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Dividends on Ordinary Capital (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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Summary of Dividends on Ordinary Capital |
|  | € million |  |  | € million |  |  | € million |
Dividends on ordinary capital during the year |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
NV dividends |  |  | (2,154 | ) |  |  | (1,974 | ) |  |  | (1,862 | )
PLC dividends |  |  | (1,762 | ) |  |  | (1,626 | ) |  |  | (1,542 | )
|  |  | (3,916 | ) |  |  | (3,600 | ) |  |  | (3,404 | )

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