Annual Report 2006

Group financial statements

Dividends per share
Year ended 31 December 2006

Dividends per share

2006 2005
Dividends relating to the reporting period:
Interim dividend (2006 and 2005) 5.42p 5.30p
Final dividend (2006 and 2005) 11.72p 11.02p
Total 17.14p 16.32p
Dividends declared and paid in the reporting period:
Current year interim dividend 5.42p 5.30p
Final dividend for prior year 11.02p 10.65p
Total 16.44p 15.95p

The supplementary information on this page was approved by the Board of directors on 14 March 2007.