Recent articles for private investors with a focus on dividend announcements

Direct Line Insurance Group Plc has announced an interim dividend of 7.6 pence per share
Direct Line Insurance Group Plc has announced an interim dividend of 7.6 pence per share (2021: 7.6 pence). The interim dividend is scheduled to be paid on 9 September 2022 to shareholders on the register on 12 August 2022. The ex-dividend date will be 11 August 2022.

BP Plc announced an interim dividend of 6.006 cents per ordinary share
BP Plc announced an interim dividend of 6.006 cents per ordinary share which is expected to be paid on 23 September 2022 to ordinary shareholders and American Depositary Share (ADS) holders on the register on 12 August 2022. The ex-dividend date will be 11 August 2022.

Fresnillo Plc has declared an interim dividend of 3.40 US cents per Ordinary Share
Fresnillo Plc has declared an interim dividend of 3.40 US cents per Ordinary Share totalling US$25.1 million, which will be paid on 14 September 2022 to shareholders on the register on 12 August 2022.

Synthomer Plc announces an interim dividend of 4.0 pence per ordinary share
Synthomer Plc announces an interim dividend of 4.0 pence per ordinary share was approved by on 1 August 2022 and will be paid on 4 November 2022 to members on the register at the close of business on 7 October 2022. The final dividend of 21.3 pence per ordinary share in respect of 2021, which was approved by the AGM on 28 April 2022, was paid on 5 July 2022.

Genel Energy Plc has announced an interim dividend retained at 6¢ per share
Genel Energy Plc has announced an interim dividend retained at 6¢ per share. The ex-dividend date is 15 September 2022. The record date is 16 September 2022. The payment date is 14 October 2022.

Domino's Pizza Group Plc have announced an interim dividend of 3.2p
Domino's Pizza Group Plc have announced an interim dividend of 3.2p (£13.9m).

Man Group Plc has declared an interim dividend of 5.6¢
Man Group Plc announced a share buyback of $125 million on 30 June and has declared an interim dividend of 5.6¢ per share (30 June 2021: 5.6¢). The ex-dividend date for this dividend is 11 august 2022. The record date is 12 August 2022. The payment date is 09 September 2022.

Capital & Counties Properties Plc has declared an interim dividend of 0.8 pence per share
Capital & Counties Properties Plc has declared an interim dividend of 0.8 pence per share (30 June 2021: 0.5 pence per share). The interim dividend will be paid as a PID on 19 September 2022 to shareholders on the register at 26 August 2022.

Coats Group Plc has declared an interim dividend of 0.70 cents per share
Coats Group Plc has declared an interim dividend of 0.70 cents per share, up 15% vs the 2021 interim dividend (0.61c). The interim dividend will be paid on 16 November 2022 to ordinary shareholders on the register at 21 October 2022, with an ex-dividend date of 20 October 2022. The proposed full year dividend will be announced in March 2023 alongside the Full Year 2022 results.

Rotork Plc has declared an interim dividend of 2.4p per share
Rotork Plc has declared an interim dividend of 2.4p per share which is equivalent to 2.0 times cover based on adjusted earnings per share. The interim dividend will be payable on 23 September 2022 to shareholders on the register on 19 August 2022.

Keller has announced an interim dividend to 13.2p
Keller has announced a 5% increase in the interim dividend to 13.2p (2021: 12.6p), payable on 9 September 2022 to shareholders on the register as at 19 August 2022.

The NWF Group is recommending a final dividend of 6.5p per share
The NWF Group is recommending a final dividend of 6.5p per share, to be paid to shareholders on 9 December 2022 (2021: 6.2p) giving a total dividend of 7.5p per share (2021: 7.2p), a 4.2% increase on the prior year. This is the eleventh year that the NWF Group has increased the dividend.

Senior Plc announces an interim dividend of 0.30 pence per share
Senior Plc is reinstating dividend payments and has approved an interim dividend of 0.30 pence per share (H1 2021 nil pence). It will be paid on 11 November 2022 to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 14 October 2022.

Pearson Plc has declared an interim dividend of 6.6p per equity share
Pearson Plc has declared an interim dividend of 6.6p per equity share, payable on 19 September 2022 to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 12 August 2022. This interim dividend, which will absorb an estimated £49m of shareholders' funds, has not been included as a liability as at 30 June 2022.

Spectris announces an interim dividend of 24.1p per share
Spectris announces an interim dividend of 24.1p per share, which will be payable on 11 November 2022 to ordinary shareholders on the register at the close of business on 7 October 2022.

XP Power Ltd has declared a dividend of 19.0 pence per share
XP Power Ltd has declared a second quarter dividend of 19.0 pence per share (2021: 19.0 pence per share). Together with the first quarter dividend, this brings the total first half dividends declared to 37.0 pence per share (H1 2021 total dividends 37.0 pence). The ex-dividend date for the second quarter dividend will be 8 September 2022 and the dividend will be paid on 13 October 2022 to shareholders on the register at the record date of 9 September 2022.

