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EUROPEAN ASSETS TRUST PLC

Notice of Dividend Amount Mar 27, 2025

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Notice of Dividend Amount

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National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

RNS Number : 3712C

European Assets Trust PLC

27 March 2025

To:                          RNS

From:                    European Assets Trust PLC

Date:                     27 March 2025

LEI:                         213800N61H8P3Z4I8726

Second Quarterly Dividend

European Assets Trust PLC ("the Company") announces its second quarterly dividend payment under its policy of paying out annually, in equal quarterly payments, six per cent of the Company's net asset value at its preceding 31 December financial year end.

A dividend of 1.38 pence per share will be paid on 30 April 2025 to shareholders on the register on 4 April 2025, having an ex-dividend date of 3 April 2025.

The full 2025 dividend schedule is set out below.

2025 Pence per share Ex-Dividend Date Record Date Pay date
Q1 1.38 16 January 2025 17 January 2025 31 January 2025
Q2 1.38 3 April 2025 4 April 2025 30 April 2025
Q3 1.38 Dividend not yet declared 31 July 2025
Q4 1.38 Dividend not yet declared 31 October 2025
Total 5.52 = six per cent of the 31 December 2024 year end net asset value

6.6 per cent share price yield

An annual dividend of 5.52 pence per share represents a yield of 6.6 per cent calculated with reference to the Company's closing share price of 83.50 pence as at 26 March 2025, being the latest practicable date prior to publication of this announcement.

Enquiries:

Scott McEllen

Columbia Threadneedle Investment Business Limited                            Tel:  0131 573 8300

Alex Collins and Tom Scrivens

Panmure Liberum Limited - Corporate Broker and

Financial Adviser                                                                                              Tel: 020 3100 2000

About European Assets Trust PLC

The Company's Investment Objective is to achieve growth of capital through investment in quoted small and medium sized companies in Europe, excluding the United Kingdom. The Company's benchmark is the MSCI Europe Ex UK SMID Cap Index. The portfolio has a quality growth bias and typically holds 50-70 investments.

The Company has in place a high distribution policy of six per cent of the Company's net asset value at its preceding 31 December financial year end, with dividends paid out of current year revenue profits and the capital gains Distributable Reserve.  The Company's portfolio is therefore managed on a total return basis.

The Company has been managed by Columbia Threadneedle Investment Business Limited and its predecessors since its creation in 1972. The Lead Investment Manager is Mine Tezgul, Head of Pan European Small Cap Equities at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. She is assisted by Philip Dicken, Head of European Equities and Head of International Equities at Columbia Threadneedle Investments.

For more information, including the Company's monthly factsheet, visit the website

www. europeanassets.co.uk

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