As audited accounts start to trickle in, companies will propose dividend payments to their shareholders; as recommended by their respective boards of directors.
It is also important to track these announcements to know who is eligible to collect the dividend; when it will be approve. Dividend payment also affects share prices.
Date announced The date the company announced dividends, evidenced by a corporate action published on the website of the Stock Exchange.
Dividend during the year – This represents all the dividend announcements made by a company in a given year.
Total dividends – This is the summation of a company’s interim dividend (often announce in a prior year) and the final dividend announce following the publishing of a full-year annual report (after being announce in the first quarter of the year).