FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 25th May 2022
Manx Financial Group PLC (the "Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
Dividend Declaration
The Company is pleased to announce that at the AGM held today all resolutions tabled were duly passed.
As a consequence, the Company is pleased to announce a dividend of 0.2443 pence per Ordinary Share for the period from 1st January 2021 to 31st December 2021, calculated as being 10% of the profit after tax available to Shareholders. The dividend will be paid on 23rd June 2022 to holders of Ordinary Shares recorded on the register on 6th June 2022.
The Company is also offering a Scrip Dividend Scheme under which Shareholders may elect to receive New Ordinary Shares in lieu of the cash dividend ("Scrip Shares"). The price of a New Ordinary Shares to be issued under the Scrip Dividend Scheme will be calculated taking the lowest daily Volume Weighted Average Price ("VWAP") derived from the Daily Official List of the London Stock Exchange plc during the period of twenty dealing days prior to (and including) the Ex-Dividend Date (capped at 20% discount to the VWAP of Ordinary Shares on the Ex-Dividend Date).
A Scrip Dividend Circular will be posted to all Shareholders on 30th May 2022 in respect of the financial year ended 31st December 2021 and will be available from that date on the Company's website (www.mfg.im/investor-centre/aim-rule-26 - Circulars Section).
The reference price for the Scrip Shares will be calculated and published on or around 9th June 2022. Admission of the Scrip Shares to trading on AIM is anticipated to be 23rd June 2022.
Shareholders will receive the dividend in cash unless they have completed the Scrip Dividend Mandate (for holders of Ordinary Shares in certificated form) or a CREST Dividend Election Input Message (for holders of Ordinary Shares in CREST only).
Expected timetable:
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| Shares quoted ex-dividend | 1st June 2022 | ||
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| Record date for dividend | 6th June 2022 | ||
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| Scrip Price Announcement | 9th June 2022 | ||
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| Final time and date for receipt of Scrip Dividend Mandates and submission of CREST elections | 5.00 p.m. London time on 13th June 2022 | ||
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| Dividend Payment | 23rd June 2022 | ||
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| CREST stock account credited with new Ordinary Shares | 23rd June 2022 | ||
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| Admission of the Scrip Shares to trading on AIM | 23rd June 2022 | ||
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THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (EU No. 596/2014) AS IT FORMS PART OF UK DOMESTIC LAW BY VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018. UPON THE PUBLICATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT VIA A REGULATORY INFORMATION SERVICE, THIS INSIDE INFORMATION IS NOW CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN AND SUCH PERSONS SHALL THEREFORE CEASE TO BE IN POSSESSION OF INSIDE INFORMATION.
For further information, please contact:
| Manx Financial Group PLC Denham Eke, Chief Executive Tel: +44 (0) 1624 694694
| Beaumont Cornish Limited Roland Cornish/James Biddle Tel: +44 (0) 20 7628 3396
| Greentarget Limited Dafina Grapci-Penney Tel: +44 (0) 203 963 1887
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