FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 18 June 2026
Manx Financial Group PLC (the 'Company' or the 'Group')
Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
Dividend Declaration
The Company is pleased to announce that at the AGM held today all resolutions tabled were duly passed.
The Company is also pleased to announce a dividend for the period from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025, which comprises two elements:
· a scrip dividend of 0.5197 pence per ordinary share, in respect of which shareholders will be given the option to elect to receive either cash or fully paid ordinary shares in the Company; and
· a bonus issue of 0.2599 pence per ordinary share, to be satisfied by the allotment and issue of fully paid ordinary shares in the Company, credited as fully paid by a capitalisation of retained profits, payable on 20 August 2026 to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 10 July 2026, on such terms and subject to such conditions as the directors may determine.
The price of the new shares shall be the lowest daily VWAP of an ordinary share, as shown in the Daily Official List of the London Stock Exchange plc, during the twenty (20) dealing days up to and including the ex-dividend date, capped at a 20% discount to the VWAP on the ex-dividend date.
The dividend will be paid on 20 August 2026 to holders of Ordinary Shares recorded on the register on 10 July 2026.
A Dividend Circular will be posted to all Shareholders on 3 July 2026 in respect of the financial year ended 31st December 2025 and will be available from that date on the Company's website (www.mfg.im).
The reference price for the Scrip Shares will be calculated and published on or around 17 July 2026. Admission of the Scrip Shares to trading on AIM is anticipated to be 20 August 2026.
Shareholders will receive the dividend in cash unless they have completed the Scrip Dividend Mandate (for holders of Ordinary Shares in certificated form) or a CREST Dividend Election Input Message (for holders of Ordinary Shares in CREST only).
Expected timetable:
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Shares quoted ex-dividend |
9 July 2026 |
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Record date for dividend |
10 July 2026 |
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Scrip Price Announcement |
17 July 2026 |
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Final time and date for receipt of Scrip Dividend Mandates and submission of CREST elections |
5.00 p.m. London time on 27 July 2026 |
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Dividend Payment |
20 August 2026 |
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CREST stock account credited with new Ordinary Shares |
20 August 2026 |
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Admission of the Scrip Shares to trading on AIM |
20 August 2026 |
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For further information, please contact:
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Manx Financial Group PLC |
Beaumont Cornish Limited |
Shore Capital
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Tavistock Communications Limited |
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Denham Eke |
Roland Cornish/ James Biddle |
Tony Gibbs/ Oliver Jackson |
Simon Hudson/ Adam Baynes |
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Tel: +44 (0) 1624 694694 |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7628 3396 |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7408 4090 |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7920 3150 mfg@tavisock.co.uk |
About Manx Financial
Manx Financial Group (AIM: MFX) is a diversified UK banking and financial services group with a proud Manx heritage. The Group holds Isle of Man and UK banking licences, allowing it to provide flexible funding solutions across both territories focused on SME lending. Knowledge of the SME sector has enabled MFX to build a portfolio of valuable subsidiaries, from start-ups to selective and accretive acquisitions, which are creating significant value for shareholders. These entrepreneurial subsidiaries are grouped under our entrepreneurial subsidiary Manx Ventures Limited.
Nominated Adviser
Beaumont Cornish Limited ("Beaumont Cornish") is the Company's Nominated Adviser and is authorised and regulated by the FCA. Beaumont Cornish's responsibilities as the Company's Nominated Adviser, including a responsibility to advise and guide the Company on its responsibilities under the AIM Rules for Companies and AIM Rules for Nominated Advisers, are owed solely to the London Stock Exchange. Beaumont Cornish is not acting for and will not be responsible to any other persons for providing protections afforded to customers of Beaumont Cornish nor for advising them in relation to the proposed arrangements described in this announcement or any matter referred to in it.