I don't think there is any indication of a change in dividend policy here. If SKL had reduced their final dividend from 5cps to 4.72cps, then they would have remained under their 60% self imposed 'payout ratio cap'. I wouldn't have expected any shareholder have actually expected such a fractional adjustment to meet the declared 40% to 60% target range though. Sometimes one can take this decimal point business one step too far.
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