Issue of Equity
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ABERDEEN EQUITY INCOME TRUST PLC
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 21380015XPT7BZISSQ74
16 January 2026
Issue of Equity
The Board of Aberdeen Equity Income Trust plc ("the Company") announces that on 16 January 2026 the Company sold 132,245 Ordinary shares of 25 pence each from treasury at a price of 416.50 pence per Ordinary share and allotted 167,755 Ordinary shares of 25 pence each, from the Company's general business purposes blocklisting facility at a price of 416.50 pence per Ordinary share. These Ordinary shares will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary shares in issue and dealings are expected to commence on 20 January 2026.
Following this issue, the Company has the ability to issue 4,610,397 Ordinary shares under its blocklisting facilities.
Following these transactions the Company's issued share capital consists of 49,346,522 Ordinary shares, of which nil Ordinary shares are held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of shares with voting rights in Aberdeen Equity Income Trust PLC is 49,346,522 Ordinary shares.
The above figure of 49,346,522 Ordinary shares 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, Aberdeen Equity Income Trust PLC under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
For further information, please contact:
Helen Leslie
abrdn Holdings Limited
Secretaries
Tel. 0131 372 9153
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