Annual report and accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 161
Strategic Report
Corporate Governance
Accounts
10. Dividends
Dividends paid in the financial year were as follows:
Final dividend
Interim dividend
Special dividend
2023
per share
2022
per share
2023
£m
2022
£m
10.00p
2.50p
–p
–
2.00p
10.00p
11.1
2.8
–
–
2.2
11.2
12.50p
12.00p
13.9
13.4
The directors have proposed a final dividend in respect of the year ended 29 January 2023 of 10.6p per share. It will be paid on 9 June 2023 to all shareholders who are on
the Register of Members on 12 May 2023.
In the year ended 30 January 2022, following a review of the Group's net cash position and future funding requirements, the Board approved a special dividend of 10.0p per
share recognising the benefit of a number of one-off cash inflows that were outside normal trading.
Dividends payable in respect of the financial year were as follows:
2023
per share
2022
per share
Final dividend
Interim dividend
10.60p
2.50p
10.00p
2.00p
Special dividend
13.10p
–
12.00p
10.00p
Total dividend payable
13.10p
22.00p
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