The Emis Board has taken into account the consistent underlying growth of the Group, together with its future prospects, and has therefore declared a 10% increase in the interim dividend to 15.6p (2018 H1: 14.2p) per share, payable on 1 November 2019 to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 27 September 2019, which will be payable on 1 November 2019 to shareholders on the register at 27 September 2019. This interim dividend, which will amount to approximately £9,795,000, has not been recognised as a liability in these half year financial statements.
