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Ordinary dividends (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
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Summary of Ordinary Dividends | Amounts recognised as distributions to equity holders in the year:
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Per share |  | Pence per share |  |  | £m |  |  | £m |  |  | £m |
2018 Final dividend |  |  | 37.30p |  |  |  | 37.30p |  |  |  | 37.05p |  |  |  | 466.4 |  |  |  | 464.6 |  |  |  | 467.2 |
2019 Interim dividend |  |  | 22.70p |  |  |  | 22.70p |  |  |  | 22.70p |  |  |  | 284.1 |  |  |  | 282.8 |  |  |  | 284.3 |
|  |  | 60.00p |  |  |  | 60.00p |  |  |  | 59.75p |  |  |  | 750.5 |  |  |  | 747.4 |  |  |  | 751.5 |

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