RE: Final Results8 Mar 2022 09:28
tomglan
Thank you for your reply, I hadn't seen that, however it still dosent make sense to me.
The reason I make a mountain from this mole hill concerns the rules regarding cancellation of dividends, and this muddies the waters somewhat.
Now I'm not suggesting for one moment that I think this is likley, but an interim dividend may be cancelled right up to the payment date, a final dividend must be paid after the XD date.
This could effect my investment decisions. For example I might decide to buy following XD on any fall in the SP that I rightly or wrongly attributed to this event.
Regarding their statement regarding past practice, they have in recent years paid an interim dividend and a final dividend, with any bonus payment being special dividends. If anything this is a deviation from past practice.
I don't believe there is anything untoward, I just don't understand it, and I am not keen on things I don't understand when it comes to my investments.