Legal & General maintains dividend despite COVID

Legal & General paid a total dividend of 17.57p for the full year 2020, combining its interim and final distributions. The group’s board maintained its payout through the COVID period, with the total made up of previously declared interim and final instalments.

The 2020 interim dividend was 4.93p, matching the prior year’s interim level. Legal & General’s final dividend for 2020 was 12.64p.

In the previous year, Legal & General also paid an interim dividend of 4.93p, equal to the 2020 interim. The 2019 dividend schedule showed the same 4.93p interim and 12.64p final combination, supporting the identical 17.57p full-year total.

--- Sources: https://www.legalandgeneralgroup.com/investors/results-reports-and-presentations/ https://group.legalandgeneral.com/en/investors/retail-shareholder-centre/dividend