PAYOUTS to Standard Life shareholders have reached £2 billion since 2006 after bosses announced a £302 million special dividend.
The dividend came after the Edinburgh firm posted a £356m rise in profits for 2012 and analysts predict there could be further returns of cash. Chief executive David Nish said once the latest dividends – the 12.8p special payment and the 14.7p regular one – were approved, the Edinburgh firm will have returned more than £2bn since floating on the London Stock Exchange.
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