Dividend

The Kindred Group’s Board of Directors’ dividend policy is to pay a dividend and/or share buy-backs of up to 50 per cent of the Group’s free cash flow (defined as cash flow from operations, adjusted for movements in working capital, capital investments and tax payments).

In addition to the dividend described above, which would normally be in the form of annual cash dividends, the Board can also decide to distribute one-off dividends or execute share buy-backs, where management and the Board consider that the Group has generated surplus cash that it does not require either to fund its normal operations, acquisitions or other corporate development projects.

When considering both regular and one-off distributions, the Board will take into account the overall cash requirement to ensure that an appropriate capital cash structure is maintained.

Dividend 2017

A dividend of SEK 6.48 (GBP 0.551), was paid out from Euroclear on 22 May 2018 to holders of ordinary shares and SDRs.

It amounts to a total of GBP 125.5 (2016: GBP 71.4) million, which is approximately 75 per cent of the Group’s free cash flow for 2017. The Board has reviewed the projected cash requirements for 2018 and is proposing to increase the dividend this year above the 50 per cent of free cash flow policy.

This is in line with the dividend policy to distribute surplus cash. No dividend is paid on the shares/SDRs held by the Company following the share buy-back programme.

Dividend per share, SEK