Artemis Alpha Trust plc declared a first interim dividend of 2.33p per ordinary share which will be paid on 26 January 2023 to shareholders on the register as at 30 December 2022. This increase of 9.0% over the equivalent interim dividend paid in January 2022 is consistent with policy of growing dividends in line with, or at a rate greater than, the UK CPI inflation rate of the preceding financial year (9.0% as at 30 April 2022).