Note 10 – Dividends
The following table shows the dividends paid or proposed:
| 2005 pence (per ordinary share) |
2005 £m |
2004 pence (per ordinary share) |
2004 £m |
2003 pence (per ordinary share) |
2003 £m |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinary dividends | ||||||
| Interim | 8.5 | 262 | 7.91 | 243 | 6.86 | 213 |
| Proposed final | 15.2 | 469 | 11.87 | 366 | 10.34 | 317 |
| 23.7 | 731 | 19.78 | 609 | 17.20 | 530 |