Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
Notes 6-10
- 6. Taxation
- 7. Equity dividends
- 8. Earnings/(loss) per share
- 9. Intangible assets
- 10. Impairment
7. Equity dividends
| 2008 £m |
2007 £m |
2006 £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, 2005: 2.16 pence per share) | 2,331 | 2,328 | 1,386 |
| Interim dividend for the year ended 31 March 2008: 2.49 pence per share | |||
| (2007: 2.35 pence per share, 2006: 2.20 pence per share) | 1,322 | 1,238 | 1,367 |
| 3,653 | 3,566 | 2,753 | |
| 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, 2006: 3.87 pence per share) | 2,667 | 2,331 | 2,328 |