(the 'Company')
Third quarterly interim dividend
Legal Entity Identifier: 549300NFZYYFSCD52W53
Information disclosed in accordance with DTR
The Directors have declared that a third quarterly interim dividend of
As announced in the Annual Report, the Board intends to raise the first three quarterly interim dividends in 2025 to 8.40p per share, from 8.25p per share in the previous financial year, subject to any unforeseen factors and the financial position and performance of the Company at the relevant time.
The Company has increased its total annual dividend for 52 consecutive years and the Board's dividend policy remains to seek to increase the dividend each year and, taking a run of years together, to increase dividends at a rate close to, or above, the rate of inflation.
The Company offers the option for shareholders to invest their dividend in a Dividend Reinvestment Plan ('DRIP'), which is managed by the Company's registrar. For details on the DRIP, please contact the Company's Registrar,
The key dates relating to this dividend are given below:
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For further information, please contact: |
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Company Secretary 0800 20 40 20 (or +44 1268 44 44 70)
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