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RELX
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Total dividend bookyear 2018: £ 0.421
Final dividend
- amount
- £ 0.297
- announcement date
- Apr 25, 2019
- ex-coupon date
- May 2, 2019
- payment date
- Jun 4, 2019
The final dividend proposed by the Board is 29.7p per share, 7% higher than the dividend for the prior year. This gives total dividends for the year of 42.1p (2017: 39.4p).
Dividend cover, based on adjusted earnings per share and the total interim and proposed final dividends for the year, is 2.0 x. The dividend policy is, subject to currency considerations, to grow dividends broadly in line with adjusted earnings per share whilst maintaining dividend cover (defined as the number of times the annual dividend is covered by the adjusted earnings per share) of at least two times over the longer term.
Interim dividend
- amount
- £ 0.124
- announcement date
- ex-coupon date
- Aug 2, 2018
- payment date
- Aug 24, 2018
Source: company website, July 26 2018 (INTERIM RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS TO 30 JUNE 2018)
Dividend: We have announced an interim dividend increase of +6% to 12.4p for RELX PLC and +6% to €0.140 for RELX NV.
02 August 2018 Ex-dividend date – 2018 interim dividend, RELX PLC and RELX NV ordinary shares and ADRs
03 August 2018 Record date – 2018 interim dividend, RELX PLC and RELX NV ordinary shares and ADRs
24 August 2018 Payment date – 2018 interim dividend, RELX PLC and RELX NV ordinary shares
29 August 2018 Payment date – 2018 interim dividend, RELX PLC and RELX NV ADRs
Total dividend bookyear 2017: £ 0.394
Interim dividend
- amount
- £ 0.117
- announcement date
- ex-coupon date
- payment date
Final dividend
- amount
- £ 0.277
- announcement date
- Apr 18, 2018
- ex-coupon date
- Apr 26, 2018
- payment date
- May 22, 2018
The final dividends proposed by the respective Boards are 27.7p per share for RELX PLC and €0.316 per share for RELX NV, 8% and 5% higher respectively compared with the prior year final dividends.
This gives total dividends for the year of 39.4p (2016: 35.95p) and €0.448 (2016: €0.423). The difference in growth rates in the final dividends reflects changes in the euro:sterling exchange rate since the prior year final dividend announcement date.
Total dividend bookyear 2016: £ 0.359
Interim dividend
- amount
- £ 0.102
- announcement date
- ex-coupon date
- payment date
Final dividend
- amount
- £ 0.257
- announcement date
- ex-coupon date
- payment date
Total dividend bookyear 2015: £ 0.297
Interim dividend
- amount
- £ 0.074
- announcement date
- ex-coupon date
- payment date
Source: company website, April 2018
On 1 July 2015, RELX NV undertook a bonus issue of 0.538 RELX NV shares for every existing RELX NV ordinary share held and changed its ADR ratio to 1:1 (previously 2:1). The dividend rates for ordinary shares have been adjusted to take account of the bonus issue and the dividend rates for ADRs have been adjusted to take account of the bonus issue and the ADR ratio change.
Final dividend
- amount
- £ 0.223
- announcement date
- ex-coupon date
- payment date
Source: company website, April 2018
On 1 July 2015, RELX NV undertook a bonus issue of 0.538 RELX NV shares for every existing RELX NV ordinary share held and changed its ADR ratio to 1:1 (previously 2:1). The dividend rates for ordinary shares have been adjusted to take account of the bonus issue and the dividend rates for ADRs have been adjusted to take account of the bonus issue and the ADR ratio change.
Total dividend bookyear 2014: £ 0.260
Interim dividend
- amount
- £ 0.070
- announcement date
- ex-coupon date
- payment date
Source: company website, April 2018
On 1 July 2015, RELX NV undertook a bonus issue of 0.538 RELX NV shares for every existing RELX NV ordinary share held and changed its ADR ratio to 1:1 (previously 2:1). The dividend rates for ordinary shares have been adjusted to take account of the bonus issue and the dividend rates for ADRs have been adjusted to take account of the bonus issue and the ADR ratio change.
Final dividend
- amount
- £ 0.190
- announcement date
- ex-coupon date
- payment date
Source: company website, April 2018
On 1 July 2015, RELX NV undertook a bonus issue of 0.538 RELX NV shares for every existing RELX NV ordinary share held and changed its ADR ratio to 1:1 (previously 2:1). The dividend rates for ordinary shares have been adjusted to take account of the bonus issue and the dividend rates for ADRs have been adjusted to take account of the bonus issue and the ADR ratio change.
Dividend history
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Company information
Source: company website, April 2018
RELX Group is a global provider of information and analytics for professional and business customers across industries. The Group serves customers in more than 180 countries and has offices in about 40 countries. It employs about 30,000 people of whom almost half are in North America. RELX PLC is a London listed holding company which owns 52.9% of RELX Group. RELX NV is an Amsterdam listed holding company which owns 47.1% of RELX Group. The shares are traded on the London, Amsterdam and New York Stock Exchanges using the following ticker symbols: London: REL; Amsterdam: REN; New York: RELX and RENX.
Dividend policy
Source: annual report 2017
The dividend policy of RELX PLC and RELX NV is, subject to currency considerations, to grow dividends broadly in line with adjusted earnings per share while maintaining dividend cover (being the number of times the annual dividend is covered by the adjusted earnings per share) of at least two times over the longer term.