To:                          RNS

From:                    European Assets Trust PLC

Date:                     26 June 2024

LEI:                         213800N61H8P3Z4I8726

July Quarterly Dividend

European Assets Trust PLC ("the Company") announces that a dividend of 1.475 pence per share will be paid on 31 July 2024 to shareholders on the register on 5 July 2024, having an ex-dividend date of 4 July 2024. 

In addition, the Company has paid dividends of 1.475 pence per share in January and April 2024.  It will also pay a further dividend of 1.475 pence per share in October 2024.  These four interim dividends, with a cumulative total of 5.90 pence per share, provide an annual payment to shareholders representing six per cent of the closing net asset value per share of the Company as at 31 December 2023.

As at 25 June 2024, the latest practicable date prior to publication of this announcement, an annual dividend of 5.90 pence per share represents a yield of 6.75 per cent calculated with reference to the Company's closing share price of 87.40 pence that day.

Enquiries:

Scott McEllen

Columbia Threadneedle Investment Business Limited                    Tel:  0131 573 8300