Actually, for NZ shareholders, you aren't quite right about that
http://nzx-prod-s7fsd7f98s.s3-websit...544/388317.pdf
"The Board approved an interim dividend of 14 cents per share (imputed by up to 12 cents per share for qualifying shareholders) to be paid on 30 March 2023."
Last year the equivalent dividend was 14cps (the same) but only imputed to 20%, not the full 28% if the dividend was fully imputed. So that is an imputation rate of 20/28= 71.4%.
If this years dividend has 12 of the 14c paid imputed that comes to 12/14= 85.7%. That means we shareholders do get a pay rise after tax, albeit a modest one.
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