By Michele Maatouk
Date: Wednesday 07 Jan 2026
(Sharecast News) - Consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser said on Wednesday that it will return £1.6bn to shareholders by way of a special dividend following the sale of its Essential Home business.
| Completion of Divestment | 31-Dec-2025 | ShareCast |
| Transaction in Own Shares | 22-Dec-2025 | ShareCast |
| Transaction in Own Shares | 19-Dec-2025 | ShareCast |
| Berenberg ups target price for Reckitt Benckiser... | 27-Oct-2025 | ShareCast |
| RBC Capital Markets hikes target price on Reckit... | 23-Oct-2025 | ShareCast |
| Special Dividend and Share Consolidation | 07-Jan-2026 | 07:00 | RNS |
| Transaction in Own Shares | 07-Jan-2026 | 07:00 | RNS |
| Transaction in Own Shares | 06-Jan-2026 | 07:00 | RNS |
| Total Voting Rights | 02-Jan-2026 | 11:00 | RNS |
| Completion of Divestment | 31-Dec-2025 | 10:17 | RNS |
| Questor:Reckitt Benckiser | 19-Nov-2014 | Telegraph |
| Questor :Reckitt Benckiser | 30-Jul-2014 | Telegraph |
| Questor:Reckitt Benckiser | 28-Oct-2011 | Telegraph |
| Questor :Reckitt Benckiser | 11-Feb-2011 | Telegraph |
| Questor : Reckitt Benckiser | 14-Dec-2010 | Telegraph |
No recent information was found.
| Currency | UK Pounds |
| Share Price | 6,096.00p |
| Change Today | 36.00p |
| % Change | 0.59 % |
| 52 Week High | 6,100.00 |
| 52 Week Low | 4,633.00 |
| Volume | 74,419 |
| Shares Issued | 672.26m |
| Market Cap | £40,981m |
| Beta | 0.78 |
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| Strong Buy | 3 |
| Buy | 7 |
| Neutral | 8 |
| Sell | 0 |
| Strong Sell | 0 |
| Total | 18 |

| Latest | Previous | |
|---|---|---|
| Special | Interim | |
| Ex-Div | 29-Jan-26 | 07-Aug-25 |
| Paid | 20-Feb-26 | 18-Sep-25 |
| Amount | 235.00p | 84.40p |
| Time | Volume / Share Price |
| 10:52 | 0 @ 6,094.00p |
| 10:52 | 0 @ 6,094.00p |
| 10:51 | 46 @ 6,096.00p |
| 10:51 | 30 @ 6,096.00p |
| 10:51 | 46 @ 6,096.00p |
| Chair | Jeremy Darroch |
| CEO | Kris Licht |
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