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Your dividend payments

We no longer pay our dividends by cheque. To continue to receive your dividend payments, you must provide your bank details.

To provide your details online, please log in to your Share Portal account. If you do not have a Share Portal account, register now to manage your dividends online.

Our dividends are usually paid twice a year, in May and September, to eligible shareholders on the register at the dividend record date.

You can find our key dividend dates in our financial calendar.

2023 final dividend: 7.30 pence per share

The payment you received dated 30 April 2024 relates to the 2023 final dividend, based on the number of shares you held on the register on the dividend record date – 15 March 2024. This dividend was paid at the rate of 7.30 pence per share.

If you are resident in Ireland, Germany or Austria, or elected to receive your dividend in EURO, your dividend was paid at an exchange rate of GBP £1: EUR 1.1717.

If you are resident in Canada, your dividend was paid at an exchange rate of GBP £1: CAD 1.7182.

If you participate in the Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the DRIP), shares are purchased on your behalf from the dividend payment date and credited to your account on the register 3 working days after the purchase completes at which time you will be able to view your dividend documents online. If you receive your communications by email or your documents in the post, or if you receive share certificates, these will be sent to you around 21 May 2024. This date maybe subject to change if market conditions mean that more time is required to complete the DRIP purchase.

Move to Annual Dividend Confirmations

From May 2023, instead of a dividend confirmation being sent for each payment, we will send you an Annual Dividend Confirmation (ADC) once a year. The ADC will show dividend information for all dividends paid to you by bank mandate in the same tax year, all in one place. You will usually be sent this annual dividend confirmation in September.

Income Tax: HMRC has reduced the Annual Dividend Allowance from 6th April 2024.

Please be advised legislation has been introduced to change section 13A of the Income Tax Act 2007. This measure has reduced the tax-free allowance for dividend income (the ‘Dividend Allowance’) to £500 from 6 April 2024.

For more information, please visit Tax on dividends: How Dividends are taxed - GOV.uk.

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Due to limited resource, our telephone lines may be very busy, please email us with your query. If your query is urgent please call our Shareholder Helpline and we will answer as soon as possible.

UK Callers:

+44 371 384 2464

International Callers:

+44 371 384 2464

Lines are open 8.30am to 5.30pm (UK time), Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays in England and Wales).

Please use the country code when contacting us from outside the UK.

Calls are monitored / recorded to meet regulatory obligations and for training and quality purposes.

Call charges will vary.

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If our help guides and FAQs above don't answer your question, please write to us at the following address:

abrdn Shareholder Services
Aspect House
Spencer Road
LANCING
BN99 6DA
United Kingdom

Chequeless dividends

We no longer pay our dividend by cheque. If you do not provide your bank account details, your dividend payments will be retained by us until your bank details are received. Please provide your details as soon as possible to receive your dividends on time.

The easiest way to do this is online through your Share Portal account. If you do not have a Share Portal account, register to manage your dividends online.

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You can find more information relating to your dividends under the FAQ section on this page.

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Alternatively, you can contact us using one of our contact channels detailed on this page.