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Basic loss per share, based
on the loss for the 2001 financial year of £1,810 million, were 27.7 pence.
Earnings per share for the 2000 and 1999 financial years were 31.7 pence and
46.3 pence, respectively. Earnings before goodwill amortisation and exceptional
items were 20.5 pence per share for the 2001 financial year, in comparison with
34.2 pence for the 2000 financial year and 35.0 pence for the 1999 financial
year. Diluted earnings per share are not materially different.
The dividend for the 2001
financial year of 8.7 pence per share comprised the interim dividend paid in
February 2001 which absorbed £571 million. As part of BT’s debt reduction and
restructuring plans, the Board has decided that there will be no final dividend
in respect of the 2001 financial year and that there will be no interim
dividend declared for the 2002 financial year. