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Dividends Paid and Proposed
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
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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:
 
    
202
3
US$m
     
202
2
US$m
     
202
1
US$m
  
 
  
(a) Dividends paid during the financial year
         
Prior year fully franked final dividend
1
   
 
2,734
 
   
 
1,018
 
   
 
115
 
Current year fully franked interim dividend
2
   
 
1,519
 
   
 
2,070
 
   
 
289
 
 
  
  
 
4,253
 
   
 
3,088
 
   
 
404
 
 
  
(b) Dividend declared subsequent to the reporting period (not recorded as a liability)
         
Final dividend
3
   
 
1,139
 
   
 
2,734
 
   
 
1,018
 
 
  
(c) Other information
         
 
  
Current year dividends per share (US cents)
   
 
140
 
   
 
253
 
   
 
135
 
 
  
 
1.
2023: US$1.44, paid on 5 April 2023
 
2022:
US$1.05, paid on 23 March 2022
 
2021:
US$0.12, paid on 24 March 2021
2.
2023: US$0.80, paid on 28 September 2023
 
2022:
US$1.09, paid on 6 October 2022
 
2021:
US$0.30, paid on 24 September 2021
3.
2023: US$0.60, to be paid on
4
 
April 2024
 
2022:
US$1.44, paid on 5 April 2023
 
2021:
US$1.05, paid on 23 March 2022
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.