UK dividends soar to £15bn in Q1

The latest Report from Capita Registrarshow that UK dividends were 10,3% than in 2010.

London, April 18th, 2011, According to the latest Capita Registrars Dividend Monitor which analyses thousands of dividends, using data provided by financial information specialists Exchange Data International, UK dividends were 10.3% higher in the first quarter of this year than at the same period in 2010.

The total value of dividends paid was boosted by a large special dividend from International Power and BP’s to reinstate payments to shareholders after the Gulf of Mexico disaster. Excluding both of these pay-outs the total figures came to £12.5bn, a healthy underlying increase of 8.7%.