The final dividend proposed by the board of McCarthy & Stone plc is 3.5 pence (2018: 3.5 pence) per share resulting in a total ordinary dividend for the period of 5.4 pence (2018: 5.4 pence).  It will be paid on 3 April 2020 to those shareholders who are on the register at 6 March 2020 subject to approval at the Company's Annual General Meeting. The ex-dividend date is 5 March 2020.