Financial Statements

21 Dividend

The proposed final dividend of 8.25 pence per share, totalling £43m (2006: 11.8 pence per share, totalling £61m) was approved by the Board on 21 May 2007 and is payable on 17 August 2007 to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 20 July 2007. The first quarterly dividend of 6.5 pence per share, totalling £34m, was paid on 18 May 2007.

The reconciliation of movements in shareholders' funds shows total dividends paid in the year of £91m (17.4 pence per share) comprising the 2007 interim dividend of £30m (5.6 pence per share) paid on 16 February 2007, and the 2006 final dividend of £61m (11.8 pence per share) paid on 18 August 2006.

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