The Shoe Zone plc Board was restructured in August. Anthony Smith moved from Chairman to Chief Executive and Charles Smith was appointed Interim Chairman. Jonathan Fearn continues his role as Chief Financial Officer and Catherine Bowen was promoted from Legal Counsel to join the plc Board as Company Secretary. The Non-executive Directors; Deputy Chairman Jeremy Sharman, Charlie Caminada and Malcom Collins all now serve on the Remuneration and Audit Committees.
Dividend

The Board recognizes that a stable and growing dividend is important to shareholders. Therefore, the Board is proposing to maintain the final dividend of 8.0 pence against 8.0 pence in 2018 per share, giving a total ordinary dividend for the year of 11.5 pence against 11.5 pence in 2018 per share, despite the fall in underlying earnings in the year. The dividend will be paid to shareholders on the register on 28 February 2020, payable on 18 March 2020 if approved at the Annual General Meeting, which will be held on 5 March 2020. The shares will go ex-dividend on 27 February 2020.