Information on shareholder dividends

Latest dividend

14p

Final dividend

14/05/21

Payment date

09/04/21

Record date

08/04/21

Ex-dividend date

The Board has declared a 14 pence per share final dividend in respect of the 2020 financial year.

Find out more about our dividend history.

Payment options

You can choose how you’d like to receive your dividends:

1. Have your dividend paid in cash:

  • into your UK bank account
  • into your Eurozone bank account
  • through the Global Payment Service provided by our Registrar, Computershare. This option lets you take your dividends in one of 127 currencies. Visit Computershare's FAQs for more information, including fees.

2. Join our Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP).This option lets you use your dividends to buy more Aviva ordinary shares, instead of taking them as cash.

There’s no entry fee and you can leave at any time at no charge. If you join you will pay commission, currently at 0.75% (subject to a minimum of £2.50), and stamp duty reserve tax, currently at 0.5%, on the market value of the Aviva ordinary shares we buy for you with your dividend payments. You can find full details in the DRIP terms and conditions.

If you’d like to join, do it online or by completing a form available from Computershare. You need to join at least 15 working days before a dividend payment date, or you’ll have to wait until your next dividend payment to get started. 

Please note: our DRIP is available to ordinary shareholders and members of the Aviva Share Account. Our service is for shareholders in the UK and some countries outside Europe. This service is not available to shareholders resident in the European Union. See clause 2.1 of our terms and conditions.

Tell us how you want us to pay your dividends

You need to tell us, through Computershare, how you’d like us to pay your dividends. If we don’t get your payment instruction, we’ll hold your dividends for you. Once we get your instruction, we’ll pay any unpaid dividends to you free of charge (subject to currency charges).

Dividend policy

On 26 November, we announced a new sustainable and resilient dividend policy, based on our core markets of the UK, Ireland and Canada. As we simplify Aviva’s portfolio, we will deliver further value to shareholders by returning excess capital above 180% solvency cover ratio, once our debt leverage target has been reached. The expected 2020 total dividend of 21.0 pence per share is expected to grow by low to mid-single digits.

Current and historical dates

Aviva

Type Ex-dividend date Record date Payment date ADR Payment date Dividend pence per share

Interim

26 Aug 21

27 Aug 21

01 Oct 21

07 Oct 21

TBC*
Final 8 Apr 21 9 Apr 21 14 May 21 20 May 21 14.00p
Interim 10 Dec 20 11 Dec 20 21 Jan 21 27 Jan 21 7.00p
Interim 13 Aug 20 14 Aug 20 24 Sep 20 30 Sep 20 6.00p
Interim 15 Aug 19 16 Aug 19 26 Sep 19 2 Oct 19 9.50p
Final  11 Apr 19 12 Apr 19 30 May 19 5 Jun 19 20.75p
Interim  16 Aug 18 17 Aug 18 24 Sep 18 28 Sep 18 9.25p
Final  5 Apr 18 6 Apr 18 17 May 18 23 May 18 19.00p
Interim  5 Oct 17 6 Oct 17 17 Nov 17 23 Nov 17  8.40p 
Final 6 Apr 17 7 Apr 17 17 May 17 23 May 17 15.88p
Interim 6 Oct 16 7 Oct 16 17 Nov 16 23 Nov 16 7.42p
Final 7 Apr 16 8 Apr 16 17 May 16 23 May 16 14.05p

Interim

8 Oct 15

9 Oct 15

17 Nov 15

23 Nov 15

6.75p

Final

7 Apr 15

8 Apr 15

17 May 15

21 May 15

12.25p

Interim

9 Oct 14

10 Oct 14

17 Nov 14

21 Nov 14

5.85p

Final

2 Apr 14

4 Apr 14

16 May 14

22 May 14

9.40p

Interim

18 Sep 13

20 Sep 13

15 Nov 13

21 Nov 13

5.60p

Final

20 Mar 13

22 Mar 13

17 May 13

24 May 13

9.00p

Interim

19 Sep 12

21 Sep 12

16 Nov 12

23 Nov 12

10.00p

Final

21 Mar 12

23 Mar 12

17 May 12

24 May 12

16.00p


* All dates are provisional until each dividend has been declared by the Board. 

Aviva

Holding Ex Dividend date Record date Payment date
8 ¾% 03 Jun 21 04 Jun 21 30 Jun 21
8 ⅜% 04 Mar 21 05 Mar 21 31 Mar 21
8 ¾% 03 Dec 20 04 Dec 20 31 Dec 20
8 ⅜% 03 Sep 20 04 Sep 20 30 Sep 20

8 ¾%

04 Jun 20

05 Jun 20

30 Jun 20

8 ⅜%

05 Mar 20

06 Mar 20

31 Mar 20
8 ¾% 05 Dec 19 06 Dec 19 31 Dec 19
8 ⅜% 05 Sep 19 06 Sep 19 30 Sep 19
8 ¾%  06 Jun 19 07 Jun 19 30 Jun 19#
8 ⅜% 07 Mar 19 08 Mar 19 31 Mar 19#
8 ¾% 29 Nov 18 30 Nov 18 31 Dec 18
8 ⅜% 06 Sep 18 07 Sep 18 30 Sep 18#
8 ¾%  07 Jun 18 08 Jun 18  30 Jun 18# 
8 ⅜% 08 Mar 18 09 Mar 18 31 Mar 18# 


# As the payment date falls on a non-working day, payment will be made on the first working day following the payment date.

* All dates are provisional until each dividend has been declared by the Board. 

 

General Accident plc

Holding Ex Dividend date Record date Payment date
7 7/8% 04 Mar 21 05 Mar 21  1 Apr 21
8 7/8% 03 Dec 20 04 Dec 20 01 Jan 21
7 7/8% 03 Sep 20 04 Sep 20 1 Oct 20
8 7/8% 05 Jun 20 06 Jun 20 01 Jul 20

7 ⅞%

05 Mar 20

06 Mar 20

01 Apr 20

8 ⅞%

05 Dec 19

06 Dec 19

01 Jan 20#
7 ⅞% 05 Sep 19 06 Sep 19 01 Oct 19
8 ⅞% 06 Jun 19 07 Jun 19 30 Jun 19#
7 ⅞% 07 Mar 19 08 Mar 19 01 Apr 19
8 ⅞% 29 Nov 18  30 Nov 18  01 Jan 19# 
7 ⅞%
 06 Sep 18   07 Sep 18 
 01 Oct 18 
8 ⅞% 07 Jun 18  08 Jun 18  01 Jul 18# 
7 ⅞%
 08 Mar 18 09 Mar 18 01 Apr 18#
8 ⅞%
 30 Nov 17 01 Dec 17 01 Jan 18#
7 ⅞% 07 Sep 17 08 Sep 17 01 Oct 17#
8 ⅞% 08 Jun 17 09 Jun 17 01 Jul 17#
7 ⅞% 09 Mar 17 10 Mar 17 01 Apr 17#


# As the payment date falls on a non-working day, payment will be made on the first working day following the payment date.

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