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BAE Systems

BAE Systems's next dividend of 15p per share goes ex-dividend on 22 Oct 2026 and is paid on 02 Dec 2026. BAE Systems usually pays two dividends a year, in June and November. Every date below is taken from the company's own regulatory filings.

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BAE Systems dividends by year

What BAE Systems paid in each of its own financial years, on the basis the company reports. A company’s year and the dates its dividends reach shareholders do not always line up, so a dividend can sit under a different year here than on the payment-dates view. BAE Systems’s financial year ends 31 Dec.

Total dividend per share for each financial year, as stated by the company, since 2015. The outlined bar is the year in progress: the payments declared so far, not a full-year figure. Hover a bar for its value; the table below is the full record, each row linked to its source filing.
Year endedTotalChangeInterimFinalSource
31 Dec 2026In progress15p so far———Payments above
31 Dec 202536.3p+10.0%13.5p22.8pFiling ↗
31 Dec 202433p+10.0%12.4p20.6pFiling ↗
31 Dec 202330p+11.1%11.5p18.5pFiling ↗
31 Dec 202227p+7.6%10.4p16.6pFiling ↗
31 Dec 202125.1p+5.9%9.9p15.2pFiling ↗
31 Dec 202023.7p+2.2%9.4p14.3pFiling ↗
31 Dec 201923.2p+4.5%9.4p13.8pFiling ↗
31 Dec 201822.2p+1.8%9p13.2pFiling ↗
31 Dec 201721.8p+2.3%8.8p13pFiling ↗
31 Dec 201621.3p+1.9%8.6p12.7pFiling ↗
31 Dec 201520.9p—8.4p12.5pFiling ↗

Each year’s total is the figure BAE Systems itself published, linked to the announcement it appeared in, and every payment behind it has been checked against that total. BAE Systems’s financial year ends 31 Dec.

Every annual total above is the figure BAE Systems published in its own results announcement, filed under UK listing rules, and links back to it. This is general information, not investment advice — always confirm against the company’s announcement before acting. Figures are shown in the currency the company declared.