11 Aug 2022 07:00
11 August 2022
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The Berkeley Group Holdings plc
(the "Company")
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DIVIDEND DECLARATION
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The Directors of the Company are pleased to announce that an interim dividend of 21.25 pence per share will be paid on 9 September 2022 to shareholders on the Company's register of members at close of business on 19 August 2022. The ex-dividend date is 18 August 2022.
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The target return under the ongoing Shareholder Returns Programme for the twelve months to 30 September 2022 is Ā£282,237,338 ('Qualifying Return'). In September 2021, the Company made a return to shareholders of Ā£3.71 per share via a B-share Capital Return scheme, which included an accelerated amount of Ā£141,118,669 in respect of the ongoing Shareholder Returns Programme for the six months to 31 March 2022. Accordingly, the table below sets out how the Qualifying Return is being satisfied:Ā
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Qualifying Return | £282,237,338 |
Shareholder return for six months to 31 March 2022 accelerated as part of September 2021 B-share Capital Return | £141,118,669 |
Shareholder return satisfied through share buy-backs | £117,774,630 |
Shareholder return to be satisfied as dividend to be paid 9 September 2022 | £23,344,039 |
Number of shares eligible for dividend * | 109,878,507 |
Dividend per share now being declared | 21.25 pence |
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* Excluding shares held in Treasury and by the Employee Benefit Trust
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The Directors also announce that the next £141,118,669 shareholder return will be provided by 31 March 2023 through a combination of dividends and share buy-backs. This amount will be increased appropriately in the event that any new shares are issued either from treasury or as newly listed shares. The amount to be paid as a dividend will be announced prior to the end of February 2023, taking account of any share buy-backs made in the intervening period.
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Ann Dibben
Company Secretary
The Berkeley Group Holdings plc
Tel: 01932 868555
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Tim Robertson
Novella Communications
Tel: 020 3151 7008
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LEI: 2138009OQSSLVVHQAL78
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