Replacement Issue of Equity

abrdn Equity Income Trust plc

08 August 2023

 

AMENDMENT

The announcement released on 8 August 2023 at 07:00hrs (RNS No: 5637I) noted a figure of 1,857,245 for the remaining Ordinary 25p shares in Treasury.  This figure should read 1,757,245.

Please see below the updated announcement. All other information remains unchanged.

ABRDN EQUITY INCOME TRUST PLC

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 21380015XPT7BZISSQ74

8 August 2023

Issue of Equity

The Company announces that, on 7 August, it sold 50,000 Ordinary shares of 25p each from treasury (the "New Shares") for cash at a price of 316.5 pence per share.  The New Shares rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary shares and dealings are expected to commence on 9 August 2023.

Following this issue of shares, the total number of Ordinary shares in issue is 47,421,522 with each Ordinary share holding one voting right and there are 1,757,245 Ordinary 25p shares remaining in Treasury. 

The total number of voting rights in the Company is 47,421,522 and this figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company, under the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

For further information, please contact:

Paul Evitt

abrdn Holdings Limited

Secretaries

Tel. [phone]

 

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