The Character Group plc Board will be recommending to shareholders a final dividend of 9.0p (2020 H2: 3.0p per share), an increase of 200% when compared to the final dividend last year. Together with the interim dividend of 6.0p per share paid in July 2021, this will, if approved by shareholders, bring the total dividend for the year to 15.0p per share (FY 2020: 5.0p). The 2021 total dividend is covered approximately 2.7 times by underlying annual earnings (2020: 3.6 times).
Subject to approval by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting at 11am on Friday, 21 January 2022, the following timetable will apply for this dividend :
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Event |
Date |
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Ex-dividend date |
13 January 2022 |
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Record date |
14 January 2022 |
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Payment date |
28 January 2022 |
