Trading on track at Games Workshop
Games Workshop confirmed trading was on track on Friday, as it detailed plans to return surplus cash to shareholders.
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The maker of miniature wargames including the Warhammer series said it would pay a dividend of £1.20 per share. The payout, it noted, was in line with its policy of returning "truly surplus" cash to shareholders, including the receipt of the remaining £12m of VAT that was outstanding from the French tax authorities.
Total dividends returned in the year so far now total £4.15 per share.
In a brief statement, Games Workshop also confirmed that trading in the three months to the end of February - which includes the key Christmas period - had been in line with expectations.
A full-year trading update will be issued in May, following the payment of the latest dividend on 19 May.