FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 19 JANUARY 2015 DIVIDEND PAYMENTS INCREASINGLY REGULAR: AIC PUBLISHES LIST OF INVESTMENT COMPANY DIVIDEND DATES

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1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 19 JANUARY 2015 DIVIDEND PAYMENTS INCREASINGLY REGULAR: AIC PUBLISHES LIST OF INVESTMENT COMPANY DIVIDEND DATES - Significant increase in quarterly dividend payers- 17% five years ago to 32% now - AIC publishes guide to income With interest rates looking likely to linger at 0.5% for some time yet, it seems probable that the demand for income is set to remain high in The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has published a list of dividend payment dates for all member investment companies (see below). Some 32% of conventional member investment companies (82 companies) are now paying a quarterly dividend to their investors. Five years ago, 17% of member investment companies paid a quarterly dividend. So this has been a growing trend in recent years, illustrating investors appetite for regular income. Foresight Solar Fund is the latest to announce a change to quarterly payments, with the first expected in e At the beginning of 2014, only one investment company, F&C Commercial Property, paid a monthly dividend. There are now four: F&C Commercial Property, Forest and TwentyFour Select Monthly Income, with Fair Oaks Income announcing a move to monthly payments in January Some 27% of member investment companies pay dividends biannually (69 companies) and 23% of member companies pay dividends once a year (60 companies). Annabel Brodie-Smith, Communications Director, Association of Investment Companies (AIC) said: Investment companies can offer unique advantages in delivering a growing income due to their ability to hold back income for tougher times, the access they offer to a wider variety of investments such as commercial property and infrastructure, and the flexibility to pay dividends out of profits. One key trend in the industry in recent times has been the move by many companies to more frequent dividend payments, reflecting investor appetite for regular income in a low interest rate world.

2 The AIC has published this research as part of its series Freedom in Pensions looking at how investment companies can be used to build a long-term pension portfolio, as well as their unique advantages in delivering a higher or growing income in retirement. View the AIC guide to income AIC video: How investment companies can meet your income needs Visit the Freedom in pensions area of the AIC website Investment company dividend payment dates Monthly F&C Commercial Property Fair Oaks Income Forest TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Quarterly Aberdeen Asian Income Aberdeen Latin American Income Aberdeen Smaller Companies High Income Alcentra European Floating Rate Income Alliance Trust Bankers BlackRock Commodities Income BlackRock North American Income British Assets Brunner City Merchants High Yield City Natural Resources High Yield City of London CQS Diversified Custodian REIT Diverse Income Trust Duet Real Estate Finance Dunedin Income Growth Edinburgh Investment European Assets F&C Capital & Income F&C Managed Portfolio Income F&C UK Real Estate Investments Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust Dividend dates Jan Feb Jan Aug

3 GCP Infrastructure Investments Henderson Diversified Income Henderson Far East Income Henderson Global Henderson High Income Henderson International Income HICL Infrastructure ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Inv International Oil & Gas Technology Invesco Income Growth Invesco Perpetual Enhanced Income Invesco Perpetual Select Global Equity Income Invesco Perpetual Select Managed Liquidity Invesco Perpetual Select UK Equity Investment Investors Capital A JPMorgan Claverhouse JPMorgan Elect Managed Income JPMorgan European Income JPMorgan Global Convertibles Income JPMorgan Global Emerging kets Income JPMorgan Senior Secured Loan Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate London & St Lawrence Lowland tin Currie Global Portfolio MedicX Mercantile Merchants Middlefield Canadian Income Murray Income Murray International NB Global Floating Rate Income New City Energy New City High Yield North American Income P2P Global Investments Perpetual Income & Growth Personal Assets Polar Capital Global Healthcare Growth & Income Real Estate Credit Investments Schroder Global Real Estate Securities Schroder Income Growth Schroder Oriental Income Schroder Real Estate Scottish American Securities Trust of Scotland Jan Feb Feb Feb Feb

