ABERDEEN EQUITY INCOME TRUST PLC (the "Company")

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 21380015XPT7BZISSQ74

31 October 2025

Aberdeen Equity Income Trust plc announces that it is satisfied, by virtue of the points listed below, that all inside information which the Directors and the Company may have in the closed period which ends on the date of the announcement of the Annual Financial Report for the year ended 30 September 2025 has been notified to a Regulated Information Service ("RIS"). The Company is therefore not prohibited from dealing in its own securities during this period.

In so stating the Company has regard to:

1)   the announcement on 31 October 2025 of the net asset value per share as of the close of business on 30 October 2025.

2)   the Company's belief, following reasonable enquiries, is that there will be no material difference between the information published on 31 October 2025 and that to be included in the forthcoming announcement of the Annual Financial Report.

3)   the Company's practice of calculating net asset values per share each business day and the announcement of these net asset values to an RIS.

4)   there being no other unpublished information which constitutes price-sensitive information in respect of the Company's securities; and

5)   there being no unquoted investments within the Company's portfolio.

For further information, please contact:

Helen Leslie

abrdn Holdings Limited

Secretaries

0131 372 9153