLARATION OF FIRST INTERIM DIVIDEND
The Company announces the payment of the first interim dividend in respect of the year ending 30 September 2020 of 3.3 pence per ordinary share.
This first interim dividend will be paid on 24 April 2020 to all shareholders on the register as at 20 March 2020. The ex-dividend date is 19 March 2020.
DIVIDEND TIMETABLE
It is the Board's intention that interim dividends of 3.3 pence per share shall be payable to shareholders in July 2020, October 2020 and January 2021.
Cumulatively, dividends for the financial year to 30 September 2020 will amount to a minimum of 13.2 pence per share, representing an increase in the dividend of over 3% on the 12.8 pence per share for the financial year to 30 September 2019.
The draft dividend timetable is set out below:
Latest Announcement Date | Ex-Dividend Date | Record Date | Payment Date |
12 March 2020 | 19 March 2020 | 20 March 2020 | 24 April 2020 |
18 June 2020 | 25 June 2020 | 26 June 2020 | 31 July 2020 |
17 September 2020 | 24 September 2020 | 25 September 2020 | 30 October 2020 |
17 December 2020 | 24 December 2020 | 29 December 2020 | 29 January 2021 |
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 for the first interim dividend is 1 April 2020.
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 24 April 2020, 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 1 April 2020. 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: 0131 528 4270