Share Information

*Please note that on 21 September 1998 the company's share capital was subdivided: each 5p share was subdivided into five 1p shares. The dividend per share figures prior to the subdivision have been adjusted accordingly in this table.

Financial Year		Announcement	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Dividend per 1p Share
2007-2008	Interim	24-Jan-08	30-Jan-08	01-Feb-08	07-Apr-08	2.96p
2006-2007	Interim Final	18-Jan-07 24-July-07	24-Jan-07 01-Aug-07	26-Jan-07 03-Aug-07	10-Apr-07 24-Sept-07	2.82p 4.71p 7.53p Total Dividend for Year
2005-2006	Interim Final	26-Jan-06 27-Jul-06	01-Feb-06 02-Aug-06	03-Feb-06 04-Aug-06	07-Apr-06 09-Oct-06	2.69p 4.49p 7.18p Total Dividend for Year
2004-2005	Interim Final	27-Jan-05 21-Jul-05	02-Feb-05 27-Jul-05	04-Feb-05 29-Jul-05	08-Apr-05 19-Sept-05	2.56p 4.28p 6.84p Total Dividend for Year
2003 - 2004	Interim Final	22-Jan-04 22-Jul-04	28-Jan-04 28-Jul-04	30-Jan-04 30-Jul-04	08-Apr-04 04-Oct-04	2.44p 4.08p 6.52p Total Dividend for Year
2002 - 2003	Interim Final	23-Jan-03 17-Jul-03	29-Jan-03 23-Jul-03	31-Jan-03 25-Jul-03	07-Apr-03 06-Oct-03	3.55p 5.67p Total Dividend for Year
2001 - 2002	Interim Final	24-Jan-02 18-Jul-02	30-Jan-02 24-Jul-02	01-Feb-02 26-Jul-02	08-Apr-02 07-Oct-02	1.84p 3.09p 4.93p Total Dividend for Year
2000 - 2001	Interim Final	25-Jan-01 19-Jul-01	07-Feb-01 25-Jul-01	09-Feb-01 27-Jul-01	09-Apr-01 08-Oct-01	1.60p 2.69p 4.29p Total Dividend for Year
1999 - 2000	Interim Final	27-Jan-00 22-Jul-00	07-Feb-00 07-Aug-00	11-Feb-00 11-Aug-00	10-Apr-00 09-Oct-00	1.39p 2.34p 3.73p Total Dividend for Year
1998 - 1999	Interim Final	28-Jan-99 22-Jul-99	08-Feb-99 02-Aug-99	12-Feb-99 06-Aug-99	06-Apr-99 06-Oct-99	1.21p 2.03p 3.24p Total Dividend for Year
1997 - 1998	Interim* Final	28-Jan-98 29-Jul-98	09-Feb-98 10-Aug-98	13-Feb-98 14-Aug-98	03-Apr-98 05-Oct-98	1.05p 1.77p 2.82p Total Dividend for Year
1996 - 1997	Interim* Final	27-Jan-97 31-Jul-97	10-Feb-97 15-Aug-97	14-Feb-97 15-Aug-97	04-Apr-97 06-Oct-97	0.91p 1.54p 2.45p Total Dividend for Year
1995 - 1996	Interim* Final	01-Feb-96 01-Aug-96	12-Feb-96 12-Aug-96	20-Feb-96 20-Aug-96	04-Apr-96 07-Oct-96	0.79p 1.34p 2.13p Total Dividend for Year