4 Seneca Global Income & Growth Shires Income SQN Asset Finance Income Standard Life Equity Income Standard Life Investments Property Income Starwood European Real Estate Finance Target Healthcare REIT Troy Income & Growth TwentyFour Income Utilico Emerging kets Witan Jan Jan Jan Jan Feb Bi-annual Aberdeen New Dawn Aberforth Smaller Companies Artemis Alpha Trust BBGI SICAV S.A. BlackRock Frontiers BlackRock Greater Europe BlackRock Income & Growth BlackRock Latin American BlackRock Smaller Companies BlackRock Throgmorton Trust BlackRock World Mining Blue Capital Global Reinsurance Fund Bluefield Solar Income Fund British & American British Empire Securities & General Caledonia CVC Credit Partners European Opps Dunedin Smaller Companies Edinburgh Worldwide Establishment Investment Trust F&C Global Smaller Companies Finsbury Growth & Income Foresight Solar Fund Graphite Enterprise Greencoat UK Wind Hansa Trust (Ord) Henderson European Focus Henderson EuroTrust Henderson Opportunities Independent Investment Trust International Public Partnerships Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Dividend dates Jan Jan

5 Japan Residential John Laing Environmental Assets Group John Laing Infrastructure JPMorgan American JPMorgan European Growth JPMorgan European Smaller Companies JPMorgan Mid Cap Jupiter Primadona Growth Juridica Investments Keystone Law Debenture Corporation Majedie tin Currie Pacific Mid Wynd International Mithras Monks Montanaro European Smaller Companies NextEnergy Solar Northern Investors Northern Venture Trust Polar Capital Global Financials Princess Private Equity Holding Renewables Infrastructure Group RIT Capital Partners Schroder UK Growth Schroder UK Mid Cap Scottish Investment Trust Scottish Mortgage Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Temple Bar Threadneedle UK Select Trust TR Property Tritax Big Box REIT Value and Income Witan Pacific World Trust Fund Worldwide Healthcare Feb Yearly Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Aberdeen Japan Aberdeen New Thai Aberdeen Private Equity AcenciA Debt Strategies Advance Developing kets Asian Total Return Dividend dates Aug

6 Athelney Atlantis Japan Growth Aurora Baring Emerging Europe BlackRock Emerging Europe Blackstone/GSO Loan Financing Blue Planet Investment Trust Cambium Global Timberland Capital Gearing CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities Cayenne Trust Crystal Amber Dunedin Enterprise Edinburgh Dragon El Oro EP Global Opportunities European Investment Trust Fidelity Asian Values Fidelity China Special Situations Fidelity European Values Fidelity Special Values Henderson Smaller Companies Henderson Value Herald HgCapital Impax Environmental kets Invesco Asia JPMorgan Asian JPMorgan Brazil JPMorgan Chinese JPMorgan Emerging kets JPMorgan Japanese JPMorgan Overseas JPMorgan Russian Securities JPMorgan Smaller Companies JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Jupiter European Opportunities Jupiter Green Lindsell Train Ludgate Environmental Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Pacific Assets Pacific Horizon Qatar Investment Schroder AsiaPacific Schroder Japan Growth Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Feb Jan Jan Feb Feb

7 Standard Life European Private Equity Strategic Equity Capital Templeton Emerging kets Third Point Offshore Investors TR European Growth UK Commercial Property -Ends- For further information please contact: Annabel Brodie-Smith Jemma Jackson Lisa Flounders Communications Director PR Manager PR and keting Executive AIC AIC AIC Follow us on Notes to editors: 1. Source: AIC Stats. Lists include all AIC conventional member investment companies, at 30 ember This excludes split capital trusts and venture capital trusts. 2. The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) was founded in 1932 to represent the interests of the investment trust industry the oldest form of collective investment. Today, the AIC represents a broad range of closed ended investment companies, incorporating investment trusts and other closed ended investment companies and VCTs. The AIC s members believe that the industry is best served if it is united and speaks with one voice. The AIC s mission statement is to help Members add value for shareholders over the longer term. The AIC has 339 members and the industry has total assets of approximately 122 billion. 3. Disclaimer: The information contained in this press release does not constitute investment advice or personal recommendation and it is not an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity. You should seek independent financial and, if appropriate, legal advice as to the suitability of any investment decision. Past performance is not a guide to future performance. The value of investment company shares, and the income from them, can fall as well as rise. You may not get back the full amount invested and, in some cases, nothing at all.