Shareholder Information

Top 10 Institutional Shareholding

Last updated on 2 January 2024

Shareholder Number of shares held Percentage Shareholding
PrimeStone Capital LLP 13,075,114 9.8%
Liontrust Investment Management LLP 9,422,787 7.1%
Fidelity Investments 7,627,170 5.7%
Aberdeen Investment Management Ltd 5,741,783 4.3%
Soros Fund Management LLC 4,300,658 3.2%
UBS Private Banking 3,892,295 2.9%
Soros Fund Management LLC 3,661,266 2.7%
Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management (CI) 2,782,852 2.1%
Rathbones 2,580,728 1.9%
Blackrock 2,521,142 1.9%

Total outstanding shares as at 2 January 2024: 133,606,918

There are no other exchanges or trading platforms on which SMS Plc securities are trading.

Dividend History

Interim Dividend Final Dividend Total Dividend
2022 15.125p per ordinary share 15.125p per ordinary share 30.25p per ordinary share
2021 13.75p per ordinary share 13.75p per ordinary share 27.5p per ordinary share
2020 12.5p per ordinary share 12.5p per ordinary share 25p per ordinary share
2019 2.30p per ordinary share 4.58p per ordinary share 6.88p per ordinary share
2018 2.00p per ordinary share 3.98p per ordinary share 5.98p per ordinary share
2017 1.74p per ordinary share 3.46p per ordinary share 5.20p per ordinary share
2016 1.37p per ordinary share 2.73p per ordinary share 4.10p per ordinary share
2015 1.10p per ordinary share 2.20p per ordinary share 3.30p per ordinary share
2014 0.94p per ordinary share 1.88p per ordinary share 2.82p per ordinary share
2013 0.70p per ordinary share 1.61p per ordinary share 2.31p per ordinary share
2012 0.50p per ordinary share 1.15p per ordinary share 1.65p per ordinary share

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