Recent articles for private investors with a focus on dividend announcements
London Stock Exchange increases its 2015 interim dividend by 11%
Continued delivery of strategy - good financial performance driven by contribution from Russell as well as from underlying growth in Capital Markets, Information Services, OTC clearing at LCH.Clearnet and Italian Post Trade operations
Novae increases its 2015 interim dividend by 10.6%
Novae Group plc ("Novae" or "the Group"), the specialist insurance group, today announces its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2015.
Standard Life increases its 2015 interim dividend by 7.5%
Focus on fee business driving growth and performance
Meggitt increases its 2015 interim dividend by 8%
Good organic revenue growth in civil aerospace (+5%) and military (+6%), partially offset by organic decline in energy (-18%).
Ultra Electronics increases its 2015 interim dividend by 4.5%
First half performance in line with our expectations
Fidessa maintains its 2015 interim dividend at last years level
Highlights for the period ended 30th June 2015:
Alent 2015 interim results
Growth in NSV of 1.9% on a reported basis (0.5% on a constant currency basis), reflecting end-market headwinds
Lloyds Banking group pays 0.75p 2015 interim dividend
Improvement in underlying and statutory profit with balance sheet further strengthened
BG Group 2015 Interim results
E&P production up 19% at 703 kboed; full year guidance moved to the upper half of 650 - 690 kboed range
Laird increases its 2015 interim dividend by 3%
Good first half performance in line with expectations
Countrywide maintains its 2015 interim dividend at last years level
Group income grew to £338.6 million, however, a difficult UK housing market led to £41.0 million of EBITDA versus £45.0 million in the same period last year
Millenium and Copthorn maintains its 2015 interim dividend
Group RevPAR grew by 4.0% to £68.28. In constant currency, RevPAR increased by 0.8% from £67.75 to £68.28. Average room rate increased by 2.7% to £96.61 (H1 2014: £94.10) and occupancy fell by 1.2 percentage points to 70.7% (H1 2014: 71.9%).
Astra Zeneca maintains its 2015 interim dividend at $0.90
Total H1 Revenue up 1%; Core Gross margin over 83%, up 1% point
INTU maintains its 2015 interim dividend
The Directors of Intu Properties plc have announced an interim dividend per ordinary share (ISIN GB0006834344) of 4.6 pence (2014 - 4.6 pence) payable on 24 November 2015 (see salient dates below). A scrip dividend alternative will continue to be offered.
The dividend may be partly paid as a Property Income Distribution ("PID") and partly paid as a non-PID. The PID element will be subject to deduction of a 20 per cent withholding tax unless exemptions apply (please refer to the PID special note below). Any non-PID element will be treated as an ordinary UK company dividend. For South African shareholders, any non-PID cash dividends may be subject to deduction of South African Dividends Tax at 15 per cent.
Shareholders will be advised of the PID/non-PID split no later than Friday 2 October 2015.
Dates
The following are the salient dates for the payment of the interim dividend:
Thursday, 8 October 2015
Sterling/Rand exchange rate struck.
Friday, 9 October 2015
Sterling/Rand exchange rate and dividend amount in SA currency announced.
Monday, 19 October 2015
Ordinary shares listed ex-dividend on the JSE, Johannesburg
Thursday, 22 October 2015
Ordinary shares listed ex-dividend on the London Stock Exchange.
Friday, 23 October 2015
Record date for interim dividend in London and Johannesburg.
Friday, 30 October 2015
UK shareholders only: Last date for receipt of Tax Exemption Declaration forms to permit dividends to be paid gross.
Tuesday, 24 November 2015
Dividend payment day for shareholders
South African shareholders should note that, in accordance with the requirements of Strate, the last day to trade cum-dividend will be Friday, 16 October 2015 and that no dematerialisation or rematerialisation of shares will be possible from Monday, 19 October to Friday, 23 October 2015 inclusive. No transfers between the UK and South African registers may take place from Wednesday, 7 October to Sunday, 25 October 2015 inclusive.
Hendersons increases its 2015 interim dividend by 19.2%
Henderson Group plc (Henderson or the Group) published its Interim Results for the six months ended 30 June 2015 on 30 July 2015. The comments below refer to the period from 1 January to 30 June 2015 (the period) unless otherwise stated.
Foreign & Colonial investment trust 2015 interim results
SUMMARY OF UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE HALF-YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2015
Weir group holds its 2015 interim dividend at last years level
Dividend The Board has decided to hold the interim dividend flat at 15.0p (2014: 15.0p). The interim dividend will be paid on 6 November 2015 to shareholders on the register on 9 October 2015.
Rolls Royce increases its 2015 interim 'payment to shareholders' by 3%
Warren East, Chief Executive, said: "Despite the disappointment of our recent update, our second half outlook remains positive and full-year guidance for revenue, profit and cash issued on July 6th remains unchanged. The continued growth in our order book demonstrates the long-term demand for our innovative products and services, and underpins my confidence in the fundamental strength of our business."
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