The Spectris Board is proposing to pay a final dividend of 46.5 pence per share. This would represent a 7.6% increase on the declared 2019 final dividend, which was postponed. The Group paid an additional interim dividend of 43.2 pence in October and the 2020 interim dividend of 21.9 pence in November. Although the Group took a short-term decision to defer the 2019 final dividend in response to the uncertainty caused by COVID-19, there is no change to their underlying policy of making progressive dividend payments based upon affordability and sustainability. The dividend will be paid on 30 June to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 14 May. The ex-dividend date is 13 May.
