Key Highlights

  • The quarterly distribution is AUD 0.03534500 per ordinary unit, noted as an actual rather than estimated amount.
  • The ex date is 28 October 2026, the record date is 29 October 2026 and payment is due 16 November 2026.
  • The distribution is entirely unfranked, and the trust states it will be 100 per cent return of capital.
  • No security holder, court, ACCC or FIRB approval is required, and no distribution plan applies to the units.

Alternative Investment Trust (ASX:AIQ) notified the market on 23 October 2026 of a new ordinary distribution of AUD 0.03534500 per fully paid ordinary unit. The notice, lodged as an Appendix 3A.1, covers a period of one quarter, ending 30 September 2026, and carries the Australian Registered Scheme Number 112129218. The trust identifies the amount as actual rather than estimated.

Timetable for the Distribution

Three dates govern the payment. Units will trade ex-distribution from 28 October 2026, and the record date, used to determine entitlements, is 29 October 2026. Payment is scheduled for 16 November 2026. The distribution is made in Australian dollars, and the trust said it has no arrangements relating to the currency of payment that it wishes to disclose to the market.

The notice also confirms that none of the approvals listed in the form is required before the timetable begins. Those listed include security holder approval, court approval, lodgement of a court order with ASIC, ACCC approval, FIRB approval and any other external approval or condition. The trust answered no to that question.

Franking and Tax Characterisation

The distribution is described as ordinary, and the trust reported that it is not estimated at this time. None of the amount is franked: the franked percentage is 0.0000 per cent, the franked amount per unit is AUD 0.00000000, and the unfranked portion is 100 per cent, or AUD 0.03534500 per unit. The conduit foreign income amount per unit is also AUD 0.00000000. The trust said it holds no tax component information beyond franking.

In the further information section, the trust stated that the distribution will be 100 per cent return of capital. That statement describes how the payment is characterised and sits alongside the unfranked and zero conduit foreign income figures reported in the same form.

Why This Could Matter

The notice sets out the amount, the entitlement dates and the character of the payment for the quarter ended 30 September 2026, so that unitholders recorded on 29 October 2026 know what is due on 16 November 2026. The trust also stated that it does not have a securities plan for distributions on these units, meaning the payment is made as a straightforward cash amount rather than through any reinvestment or similar arrangement.

Where Things Stand

Alternative Investment Trust has fixed its quarterly distribution at AUD 0.03534500 per unit, with the ex date on 28 October, the record date on 29 October and payment on 16 November 2026. The amount is unfranked and, according to the trust, a full return of capital.