Acorn Capital Investment Fund Declares FY26 Final Dividend of 3.5 Cents Per Share with DRP Shortfall Placement to Aperture Private Wealth

Shwetambri Chauhan

05 November 2026 04:41 PM AEDT

Acorn Capital Investment Fund Declares FY26 Final Dividend of 3.5 Cents Per Share with DRP Shortfall Placement to Aperture Private Wealth

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Acorn Capital Investment Fund Limited (ASX:ACQ) has disclosed that its fully franked FY26 final dividend of 3.5 cents per share will be paid to shareholders on 6 November 2026, alongside arrangements for a Dividend Reinvestment Plan shortfall placement of up to approximately $500,000 to Aperture Private Wealth Pty Ltd as underwriter.

Key Points

FY26 final dividend of 3.5 cents per share, 100% franked, to be paid on 6 November 2026, representing a gross dividend payment of $3,155,222.44 based on 90,149,139 shares on issue
DRP issue price set at $0.7991 per share, with 371,731 new shares to be issued to DRP participants and 625,704 placement shares to be issued under the shortfall facility
Aperture Private Wealth Pty Ltd has agreed to underwrite the DRP shortfall up to approximately $500,000, with DRP take-up recorded at $297,047.26
Placement shares will be issued under ASX Listing Rule 7.2 Exception 4 and do not reduce the company's 15% placement capacity under Listing Rule 7.1

FY26 Final Dividend Details

The board of Acorn Capital Investment Fund declared a fully franked final dividend of 3.5 cents per share for the financial year ended 30 June 2026. The ex-dividend date was 15 October 2026, with a record date of 16 October 2026 at 7.00pm AEDT. Based on 90,149,139 shares on issue, the dividend represents a gross payment of $3,155,222.44. Payment to shareholders is scheduled for 6 November 2026, with shares issued under the DRP also expected to be allotted on that date, according to the filing.

Dividend Reinvestment Plan and Shortfall Facility

The company disclosed that its DRP rules have been amended to include a Shortfall Facility under clause 7, empowering directors to determine that shares not taken up by DRP participants may be issued to persons selected by the directors, including via an underwriting arrangement. Shortfall shares are to be issued at a price no less than that paid by DRP participants for the same dividend and rank equally with shares issued to participants and existing ACQ shares. The DRP issue price was set at $0.7991 per share following the close of the DRP Pricing Period, as announced to ASX on 26 October 2026.

Placement of DRP Shortfall Shares to Aperture Private Wealth

Under a placement agreement, Aperture Private Wealth Pty Ltd has agreed to underwrite part of the DRP shortfall for the FY26 final dividend and to subscribe for, or procure subscriptions for, up to approximately $500,000 in placement shares. The placement price per share is the same as the DRP issue price of $0.7991. A total of 625,704 placement shares are to be issued. Settlement and issuance of placement shares are expected to occur shortly after 6 November 2026. The company stated that no shareholder approval under Chapter 10 of the ASX Listing Rules is required for the placement, and that Aperture is not a related party of the company.

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