Dividend Information

On the 22 June 2022 the Company announced an interim dividend of 8 cents per share. This dividend was paid on 5 August 2022 to shareholders on the register as at 22 July 2022. The dividend was paid:

  • to holders of the Company’s ordinary shares in pounds sterling and the sterling amount payable per share was fixed and announced on 22 July 2022 at 6.69 pence, based on the average spot exchange rate over the five business days preceding the announcement date.
  • to the holders of American Depositary Shares, representing the Company’s shares, in US dollars.

At the AGM held on 30 March 2022, shareholders approved a final dividend of 20.3 cents per share for the year ended 31 October 2021. The dividend was paid on 21 April 2022 in pounds sterling to holders of the Company’s ordinary shares and the sterling amount payable per share was 15.50 pence (this amount being fixed and announced on 07 April 2022, based on the average spot exchange rate over the five business days preceding the announcement date) and to holders of American Depositary Shares, representing the Company’s shares, in US dollars.

On 6 August 2021 the Company paid an interim dividend of 8.80 cents per share. The dividend was paid in pounds sterling and the sterling amount payable per share was 6.42 pence (this amount being fixed and announced on 23 July 2021, based on the average spot exchange rate over the five business days preceding the announcement date). Taking the total dividend for the year ended 31 October 2021 to 29.1 cents per share.