The Card Factory Board has declared an interim ordinary dividend of 2.9 pence per share (FY19: 2.9 pence).
In addition, the Board is pleased to declare a special dividend of 5.0 pence per share, equating to a special return to shareholders of £17.1m.
Both the interim ordinary dividend and the special dividend will be paid on 19 December 2019 to shareholders on the register at close of business on 8 November 2019. They will, at that point, have returned a total of 100.9 pence per share (£344.3m) to shareholders since IPO in May 2014, which is equivalent to c. 45% of the IPO price.