Recent articles for private investors with a focus on dividend announcements

3i maintains its 2016 interim dividend
Good progression in NAV per share to 401 pence, after the payment of the 14 pence final FY2015 dividend

Burberry increases its 2016 interim dividend by 5%
Highlights for the six months to 30 September 2015

TalkTalk increases its 2016 interim dividend by 15%
Strong acceleration in growth with Q2 revenues up 5.9% (H1: +4.7%)

Sophos 2016 interim results
H1 like-for-like billings growth of 24.2 percent year-over-year ("YOY") with growth across all major regions and product categories

Fenner maintains its 2015 final dividend
Results in line with expectations; underlying profit before taxation of £42.5m and underlying earnings per share of 15.5p

Great Portland Estates increases its 2016 interim dividend by 2.9%
Continued strong growth in both capital and rental values, outperforming London market

AdePT telecom increases its 2016 interim dividend by 33%
Total revenue increased by 22.8% to £13.9 million (2014: £11.3 million)

National Grid 2016 interim results
Steve Holliday, Chief Executive, said: "Our business has delivered a strong performance in the first half of the year while maintaining high standards of safety and reliability for our customers and increasing our level of investment. Headline profits have benefited from an excellent performance from our interconnectors and property activities, which are strongly weighted towards the first half."

DCC increases its 2016 interim dividend by 15%
26.1% growth in Group operating profit, driven in particular by the performances of DCC Energy and DCC Healthcare.

Associated British Foods increases its 2015 full year dividend by 3%
George Weston, Chief Executive of Associated British Foods, said:

E2V technologies increases its 2015 interim dividend by 6.7%
Reported revenue growth of 7.0%, at constant exchange rates up 5.1%

Braemar Shipping maintains it 2016 interim dividend at last years level
Braemar Shipping Services plc (LSE: BMS), a leading international provider of broking, consultancy, technical and other services to the shipping, marine, energy, offshore and insurance industries, today announces unaudited half-year results for the six months ended 31 August 2015.
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