The Intertek Group Board recommends a full year dividend of 111.7p per share, a year-on-year increase of 5.6%.
The full year dividend of 111.7p equates to a total cost of £181.2m or 50% of adjusted profit attributable to shareholders of the Group for 2023 (2022: £170.6m and 50%). The dividend is covered 2.0 times by earnings (2022: 2.0 times), based on adjusted diluted earnings per share divided by dividend per share.