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Dividends | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
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Dividends | 9. Dividends
|  | 2020 cents per share |  |  | 2019 cents per share |  |  | 2018 cents per share |  |  | 2020 $m |  |  | 2019 $m |  |  | 2018 $m |
Paid during the year |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Final (declared for previous year) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 78.1 |  |  |  | 71.0 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 139 |  |  |  | 130 |
Interim |  |  | — |  |  |  | 39.9 |  |  |  | 36.3 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 72 |  |  |  | 69 |
Special (note 29) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 262.1 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 510 |  |  |  | — |
|  |  | — |  |  |  | 380.1 |  |  |  | 107.3 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 721 |  |  |  | 199 |
Proposed (not recognised as a liability at 31 December) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Final |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 78.1 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 141 |
On 20 March 2020, the Board withdrew its recommendation of a final dividend in respect of 2019 of 85.9¢ per share, a payment of which would have had a cash outflow of approximately $150m in the first half of 2020. A final dividend in respect of 2020 is not proposed and there was no interim dividend for the year. The Board will consider future dividends once visibility of the pace and scale of market recovery has improved.

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