HSBC Holdings Plc approved an interim dividend of $0.09 per ordinary share
On 1 August 2022, HSBC Holdings Plc approved an interim dividend for the 2022 half-year of $0.09 per ordinary share in respect of the financial year ending 31 December 2022. This distribution amounts to approximately $1,800m and will be payable on 29 September 2022.

Intertek Group Plc have approved an interim dividend of 34.2p per share
Intertek Group Plc have approved an interim dividend of 34.2p per share to be paid on 6 October 2022 to shareholders on the register at close of business on 16 September 2022.

Morgan Advanced Materials Plc has resolved to pay an interim dividend of 5.3 pence per ordinary share
Morgan Advanced Materials Plc has resolved to pay an interim dividend of 5.3 pence per ordinary share. The interim dividend will be paid on 18 November 2022 to Ordinary shareholders on the register of members at the close of trading on 28 October 2022. The ex-dividend date will be 27 October 2022. This compares to an interim dividend paid in the fourth quarter of 2021 of 3.2 pence per Ordinary share.

IMI announce an interim of 8.3p per share
The IMI Board is recommending a 2022 interim dividend of 8.3p per share (2021: 7.9p per share). Payment will be made on 16 September 2022 to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 12 August 2022.

Jupiter Fund Management nterim dividend unchanged at 7.9p per share
The Jupiter Fund Management Board has declared an interim dividend for the period of 7.9p per ordinary share. This dividend will be paid on 31 August 2022 to ordinary shareholders on the register at close of business on 12 August 2022. This dividend amounts to £43.7m (before adjusting for any dividends waived on shares in the EBT).

Bodycote Plc has declared an interim dividend of 6.4p
Bodycote Plc has declared an interim dividend for 2022 of 6.4p (2021: 6.2p) which will be paid on 4 November 2022 to all shareholders on the register at close of business on 7 October 2022.

Rightmove PLC announce an interim dividend for 2022 up 10% to 3.3p
The Rightmove PLC Directors are recommending an interim dividend of 3.3p per ordinary share, which will be paid on 28 October 2022 to all shareholders on the register at 30 September 2022.

Standard Chartered Plc has recommended an interim dividend of 4 cents per share
Standard Chartered Plc has recommended an interim dividend for HY 2022 of $119 million or 4 cents per share on 14 October 2022 to shareholders on the UK register of members at the close of business in the UK on 12 August 2022.

NatWest Group Plc approved an interim dividend of £0.45 per share
On 28 July 2022, NatWest Group Plc approved an interim dividend of £180 million or £0.45 per shar, to be declared and payable to NatWest Group plc on 29 July 2022.

Astrazenca plc announce an interim dividend declared of $0.93
The Astrazenca plc announce an interim dividend declared of $0.93 (76.4 pence, 9.49 SEK) per ordinary share

Restore PLC announce an interim dividend declared of 2.6p per share
The Restore PLC Directors declare an interim dividend of 2.6p per share (2021: £2.5p). The estimated dividend to be paid is £3.6m (2021: £3.4m) and will be paid to shareholder on 14 October 2022 to shareholders on the register on 16 September 2022.

St. James's Place announce an interim dividend of 15.59 pence per share
The St. James's Place Board has declared an interim dividend for 2022 of 15.59 pence per share

Schroders announce an interim dividend of 37pence per share
The Schroders Board has declared an interim dividend of 37.0 pence per share (interim dividend 2021: 37.0 pence), amounting to £100.6 million (H1 2021: £101.3 million) in total. The dividend will be paid on 25 August 2022 to shareholders on the register at 5 August 2022.

Smith & Nephew Plc announces an interim dividend fof 14.4¢ per share
Smith & Nephew Plc announces an interim dividend fof 14.4¢ per share (28.8¢ per ADS), in line with last year (H1 2021: 14.4¢ per share). This equates to 12.0p per share at prevailing exchange rates as of 22 July 2022. This dividend is payable on 26 October 2022 to shareholders whose names appear on the register at the close of business on 30 September 2022 (see Note 5 to the Interim Financial Statements for further detail).

Forterra Plc has declared an interim dividend of 4.6 pence per share
Forterra Plc has declared an interim dividend of 4.6 pence per share (2021: 3.2 pence per share) and will be paid on 14 October 2022 to shareholders on the register at 23 September 2022. This interim dividend has not been recognised as a liability at 30 June 2022. It will be recognised in shareholders equity in the Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2022.

Rathbones Group announce interim dividend of 28pence per share
In line with their progressive dividend policy, Rathbones Group have increased their interim dividend 3.7% to 28p (30 June 2021: 27p). The record date will be 2 September 2022 and the dividend will be paid on 4 October 2022.

Robert Walters announce an interim dividend of 6.5pence per share
Robert Walters PLC announce an interim dividend will be increased by 20% to 6.5p per share (2021: 5.4p) and will be paid on 30 September 2022 to those shareholders on the Company's register as at 2 September 2022.

