Sector: Gas, Water & Multiutilities

As a result of the progress made with their strategy, the Morses Club Board is delighted to declare an interim dividend of 2.6p per share 

The N Brown Group Plc Board is declaring an interim dividend of 2.83p per share which is flat on last year's interim dividend.

Volution paid an interim dividend of 1.60 pence per share in May 2019. On the basis of their results and financial position, the Volution Board has proposed a final dividend of 3.30 pence per share, giving a total dividend for the financial year of 4.90 pence (2018: 4.44 pence per share), an increase of 10.4% on the previous year.

Despite the underlying profit before tax being down year-on-year, the Board is proposing to increase the interim dividend by 0.05p (2.9%) to 1.80p, which is in line with our stated dividend policy of cover being between 1.5 and 2.0 times underlying earnings per share. 

PHP announces the payment of its fourth quarterly interim dividend in 2019 of 1.4 pence per ordinary share of 12.5 pence each (Ordinary Shares). The dividend will comprise a Property Income Distribution (PID) of 0.5 pence per share and an ordinary dividend of 0.9 pence per share. The Company will be offering a scrip alternative with this dividend.

The Board has declared an interim dividend of 7.8p (2018: 17.9p), which will be payable on 22 November 2019 to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 11 October 2019.

The interim dividend has been set at 2.65 pence per ordinary share, an increase of 58.7% year-on-year. The interim dividend was approved by the Board of Directors on 1 October 2019. As previously announced, they anticipate a split of broadly one-third to two-thirds between the interim and final dividend and expect a full year dividend pay-out ratio of 50%.

The Next Fifteen Board has resolved to pay an interim dividend of 2.5p per share, which is a 15.7% increase on the interim dividend for last year. This will be paid on 22 November 2019 to shareholders whose names appear on the register of members at close of business on 25 October 2019.

Since the end of the financial year, the Directors have proposed a final ordinary dividend of $332 million (145.1 cents per share). The dividend is subject to approval by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting and is therefore not included in the balance sheet as a liability at 31 July 2019.

The ScS dividend policy aims to ensure they target improving returns to shareholders, with earnings cover in the range of 1.25x to 2.00x and cash cover in the range of 1.75x to 2.25x. With this in mind, the Board is proposing a final dividend of 11.20p. If approved, this would give a full-year dividend of 16.70p, an increase of 3.1% on the full-year dividend for 2018.