Dividend History
We pay dividends twice a year and have a policy of maintaining
dividend cover of between 2.5 and 3 times.
The interim and final dividend payments per 60p share from
financial years 2001/02 through 2010/11 are listed below.
| Year |
Date |
Interim |
Date |
Second
Interim
Dividend |
Final |
Total |
Change
(%) |
| 2010/11 |
14 Jan 11 |
5.20p |
9 Aug 11 |
- |
14.20p |
19.40p |
10.2 |
| 2009/10 |
15 Jan 10 |
4.80p |
5 July 10 |
12.80p |
- |
17.60p |
22.0 |
| 2008/09 |
16 Jan 09 |
4.00p |
7 Aug 09 |
- |
10.40p |
14.40p |
25.0 |
| 2007/08 |
16 Jan 08 |
3.30p |
8 Aug 08 |
- |
8.20p |
11.50p |
42.9 |
| 2006/07 |
17 Jan 07 |
2.40p |
6 Aug 07 |
- |
5.65p |
8.05p |
34.2 |
| 2005/06 |
20 Jan 06 |
1.75p |
7 Aug 06 |
- |
4.25p |
6.00p |
50.0 |
| 2004/05 |
21 Jan 05 |
1.35p |
8 Aug 05 |
- |
2.65p |
4.00p |
19.4 |
| 2003/04 |
23 Jan 04 |
1.25p |
9 Aug 04 |
- |
2.10p |
3.35p |
11.7 |
| 2002/03 |
24 Jan 03 |
1.15p |
8 Aug 03 |
- |
1.85p |
3.00p |
5.26 |
| 2001/02 |
25 Jan 02 |
1.10p |
9 Aug 02 |
- |
1.75p |
2.85p |
7.55 |