the St James's Place Board proposes to increase the final dividend by 5% to 31.22 pence per share (2018: 29.73 pence per share) making for a full year dividend of 49.71 pence per share (2018: 48.22 pence per share), growth of 3%.
Other financial highlights include:
EEV new business contribution £793.0 million (2018: £852.7 million)
EEV operating profit £952.0 million (2018: £1,002.0 million)
IFRS profit before shareholder tax £187.1 million (2018: £211.9 million)
IFRS profit after tax £146.6 million (2018: £173.5 million)
Underlying cash result £273.1 million (2018: £309.0 million)
Underlying cash earnings per share of 51.4 pence (2018: 58.7 pence per share)
