Yes, ironically, I topped up on HINT first thing yesterday with the residue of the proceeds of some growth IT's I had previously sold.
I was looking through HINT's last Accounts and liked what I saw about them drawing upon capital or reserves to keep the dividend up. Also a point the manager made about the trust having a much wider pool of global dividend stocks to fish in than being dependent upon UK FTSE100 stocks, (as it is a global excluding UK trust).
Accordingly, your board is increasing the fourth
interim dividend by 20% to 1.80p per share for the quarter
ended 31 August 2021 and will continue its commitment to
an attractive, progressive dividend going forward. Dividends
from the portfolio will remain an important contribution to the
Company’s distributions, but to the extent that, in any year,
dividends are not fully covered by underlying revenue, your
board will utilise realised capital gains. This will give
shareholders confidence around future distributions and the
investment team flexibility to invest in the most attractive
opportunities.
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