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18.2 million passengers travelled through Heathrow Airport's four terminals between January and March

Heathrow makes first dividend payment in five years

Heathrow airport has made dividend payments to shareholders for the first time in five years.

Alphabet's shares jumped nearly 16% in after hours trade last night on Wall Street

Google parent Alphabet announces first-ever dividend

Alphabet last night announced its first ever dividend and a $70 billion stock buyback, cheering investors who sent the stock surging nearly 16% after the bell.

Business • 26 Apr 24

Monte dei Paschi di Siena has reached in a single quarter its guidance for the full year

Monte Paschi to pay first dividend in 11 years

State-owned Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena today said it would pay its first dividend in over a decade after posting in the fourth quarter alone the profit analysts had expected for the full year.

Business • 07 Feb 24

Norwegian Air's shareholders may have to wait until 2026 before they receive any cash

Norwegian approves dividend, but shareholders to wait

Norwegian Air's shareholders have voted in favour of the company's first dividend payout since its inception 30 years ago, but may have to wait until 2026 before they receive any cash.

Business • 21 Dec 23

The airline reported a strong half-year profit of €2.18 billion in November

Ryanair to pay 17.5 cent interim dividend in February

Ryanair has said it will pay an interim dividend for the financial year 2024 of 17.5c per share.

Business • 21 Dec 23

PTSB CEO Eamonn Crowley said the removal of the dividend blocker is a landmark event for the bank

PTSB says no longer blocked from paying dividends

PTSB said today that the bank is no longer blocked from paying dividends.

Business • 15 Dec 23

Ryanair's passenger numbers in the six months to September rose by 11% to 105 million passengers while fares were 24% higher than last year

Ryanair forecasts record annual profit as fares soar

Ryanair said today it expects to post a record annual profit and will pay investors a regular dividend for the first time, citing fares that rose 24% during the summer and are likely to remain high for years because of limited capacity.

Business • 06 Nov 23

Marks & Spencer said today it would resume its dividend with an interim payout in November

M&S expects 'modest' revenue growth in 2023/24

Clothing and food retailer Marks & Spencer has today forecast "modest" growth in revenue in its new financial year after 2022-23 profit beat expectations.

Business • 24 May 23

Lloyds Banking Group is the biggest mortgage lender in the UK

Lloyds' full-year profit flat as bad loan charge weighs

Lloyds Banking Group has today reported flat annual profit for 2022, as a jump in income driven by higher interest rates was offset by mounting bad loan provisions.

Business • 22 Feb 23

Minister Eamon Ryan had suggested cutting the dividend being paid on after-tax profits by ESB from 40% to 20%

Ryan wanted to cut ESB dividend in half - FOI

Environment Minster Eamon Ryan wanted to cut in half the dividend being paid to the state by the ESB so that the company could reinvest its profits in energy infrastructure and renewables.

Business • 06 Oct 22

The ESB is among those that have paid a dividend

Commercial semi-states pay out €179m in dividends

Commercial semi-state companies have to date this year paid out aggregate dividends of €179.4m to the Exchequer.

Business • 22 Sep 22

Holiday Inn-owner IHG's annual profits have beaten market expectations

Holiday inn-owner IHG resumes dividend

Holiday Inn-owner IHG has resumed paying a dividend today after reporting an annual profit that beat market expectations due to strong demand for staycations and resort stays in the US.

Business • 22 Feb 22

A sharp rise in oil and gas prices has helped Royal Dutch Shell to reduce its debt levels

Shell to hike shareholder returns after oil price boost

Royal Dutch Shell today said it will boost its planned shareholder returns beginning in the second quarter after a sharp rise in oil and gas prices helped it reduce debt.

Business • 07 Jul 21

Earlier this year, Total Produce announced plans to combine with the Dole Food Company

Total Produce will pay dividend for 2020

Fresh produce company Total Produce said it will pay a final dividend of 2.770 cent per share for 2020.

Business • 22 Apr 21

Grafton, which owns Chadwicks and Woodies, is to pay its second interim dividend next month

Grafton reinstates payment of second interim dividend

The owner of DIY and building retailers Woodies and Chadwicks has announced the reinstatement of its second interim dividend for 2019.

Business • 20 Jan 21

Investors had called for the ECB to relax the rules

ECB eases Covid-19 crisis ban on dividends

The European Central Bank has decided to let banks pay out part of their cumulated 2019-2020 profits to shareholders if they have enough capital, easing a blanket ban on dividends and buybacks set during the first wave of the coronavirus crisis.

Business • 15 Dec 20

Aviva eyes dividend cut, explores Europe, Asia options

Insurer Aviva said it expects to pay a total 2020 dividend that is a third less than before the coronavirus outbreak and is exploring options for its remaining continental European and Asian businesses.

Business • 26 Nov 20

UBS first European bank to pay out full 2019 dividend

UBS shareholders have today approved payment of the second half of its 2019 dividend, making it the first major European bank to pay a full dividend for the year despite turmoil caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Business • 19 Nov 20

Smurfit Kappa's H1 pre-tax profits fell by 16%, while its revenues were down 9%

Smurfit Kappa set to pay interim dividend

Paper and packaging giant Smurfit Kappa has reported lower profits and revenues for the six months to the end of June but said it had decided to pay an interim dividend to shareholders.

Business • 29 Jul 20

BT pulls dividend until 2021/22 due to coronavirus

BT has suspended its dividend and said it would spend billions more on faster fibre broadband connections, as it prepares to meet the challenge posed by the merger of two of its biggest rivals.

Business • 07 May 20

Shell has taken pride in having never cut its dividend since the Second World War

Shell cuts dividend for first time since 1940s

Royal Dutch Shell has cut its dividend for the first time in 80 years and suspended the next tranche of its share buyback programme following the collapse in global oil demand due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Business • 30 Apr 20

HSBC's HK shareholders mull legal action over dividend

HSBC shareholders in Hong Kong are considering calling for an extraordinary meeting with management and taking possible legal action against the bank's decision to scrap dividend payments.

Business • 06 Apr 20

FBD Holdings was planning to seek approval for a €35m dividend at its AGM, but that has also been postponed

FBD postpones AGM, vote on €35m dividend

Insurer FBD Holdings has postponed its planned annual general meeting, which was due to take place on 8 May.

Business • 03 Apr 20

BA has massively reduced flights and warned it will need to cut jobs to survive the Covid-19 emergency

IAG cuts capacity again, scraps dividend over Covid-19

Aer Lingus and British Airways owner IAG is to further reduce its capacity for April and May, while it has also scrapped its 2019 dividend in an attempt to cut costs and shore up liquidity as the coronavirus pandemic rattles the airline industry.

Business • 02 Apr 20

The dividend move from UBS comes as banking supervisors and regulators urge financial houses to reconsider payouts to investors

Swiss bank UBS sticks to 2019 dividend plan

UBS Group said it intends to pay its 2019 dividend, despite guidance from Swiss markets supervisor FINMA, the Swiss government and international banking groups to limit payouts as the coronavirus outbreak hits the global economy.

Business • 30 Mar 20

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