Notes to the Company Financial Statements
Notes 6-10
- 6. Share capital
- 7. Share-based payments
- 8. Reserves and reconciliation of movements in equity shareholders’ funds
- 9. Equity dividends
- 10. Contingent liabilities
9. Equity dividends
| 2008 £m |
2007 £m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Declared during the financial year: | ||
| Final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2007: 4.41 pence per share (2006: 3.87 pence per share) | 2,331 | 2,328 |
| Interim dividend for the year ended 31 March 2008: 2.49 pence per share (2007: 2.35 pence per share) | 1,322 | 1,238 |
| 3,653 | 3,566 | |
| Proposed after the balance sheet date and not recognised as a liability: | ||
| Final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2008: 5.02 pence per share | ||
| (2007: 4.41 pence per share) | 2,667 | 2,331 |