On 30 July 2019, Centrica announced that it was terminating its Scrip Dividend Programme (the Programme) with effect from the 2019 interim dividend payable on 21 November 2019. As a consequence, shareholders who had elected to join the Programme will now and in future receive their dividends as cash instead of shares.

Will Centrica pay dividends in 2021?

Centrica proposed no interim dividend, in line with a year ago, noting plans to restart payments only "when it is prudent to do so." Following its half year results, the firm said its outlook for the remainder of 2021 was "broadly unchanged".

Did Centrica pay 2020 dividends?

In 2020, given the prevailing uncertainties, Centrica took the prudent decision to cancel the 2019 final dividend and not to pay interim or final dividends for 2020.