Notes to the accounts

**9 Dividends**
	2004 £m	2003 £m
Interim dividend paid 4.25p per ordinary share (2003: 4.05p)	5.1	4.9
Final dividend proposed of 10.25p per ordinary share (2003: 9.3p)	12.4	11.2
Total dividend 14.50p per ordinary share (2003: 13.35p)	17.5	16.1

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