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- ↑ "Ferrovial Scrip Dividend" . Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- ↑ "Grand City Properties S.A. announces results of scrip dividend" . Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ↑ "HSBC Holdings PLC - Scrip dividends" . Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ↑ "Iberdrola Scrip Dividend" . Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ↑ "Dividend payments and calculators" . Retrieved 21 October 2013.
- ↑ http://www.pennon-group.co.uk/investor-information/scrip-dividend-alternative . Retrieved 21 October 2013.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Repsol Scrip Dividend" . Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- ↑ "C Share FAQs" . Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ↑ "Royal Dutch Shell plc Scrip Dividend Programme" . Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ↑ "Telefonica Dividend History" . Retrieved 10 October 2020.