The Board of Coats Group plc mindful of the importance of returns to shareholders and, as a result of the strength of the Group's balance sheet, the strong growth and recovery out of the Covid pandemic, and its confidence in the strategy and growth outlook for the Group, it is proposed a final dividend of 1.50 cents per share, +15% vs the 2020 final dividend of 1.30 cents. Subject to approval at the forthcoming AGM, the final dividend will be paid on 25 May 2022 to ordinary shareholders on the register at 29 April 2022, with an ex-dividend date of 28 April 2022. Alongside the interim dividend of 0.61 cents per share, this makes a total of 2.11 cents per share for the full year 2021.