Dividend history

In this section you will find the following information:

  • Irish Life & Permanent plc (formerly Irish Permanent plc) dividend history.
  • Irish Life plc dividend history - prior to the merger with Irish Permanent plc in April 1999.
  • Dividend Withholding Tax (DWT) explained – details in relation to tax that is applied on dividends made by Irish companies on or after 6 April 1999.

For your personal dividend history access the My Shareholding page of the website.

  • Irish Life & Permanent plc - Dividend History
  • Dividends are paid on shares twice a year, generally in May and November.

    Description Pay Date Ex-Div Date Record Date Currency Gross amount per share DWT %
    Interim '08 12 Nov '08 01/10/08 03/10/08 Euro cent 22.50 20
    Final ’07 23 May ’08 23/04/08 25/04/08 Euro cent 52.50 20
    Interim ‘07 14 Nov '07 03/10/07 05/10/07 Euro cent 22.50 20
    Final ‘06 23 May '07 25/04/07 27/04/07 Euro cent 47.90 20
    Interim ‘06 15 Nov '06 04/10/06 06/10/06 Euro cent 20.10 20
    Final ‘05 31 May '06 26/04/06 28/04/06 Euro cent 42.80 20
    Interim '05 16 Nov '05 05/10/05 07/10/05 Euro cent 17.70 20
    Final '04 25 May '05 27/04/05 29/04/05 Euro cent 38.50 20
    Interim '04 15 Nov '04 06/10/04 08/10/04 Euro cent 16.50 20
    Final '03 26 May '04 28/04/04 30/04/04 Euro cent 36.00 20
    Interim '03 17 Nov '03 08/10/03 10/10/03 Euro cent 15.00 20
    Final '02 28 May '03 23/04/03 25/04/03 Euro cent 33.20 20
    Interim '02 18 Nov '02 09/10/02 11/10/02 Euro cent 14.30 20
    Final '01 27 May '02 24/04/02 26/04/02 Euro cent 30.00 20
    Interim '01 12 Nov '01 26/09/01 28/09/01 Euro cent 13.00 20
    Final '00 29 May '01 25/04/01 27/04/01 Euro cent 27.90 20
    Interim '00 13 Nov '00 25/09/00 29/09/00 Euro cent 11.10 22
    Final '99 22 May '00 10/04/00 14/04/00 Euro cent 25.00 22
    Interim '99 15 Nov '99 04/10/99 08/10/99 Euro cent 10.10 24
    2nd Interim '98 26 Mar '99 01/03/99 05/03/99 IR pence 13.40 N/A
    Interim '98 23 Oct '98 03/09/98 07/09/98 IR pence 6.10 N/A
    Final '97 22 May '98 23/02/98 27/02/98 IR pence 10.70 N/A
    Interim '97 24 Oct '97 01/09/97 05/09/97 IR pence 4.60 N/A
    Final '96 22 May '97 24/02/97 28/02/97 IR pence 8.25 N/A
    Interim '96 23 Oct '96 06/09/96 10/09/96 IR pence 4.00 N/A
    Final '95 27 May '96 08/03/96 12/03/96 IR pence 7.00 N/A
    Interim '95 26 Oct '95 15/09/95 19/09/95 IR pence 3.50 N/A
    Final '94 29 May '95 02/04/95 06/04/95 IR pence 6.00 N/A
  • Irish Life plc - Dividend History
  • Irish Life & Permanent plc (formerly Irish Permanent plc) acquired the entire share capital of Irish Life plc in April 1999. Under the terms of the merger Irish Life plc shareholders received 60.85 new Irish Life & Permanent plc shares for every 100 Irish Life shares held.

    Description Pay Date Ex-Div Date Record Date Currency Amount per share
    Final '98 01 Apr '99 18/01/99 22/01/99 IR pence 10.20
    Interim '98 20 Nov '98 28/09/98 02/10/98 IR pence 4.30
    Final '97 22 May '98 30/03/98 03/04/98 IR pence 9.30
    Interim '97 21 Nov '97 29/09/97 03/10/97 IR pence 3.90
    Final '96 23 May '97 01/04/97 07/04/97 IR pence 8.50
    Interim '96 22 Nov '96 30/09/96 08/10/96 IR pence 3.55
    Final '95 24 May '96 01/04/96 11/04/96 IR pence 7.75
    Interim '95 24 Nov '95 02/10/95 10/10/95 IR pence 3.25
    Final '94 26 May '95 10/04/95 21/04/95 IR pence 7.00
    Interim '94 25 Nov '94 30/08/94 16/09/94 IR pence 3.00
    Final '93 27 May '94 11/04/94 21/04/94 IR pence 6.12
    Interim '93 26 Nov '93 - 10/11/93 IR pence 3.00
    Final '92 28 May '93 19/04/93 07/05/93 IR pence 5.44
    Interim '92 27 Nov '92 02/11/92 12/11/92 IR pence 3.00
    Final '91 27 May '92 11/05/92 07/05/92 IR pence 5.44
  • Dividend Withholding Tax (“DWT”) – Explained
    • Who is liable?

      The Finance Act 1999 introduced a withholding tax to apply to dividends paid by Irish companies on or after 6 April 1999.

      Irish Life & Permanent plc is therefore obliged to deduct DWT at the standard rate of income tax (currently 20%) from dividends paid on or after that date.

      Irish resident shareholders are subject to DWT. However, certain other categories of shareholders are entitled to receive their dividends without deduction of DWT.

      The following categories of Irish resident shareholders are entitled to claim exemption from DWT:

      1) a company which is resident in Ireland for tax purposes;
      2) an Irish exempt approved pension scheme;
      3) an Irish collective investment undertaking;
      4) an employee share ownership trust;
      5) an exempt charity resident in Ireland.

      Exemption from DWT may be claimed by submitting a completed Composite Resident Form, which may be obtained from the Company’s Registrar.

    • Exemptions available to non-resident shareholders

      Shareholders resident for tax purposes in a member state of the European Union (excluding Ireland) or in a country with which Ireland has concluded a double taxation agreement are entitled to claim exemption from DWT.

      DWT will be applied to all dividends payable to non-resident shareholders on or after 6 April 2000 unless a completed Composite Non-Resident Form making a valid declaration is received by the Company’s Registrar.

    • Tax reclaims

      If DWT is deducted and a shareholder feels that they may be entitled to a refund, they should contact their local tax office if an Irish resident, or the International Claims Section, Revenue Commissioners, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary (if a non-resident). Telephone +353-61-33533

Irish Life & Permanent Group Holdings plc - Incorporated and registered in Ireland. Registered office: Irish Life Centre, Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1. Registered No: 474438.

Irish Life & Permanent Group Holdings plc is a mixed financial holding company supervised by the Central Bank of Ireland under the Financial Conglomerates Directive, and is the holding company for regulated entities in the IL&PGH plc group.