The Cohort Board is recommending a final dividend of 8.35 pence per ordinary share (2021: 7.60 pence), making a total dividend of 12.20 pence per ordinary share (2021: 11.10 pence) for the year, a 10% increase. The dividend has been increased every year since the Group's IPO in 2006. It will be payable on 4 October 2022 to shareholders on the register at 26 August 2022, subject to approval at the Annual General Meeting on 27 September 2022.