HSBC Bank Malta p.l.c. recommended a dividend pay-out ratio of 40% on reported profits. The final gross dividend will be 9.0 cents per share (5.85 cents per share net of tax) which brings the total dividend for 2023 to 15.0 cents (9.75 cents net of tax). This is the highest annual dividend paid in the last decade.

The final dividend will be paid on 25 April 2024 to shareholders who are on the bank?s register of shareholders on 19 March 2024, subject to approval at the Annual General Meeting scheduled for 18 April 2024.