Annual Report and Accounts 2008
12 Dividends paid and proposed
| 2008 £m |
2007 £m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Declared and paid during the year | ||
| Ordinary final dividend for 2007 paid of 26.40p per share (2006: 24.00p per share) | 40.2 | 36.4 |
| Ordinary interim dividend for 2008 paid of 12.72p per share (2007: 11.56p per share) | 19.4 | 17.6 |
| 59.6 | 54.0 | |
| Proposed for approval (not recognised as a liability at 31 December) | ||
| Ordinary final dividend for 2008 of 10.00p per share (2007: 26.40p per share) | 15.2 | 40.2 |