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We maintain a progressive dividend policy and have increased our pay-out to shareholders every year for more than half a century. We have also paid a number of special dividends over the years.
Annual dividend growth over 58 years
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Latest dividend information (Final 2025)
The dividend per share presented below is based on the number of ordinary shares in issue before the 10:1 sub-division which occurred on 25 July 2025. The equivalent amount based on the number of ordinary shares in issue after the sub-division is 5.39 pence per share.
Dividend per share
53.91 pence per share
Date announced
20 May 2025
Ex-dividend date
26 June 2025
Record date
27 June 2025
Payment date
07 August 2025
Dividend history (last 10 years)
The dividend per share presented below is based on the number of ordinary shares in issue before the 10:1 sub-division which occurred on 25 July 2025. To aid comparability, the equivalent amount based on the number of ordinary shares in issue after the sub-division is shown in the final column.
Description
Dividend
(p per share)
Ex-dividend
date
Record
date
Payment
date
Restated Dividend
(p per share)
Final 2025
53.91
26/06/2025
27/06/2025
07/08/2025
5.391
Interim 2025
19.69
05/12/2024
06/12/2024
09/01/2025
1.969
Final 2024
51.47
27/06/2024
28/06/2024
01/08/2024
5.147
Interim 2024
18.93
30/11/2023
01/12/2023
04/01/2024
1.893
Final 2023
49.2
29/06/2023
30/06/2023
03/08/2023
4.92
Interim 2023
18.2
01/12/2022
02/12/2022
05/01/2023
1.82
Final 2022
47.3
30/06/2022
01/07/2022
04/08/2022
4.73
Interim 2022
17.5
02/12/2021
03/12/2021
06/01/2022
1.75
Final 2021
45.9
01/07/2021
02/07/2021
05/08/2021
4.59
Interim 2021
17.0
03/12/2020
04/12/2020
07/01/2021
1.7
Final 2020
44.5
25/06/2020
26/06/2020
06/08/2020
4.45
Interim 2020
16.6
05/12/2019
06/12/2019
09/01/2020
1.66
Final 2019
43.2
27/06/2019
28/06/2019
08/08/2019
4.32
Interim 2019
16.1
29/11/2018
30/11/2018
10/01/2019
1.61
Final 2018
41.5
28/06/2018
29/06/2018
09/08/2018
4.15
Interim 2018
15.5
30/11/2017
01/12/2017
11/01/2018
1.55
Final 2017
39.9
06/07/2017
07/07/2017
03/08/2017
3.99
Interim 2017
14.9
01/12/2016
02/12/2016
05/01/2017**
1.49
2nd Interim 2016
38.3
03/03/2016
04/03/2016
01/04/2016*
3.83
Interim 2016
14.3
03/12/2015
04/12/2015
07/01/2016*
1.43
Final 2015
36.8
09/07/2015
10/07/2015
06/08/2015*
3.68
Interim 2015
13.8
11/12/2014
12/12/2014
08/01/2015
1.38
Final 2014
35.7
09/07/2014
11/07/2014
07/08/2014
3.57
Special dividend history
The dividend per share presented below is based on the number of ordinary shares in issue before the 10:1 sub-division which occurred on 25 July 2025. To aid comparability, the equivalent amount based on the number of ordinary shares in issue after the sub-division is shown in the final column.
Description
Dividend
(p per share)
Ex-dividend
date
Record
date
Payment
date
Restated Dividend
(p per share)
Special 2022
175.0
30/06/2022
01/07/2022
04/08/2022
17.5
Special 2017
100.0
06/07/2017
07/07/2017
03/08/2017
10.0
Special 2000
70.0
26/06/2000
30/06/2000
02/08/2000
7.0
Special 1997
30.0
04/04/1997
04/04/1997
01/05/1997
3.0
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