Carclo fails to pay dividend due to pension deficit burden
Plastic manufacturer Carclo has confirmed it has not paid its final dividend of the year due to its worsening pension deficit, after issuing a warning in August.
The final dividend at 1.95 pence per share was scheduled to be paid on 7 October but has been scrapped due to the burden of its defined benefit (DB) scheme deficit.
The deficit which is calculated on an IAS 19 accounting basis has an annual recovery plan payment of £1.2m and pension scheme administration costs of £0.7m.
Although this has remained broadly unchanged in cash terms since the summer, the company said in an update published on 14 October: "Due to the materially increased IAS19 pension deficit extinguishing the company's distributable reserves, the group did not pay the recommended final dividend of 1.95 pence per share which was referred to in the results announcement made on 7 June 2016."
More broadly, Carclo's most recent accounts show the group's liabilities calculated on an IAS19 accounting basis increased from £183.6m on 22 May 2014 to £201.1m as of 31 March 2015.
The plastic manufacturer has attracted a degree of attention as figures in the industry warn about the effect of pension deficits on the performance of UK companies.
In July former pensions minister Ros Altmann said DB liabilities must not undermine the UK economy.
PP has explored how to tackle spiralling deficits in the wake of the EU referendum.
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