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Dividends Paid and Proposed
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
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Dividends paid and proposed
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Dividends paid and proposed
Woodside Energy Group Ltd, the parent entity, paid and proposed dividends set out below:
 
    
2022
US$m
     
2021
US$m
     
2020
US$m
  
 
  
(a) Dividends paid during the financial year
                           
Prior year fully franked final dividend
1
  
 
1,018
 
   
 
115
 
   
 
518
 
Current year fully franked interim dividend
2
  
 
2,070
 
   
 
289
 
   
 
248
 
 
  
    
 
3,088
 
   
 
404
 
   
 
766
 
 
  
(b) Dividend declared subsequent to the reporting period (not recorded as a liability)
                           
Final dividend
3
  
 
2,734
 
   
 
1,018
 
   
 
115
 
 
  
(c) Other information
                           
Current year dividends per share (US cents)
   
 
253
 
   
 
135
 
   
 
38
 
 
  
 
1.
2022: US$1.05, paid on 23 March 2022
 
2021:
US$0.12, paid on 24 March 2021
 
2020:
US$0.55, paid on 20 March 2020
2.
2022: US$1.09, paid on 6 October 2022
 
2021:
US$0.30, paid on 24 September 2021
 
2020:
US$0.26, paid on 18 September 2020
3.
2022: US$1.44, to be paid on
5 April 2023
 
2021:
US$1.05, paid on 23 March 2022
 
2020:
US$0.12, paid on 24 March 2021
The Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRP) was approved by the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting in 2003 for activation as required to fund future growth. The DRP was reactivated in 2019 and suspended by the Board of Directors on 27 February 2023.