Micro Focus International are to announce that their interim dividend will be 8.80 cents. This dividend is consistent with dividend policy of five times covered adjusted earnings for the full year, which they intend to pay approximately one third by way of interim and two thirds by way of final dividend.
The dividend will be paid on 6 August 2021 to shareholders on the register as at 23 July 2021. The dividend will be paid in pounds sterling and the sterling amount payable per share will be fixed and announced approximately two weeks prior to the payment date, based on the average spot exchange rate over the five business days preceding the announcement date.