Dividend
The Board has approved an interim dividend of 2.6 pence per ordinary share (2016: 2.4 pence) for payment on 22 September 2017 to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 18 August 2017. The Board believes that a policy of paying one-third of the prior full year dividend as an interim in the following half-year period would provide greater certainty to shareholders and plans to adopt this payment approach in future.
