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
| 2009 £m |
2008 £m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Declared during the financial year: | ||
| Final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2008: 5.02 pence per share (2007: 4.41 pence per share) | 2,667 | 2,331 |
| Interim dividend for the year ended 31 March 2009: 2.57 pence per share (2008: 2.49 pence per share) | 1,350 | 1,322 |
| 4,017 | 3,653 | |
| Proposed after the balance sheet date and not recognised as a liability: | ||
| Final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2009: 5.20 pence per share (2008: 5.02 pence per share) |
2,731 | 2,667 |