The Company operates a progressive and sustainable dividend policy that has regard to current performance trends and satisfies certain guiding principles:
Our recent dividend payments history is as follows:
| Financial year | Interim | Final | Total | Growth | Special Dividend | |
| 2022/23 | 2.50 | 10.60 | 13.10 | 9.2% | ||
| 2021/22 | 2.00 | 10.00 | ||||
| 2020/21 | - | - | - | -> | Dividends suspended due to Covid-19 | |
| 2019/20 | 4.00 | - | 4.00 | -> | Final dividend suspended due to Covid-19 | |
| 2018/19 | 3.90 | 12.74 | 16.64 | 7.0% | ||
| 2017/18 | 3.17 | 11.84 | 15.55 | 8.0% | ||
| 2016/17 | 3.53 | 10.87 | 14.40 | 8.0% | ||
| 2015/16 | 3.36 | 9.97 | 13.33 | 10.0% | ||
| 2014/15 | 3.11 | 9.01 | 12.12 | 10.0% | ||
| 2013/14 | 2.83 | 8.19 | 11.02 | 10.0% | ||
| 2012/13 | 2.62 | 7.40 | 10.02 | 7.6% | ||
| 2011/12 | 2.43 | 6.88 | 9.31 | 10.0% |
Pence per ordinary share.
