Notes to the accounts
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8 Dividends
| 2007 £m |
2006 £m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Ordinary shares | ||
| Prior period final dividend paid of 17.25p per share (2006 – 15.25p) | 62.4 | 51.1 |
| Interim dividend paid of 16.5p per share (2006 – 13.75p) | 59.7 | 46.3 |
| Dividends paid | 122.1 | 97.4 |
| Proposed dividend of 17.6p per share (2006 – 17.25p) | 63.6 | 62.4 |
The dividend proposed by the Board is the final dividend in respect of 2007 and is not accounted for until it has been approved at the Annual General Meeting. The amount will be accounted for as an appropriation of retained earnings in the year ending 31 December 2008.
Details of the shares in issue and dividends waived are given in notes 24 and 25.