Update on Strategic Review & Fourth Int. Dividend

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Date: 19 February 2024                                                                         

For Immediate Release

abrdn European Logistics Income plc

Update on Strategic Review and Fourth Interim Dividend

The Board of abrdn European Logistics Income plc (the "Company") provides an update in respect of the strategic review announced on 27 November 2023 (the "Strategic Review").

Since 27 November 2023, the Company has received a number of broad ranging preliminary, indicative non-binding proposals. While there can be no certainty at this stage that the final terms of any proposal will prove to be sufficiently attractive to merit a Board recommendation to the Company's shareholders, the Board is encouraged by the progress made to date and the Company's advisers are actively engaging with a select number of parties to satisfy their due diligence requirements. The Board will provide further updates as appropriate.

Fourth Interim Dividend

In light of the initial response to the Strategic Review, the Board and its advisers are keen to ensure that the Company is optimally positioned, and that it maintains the maximum flexibility, to allow it to advance any particular proposal. As a result, the Board has taken the decision to forgo declaring a fourth interim distribution for the quarter ended 31 December 2023, which has historically been declared in February and paid in March each year.

Subject to the outcome of the Strategic Review, the Board intends to recommence dividend payments in line with the Company's standard dividend timetable.  

LEI Number

The Company's LEI Number is 213800I9IYIKKNRT3G50

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