abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust plc (LON:APEO) has announced 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/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 27 October 2023, 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 6 October 2023. Applications can be made on-line and a mandate form can be downloaded from the above website.
Abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust, formerly Standard Life Private Equity Trust, is a large British investment company dedicated to investments in private equity funds and direct investments into private companies with European focus.
