07 August 2023
CELTIC PLC
Scrip Dividend Price
Celtic plc confirms that the scrip dividend reference price for the full year dividend for the financial year ended 30 June 2023, is 130p ("Scrip Reference Price") and will be payable on 31 August 2023. The scrip dividend is available to any shareholders of Celtic plc's Convertible Cumulative Preference Shares of 60p each who have elected to receive ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") in lieu of cash dividends through participation in the Scrip Dividend Scheme.
The Scrip Reference Price has been calculated by taking the average middle market quotation price of Celtic plc's Ordinary Shares derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the day on which the shares were first quoted as ex-dividend (27 July 2023) and the four subsequent dealing days (being 28 July, 31 July, 01 August and 02 August 2023).
Any shareholders entitled to the full year dividend who do not already participate in the Scrip Dividend Scheme and wish to do so, may obtain a mandate form by contacting the Company's Registrar, Computershare Investor Services Plc ("Computershare") on 0370 702 0192 or from the Company's website www.celticfc.com, or from the National Storage Mechanism. This form must be completed and returned to Computershare to arrive no later than the close of business on 9 August 2023 in order for it to be effective for the full year dividend.
The exact number of shares which will require to be issued will be established after 9 August 2023, the final date for receipt of elections to participate in the Scrip Dividend Scheme.
Scrip dividend timetable for the final dividend for the year ended 30 June 2023:
Ex-dividend date: |
27 July 2023 |
Record date: |
28 July 2023 |
Scrip reference price calculation period: |
27 July - 02 August 2023 |
Last date for receipt of Scrip elections: |
9 August 2023 |
Dividend payment/Scrip issue date: |
31 August 2023 |
Enquires:
Celtic plc
Christopher Duffy, Company Secretary 0141 551 4298
Canaccord Genuity Limited
Simon Bridges, Nominated Adviser 0207 523 8350
Gordon Hamilton