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Dividends | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
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Dividends | 9. Dividends
|  | 2018 cents per share |  |  | 2017 cents per share |  |  | 2016 cents per share |  |  | 2018 $m |  |  | 2017 $m |  |  | 2016 $m |
Paid during the year: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Final (declared for previous year) |  |  | 71.0 |  |  |  | 64.0 |  |  |  | 57.5 |  |  |  | 130 |  |  |  | 127 |  |  |  | 137 |
Interim |  |  | 36.3 |  |  |  | 33.0 |  |  |  | 30.0 |  |  |  | 69 |  |  |  | 62 |  |  |  | 56 |
Special (note 27) |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | 202.5 |  |  |  | 632.9 |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | 404 |  |  |  | 1,500 |
|  |  | 107.3 |  |  |  | 299.5 |  |  |  | 720.4 |  |  |  | 199 |  |  |  | 593 |  |  |  | 1,693 |
Proposed (not recognised as a liability at 31 December): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Final |  |  | 78.1 |  |  |  | 71.0 |  |  |  | 64.0 |  |  |  | 141 |  |  |  | 135 |  |  |  | 126 |
The final dividend of 78.1¢ per ordinary share is proposed for approval at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 3 May 2019 and is payable on the shares in issue at 29 March 2019. In October 2018, the Board announced a $500m return of funds to shareholders by way of a special dividend of $2.621 per ordinary share, together with a share consolidation. On 11 January 2019, shareholders approved the share consolidation on the basis of 19 new ordinary shares of 20340⁄399 pence per share for every 20 existing ordinary shares of 1917⁄21 pence, which became effective on 14 January 2019 and resulted in the consolidation of 10m shares. The special dividend was paid on 29 January 2019 at a cost of $510m. The dividend and share consolidation had the same economic effect as a share repurchase at fair value, therefore reported earnings per share has not been restated.

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