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Dividends (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
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Summary of Dividends Paid |
|  | Half year ended 31 Dec 2019 |  |  | Half year ended 31 Dec 2018 |  |  | Year ended 30 June 2019 |
|  | Per share US cents |  |  | Total US$M |  |  | Per share US cents |  |  | Total US$M |  |  | Per share US cents |  |  | Total US$M |
Dividends paid during the period (1) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Prior year final dividend |  |  | 78.0 |  |  |  | 3,946 |  |  |  | 63.0 |  |  |  | 3,356 |  |  |  | 63.0 |  |  |  | 3,356 |
Interim dividend |  |  | N/A |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | N/A |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | 55.0 |  |  |  | 2,788 |
Special dividend |  |  | N/A |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | N/A |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | 102.0 |  |  |  | 5,158 |
|  |  | 78.0 |  |  |  | 3,946 |  |  |  | 63.0 |  |  |  | 3,356 |  |  |  | 220.0 |  |  |  | 11,302 |
(1) | 5.5 per cent dividend on 50,000 preference shares of £ 1 each determined and paid annually (31 December 2018: 5.5 per cent; 30 June 2019: 5.5 per cent).

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