Following the interim ordinary dividend of 1.75p, paid in July 2024, Smiths News proposes to pay a final ordinary dividend of 3.4 pence per share on 6 February 2025 (FY 2023: 2.75p per share) to shareholders on the register on 10 January 2025, which will bring the total proposed dividend for the year to 5.15 pence per share. The ex-dividend date will be 9 January 2025.
Additionally - in line with the Company's revised capital allocation policy and reflecting the greater discretion relating to shareholder distributions allowed by the renegotiation of its banking facilities - the Company proposes to pay a special dividend of 2.0 pence per share, to be paid alongside the final ordinary dividend on 6 February 2025 to shareholder on the register at 10 January 2025.
