Dividends

The Directors recommend a final dividend of 11.1 pence per ordinary share (2007: 10.5p) to be paid on 22 May 2009 to ordinary shareholders on the register as at 24 April 2009.

An interim dividend of 5.3 pence was paid on 17 October 2008, which makes a total of 16.4 pence per ordinary share for the period (2007: 15.5p).