IN BRIEF: Manchester & London Investment Trust sets dividend floor
Manchester & London Investment Trust PLC - technology-focused growth-stock investor - Promises to pay a minimum cash dividend of 40 pence per share each year over the next five years, representing a 5% yield on Wednesday's closing stock price. This is up from 28p in special and ordinary dividends paid in its recent financial year, which ended on July 31. Back in September, Manchester & London paused its share buybacks programme, as public ownership of the trust had fallen near to the 35% minimum. The new minimum dividend committment addresses shareholder concerns that total capital returns via dividends and buybacks were set to fall as a result, the trust says. Read More