BAE Systems Plc have declared an interim dividend of 10.4p per share
BAE Systems Plc have declared an interim dividend of 10.4p per share in respect of the half year ended 30 June 2022. This dividend will be payable on 30 November 2022. BAE Systems Plc have also approved a new share buyback programme of up to £1.5bn over the next three years, which will commence immediately.

Barclays Plc announces a half year dividend for 2022 of 2.25p per ordinary share
Barclays Plc announces a half year dividend for 2022 of 2.25p per ordinary share that will be paid on 16 September 2022 to shareholders on the register on 12 August 2022.

Foxtons Group Plc has declared an interim dividend of 0.20p per share
Foxtons Group Plc has declared an interim dividend of 0.20p per share (2021: 0.18p per share) which will be paid on 27 September 2022 to shareholders on the register at 26 August 2022.

Cohort recommends a final dividend of 8.35 pence per share
The Cohort Board is recommending a final dividend of 8.35 pence per ordinary share (2021: 7.60 pence), making a total dividend of 12.20 pence per ordinary share (2021: 11.10 pence) for the year, a 10% increase. The dividend has been increased every year since the Group's IPO in 2006. It will be payable on 4 October 2022 to shareholders on the register at 26 August 2022, subject to approval at the Annual General Meeting on 27 September 2022.

FDM Group (Holdings) Plc declared an interim dividend of 17.0 pence per ordinary share
FDM Group (Holdings) Plc declared an interim dividend of 17.0 pence per ordinary share (2021: 15.0 pence), which will be payable on 30 September 2022 to shareholders on the register on 26 August 2022.

Weir Group Plc has announced an interim dividend of 13.5 pence per share
Weir Group Plc has announced an interim dividend of 13.5 pence per share, up 17%. The ex-dividend date for the interim dividend is 6 October 2022. The record date for the interim dividend is 7 October 2022. The interim dividend is to be paid on 4 November 2022

Segro PLC announce an interim dividend increased by 9 per cent to 8.1 pence
The Segro plc Board has declared an increase in the interim dividend of 0.7 pence per share to 8.1 pence (H1 2021: 7.4 pence), a rise of 9.5 per cent. This will be paid as an ordinary dividend on 23 September 2022 to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 12 August 2022.

Rentokil announce an interim dividend 2.4pence per share
The Rentokil Board is declaring an interim dividend payment of 2.4p, a 15.0% increase on H1 2021, payable to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 5 August 2022 and to be paid on 12 September 2022. The last day for DRIP elections is 19 August 2022.

Centrica Plc announces an interim dividend of 1.0p per share
Centrica Plc announces an interim dividend of 1.0p per share that will be paid on 17 November 2022 to shareholders on the register on 7 October 2022.

RELX PLC announce an interim dividend of 15.7p
RELX Plc are declaring an interim dividend of 15.7p (14.3p), an increase of +10%

Vesuvius Plc has declared an interim dividend of 6.5 pence per share
Vesuvius Plc has declared an interim dividend of 6.5 pence per share, which is a 5% increase on the interim dividend for H1 2021 of 6.2 pence per share. The interim dividend will be paid on 16 September 2022 to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 5 August 2022. Any shareholder wishing to participate in the Vesuvius Dividend Reinvestment Plan needs to have submitted their election to do so by 25 August 2022.

Anglo American has proposed a dividend of $1.24 per share
The Anglo American Board has proposed a dividend of $1.24 per share for the six months to 30 June 2022 (30 June 2021: $1.71 ordinary dividend per share and $0.80 special dividend per share), equivalent to $1.5 billion (30 June 2021: $3.1 billion including special dividend).

Inchcape Plc has declared a final dividend of 7.5p per ordinary share
Inchcape Plc has declared a final dividend of 7.5p per ordinary share which will be paid on 2 September 2022 to shareholders on the register at close of business on 5 August 2022. The Dividend Reinvestment Plan is available to ordinary shareholders and the final date for receipt of elections to participate is 12 August 2022.

ITV have declared an interim dividend of 1.7pence per share
The ITV Board has declared an interim dividend of 1.7p and remains committed to paying a total dividend of at least 5p for the full year

Rotala announces an interim dividend of 0.5p per share
The Rotala Board has declared an interim dividend of 0.5p per share which will be paid on 9 September 2022 to shareholders on the register on 19 August 2022.

Diageo Plc announces a final dividend of 46.82 pence per share
A final dividend of 46.82 pence per share was recommended by Diageo Plc on 27 July 2022 for approval by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting scheduled to be held on 6 October 2022 bringing the full year dividend to 76.18 pence per share for the year ended 30 June 2022. The ex-dividend date both for holders of ordinary shares and for US ADR holders is 25 August 2022. The final dividend, once approved by shareholders, will be paid to holders of ordinary shares on 20 October 2022 and payment to US ADR holders will be made on 25 October 2022.
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