Doc re. Annual Financial Report

ABERDEEN STANDARD EQUITY INCOME TRUST PLC

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300DN623WEGE2MY04

4 December 2019

Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 30 September 2019

A copy of the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 30 September 2019 including the Notice of the 2020 Annual General Meeting has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and is available for inspection at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM *

The document is also available for download from the Company's website, using the following link: https://www.aberdeenstandardequityincometrust.com/ *

*Neither the NSM website nor the Company's website nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on those websites (or any other website) is (or is deemed to be) incorporated into, or forms (or is deemed to form) part of this announcement.

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Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

Company Secretary