Witan Investment Trust plc announced that a fourth interim dividend of 1.825 pence per ordinary share of 5 pence, in respect of the year ended 31 December 2019, will be paid on Friday 3 April 2020 to shareholders registered at the close of business on Friday 28 February 2020 (the ex-dividend date is Thursday 27 February). Taken together with the three interim dividends of 1.175p each paid in June, September and December 2019, this represents a total dividend payment of 5.35p in respect of 2019 (2018: 4.70p, adjusting for the five for one share split in May 2019). The increase of 13.8% is well ahead of the 1.3% rise in the consumer price index in the year to December 2019. The dividend is fully covered by the Company's 2019 revenue earnings per share.