Recent articles for private investors with a focus on dividend announcements
Cobham increases 2013 full year dividend by 10%
Group revenue increased by 2%, with acquisitions trading ahead of plan
Schroders increases 2013 full year dividend by 35%
Profit before tax and exceptional items up 41 per cent. to £507.8 million* (2012: £360.0 million)
James Fisher increases 2013 full year dividend by 15%
Offshore Oil revenue up by 19%, profit up by 15% due to strong market conditions in Norway and developing markets;
Standard Chartered increases 2013 full year dividend by 2% in $ terms
Standard Chartered PLC - Highlights
4imprint increases 2013 full year dividend by 10%
In addition, the Directors are proposing a final dividend in respect of the period ended 28 December 2013 of 11.40p per share, which will absorb an estimated £3.02m of Shareholders' funds. Subject to Shareholder approval at the Annual General Meeting, the dividend is payable on 9 May 2014 to Shareholders who are on the register of members at close of business on 11 April 2014. These financial statements do not reflect this proposed dividend.
Admiral increases 2013 full year dividend by 10%
Admiral Group plc Results for the Year Ended 31 December 2013
Legal & General increases 2013 full year dividend by 22%
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS - CONTINUED STRONG PERFORMANCE:
Novae increases 2013 final dividend by 13.8% and pays 20p special
Excellent underwriting contribution of £48.9 million, an increase of 50% (2012: £32.6 million)
Gross written premium of £590.3 million (2012: £612.0 million), including:- planned reductions in reinsurance for the first half of the year - growth of 6% in the second half of the year
Combined ratio of 86 % (2012: 90 %)
Net investment income of £11.1 million (2012: £25.8 million), equating to 0.9% on average invested assets (2012: 2.2%)
Profit before tax of £42.8 million (2012: £39.9 million)
Basic earnings per share increased to 50.2p (2012: 44.2p)
Final dividend of 16.5p per share (2012: 14.5p per share)
Additional special dividend of 20.0p per share
BBA Aviation increases 2013 full year dividend by 5% in $ terms
Simon Pryce, BBA Aviation Chief Executive Officer, commented:
Pace increases 2013 full year dividend by 22% in dollar terms
Strong performance in 2013: Adjusted EBITA up 22.5% to $193.6m, Free cash flow up 14.4% to $209.0m, Dividend up 22% to 5.49c per share.
Regus increases 2013 final dividend by 13.6%
Strong financial performance at Group level with biggest ever investment - full year dividend up 13%
Alent increases 2013 full year dividend by 4.2%
NSV broadly flat, reflecting continued outperformance against the majority of our end-markets
Vesuvius increases 2013 final dividend by 7.9%
Strong profitability improvements in first year following demerger. Significant portfolio realignment.
Moneysupermarket increases 2013 final dividend by 30%
Strong trading results; Final dividend increased by 30%
Meggitt increases 2013 full year dividend by 8%
Group revenue increased by 2% in the year, with civil aerospace +3%, military -1% and energy +5%. Other markets increased by 9%.
Glencore 2013 final dividend falls in Sterling terms
Adjusted pro forma EBITDA of $13.1bn consistent with 2012, reflecting:
Serco holds 2013 final dividend after tough year
Revenue growth of 5.6% for the Group; growth of 5.9% on an organic basis
Ultra electronics increases 2013 full year dividend by 5.5%
Sustained performance despite the challenging US defence market conditions
Intu can only maintain the dividend for the third year running
David Fischel, Chief Executive of Intu Properties plc, commented
UBM increases 2013 full year dividend by 1.9%
Results for the Full Year ended 31 December 2013
* Revenues from continuing operations(1) up 3.2% to £793.9m; organic revenue
growth of 3.7%
* Adjusted operating profit* from continuing operations(1) up 6.3% to £
186.3m; margin of 23.5%
* Continuing fully diluted adjusted EPS up 12.8% to 53.6p
* Total China revenues up 21% to £174.8m from £144.5m with strong annual and
biennial event performance
* Events organic revenue growth of 6.3%; operating profit, up to £148.9m,
margin of 32.2%
* Marketing Services restructured to align with Events and focus on key
communities
* PR Newswire 1.9% underlying growth and 22.6% margin
* £22.7m exceptional charges reflect Marketing Services restructuring and the
implementation of new UBM-wide finance and reporting system
* Final dividend of 20.5p proposed; total 2013 dividend of 27.2p (2012: 26.7p), up 1.9%
* Leverage improved to 2.2x Net Debt/ EBITDA (2012: 2.5x)
David Levin, UBM's Chief Executive Officer, commented:
"2013 was a year of strategic progress and operational achievement for UBM
against a difficult economic backdrop; the company can look forward to 2014
with confidence.
2013's good revenue and profit growth was bolstered by a strong performance
from our biennial events in the second half of the year. PR Newswire had a
solid year in its core business and maintained its strong profitability. We
disposed of our Data Services business and substantially restructured our
Marketing Services activities to focus on the professional communities our
events serve. We end the year with significantly higher quality earnings and
with the business better positioned for structural growth.
Our strategy to develop UBM as an events-led marketing services and
communications business is proving successful. The growing strength of our
Events business -- focused particularly on large events, and our strong
presence in China and other growth markets -- continues to affirm our strategic
choices and to demonstrate live media is an increasingly significant component
of business to business marketing programmes. PR Newswire has retained its
leading, premium position in the online news and content distribution market,
and is well placed to prosper in the emerging world of digital content
marketing.
As I step down after almost nine years as UBM's CEO, I would like to thank my
colleagues from across UBM -- and also past and present members of the Board -
for their kind support and wise advice as we have built the business together."
Synthomer increases 2013 full year dividend by 9%
Europe and North America (ENA) business impacted by continued weak economic conditions;
Mondi increases 2013 full year dividend by 29%
Full year results for the year ended 31 December 2013
Highlights
* Record financial performance
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+ Underlying operating profit of €699 million, up 22%
+ Underlying earnings of 95 euro cents per share, up 37%
+ ROCE of 15.3%, up 170 basis points
* 2012 packaging acquisitions integrated and synergies on track
* Strategic capital investments on track, with a number of projects completed
* Strong de-leveraging with net debt down by €251 million to €1,621 million
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+ Cash generated from operations exceeded €1 billion for the first time
* Total dividend proposed of 36 euro cents per share, up 29%Euro / pound exchange rate for the dividend will be the 6th May 2013
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