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International companies such as oil majors and pharmaceutical groups are more likely to pay quarterly dividends, as are foreign-based companies. Quarterly accounts are the norm in the United States so you will often find that companies producing their results in US dollars rather than sterling pay quarterly dividends.

These companies sometimes refer to the final dividend as the fourth interim dividend. If you see an interim dividend declared for the fourth quarter, do not expect another, final, dividend on top. It has been called an ‘interim dividend’ so that it can be paid without waiting for the approval of shareholders at the AGM.

Table 2.2 gives examples of companies paying four dividends a year.