After Shell cut its dividend for the first time since World War II and Britain's banks suspended their payouts, BP has now halved its dividend - its first cut for more than a decade. ... Dividend watchers now reckon the total amount of payouts by British firms will fall by two-fifths in 2020.

Is BP paying a dividend in 2021?

BP p.l.c. (BP) will begin trading ex-dividend on August 12, 2021. A cash dividend payment of $0.323 per share is scheduled to be paid on September 24, 2021. Shareholders who purchased BP prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment.

What happened to BP dividends?

BP p.l.c. announced the suspension of its Scrip Dividend Programme effective for the third quarter 2019 interim dividend and does not anticipate offering a scrip election for the foreseeable future.