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Notes to the Consolidated financial statements
Year ended 31 July 2007
7. Dividends
| 2007 £m |
2006 £m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Final paid for the year ended 31 July 2006 of 19.55 pence per share (year ended 31 July 2005: 17.6 pence) | 128 | 104 |
| Interim paid for the year ended 31 July 2007 of 10.85 pence per share (year ended 31 July 2006: 9.85 pence) | 70 | 58 |
| Total 30.4 pence per share (2006: 27.45 pence) | 198 | 162 |
| Proposed final for the year ended 31 July 2007 of 21.55 pence per share (year ended 31 July 2006: 19.55 pence) | 141 | 128 |
The final dividend will be authorised by the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting and is not included as a liability in these financial statements.