Dividends

The Boards have resolved to recommend to the Annual General Meetings on 14 May and 15 May 2008 the declaration of final dividends on the ordinary capital of PLC and of NV respectively in respect of 2007 at the rates shown in the tables below.

The dividend information given below, including the comparative amounts for 2006, is expressed in terms of the nominal share values which have applied since 22 May 2006 following the split of NV shares and the consolidation of PLC shares which were approved at the 2006 AGMs.

IFRS requires that dividends approved after the balance sheet date are not reflected in the financial statements for the current reporting period. As a result, the final 2006 dividends are reflected in the financial statements for 2007, and the proposed final 2007 dividends, if approved by shareholders at the AGMs, will be reflected in the financial statements for 2008.

The proposed final dividends will be paid in accordance with the timetable set out under Shareholder information

NV	2007	2006
Per Ordinary €0.16 share of NV
Interim	€0.25	€0.23
Final	–	€0.47
Proposed final	€0.50	–
	€0.75	€0.70
One-off	–	€0.26
Total	€0.75	€0.96

PLC	2007	2006
Per Ordinary 3 1/9p share of PLC
Interim	17.00p	15.62p
Final	–	32.04p
Proposed final	34.11p	–
51.11p		47.66p
One-off	–	17.66p
Total	51.11p	65.32p

 

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