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Dividends (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
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Summary of Dividends Paid and Proposed |
|  | 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 |

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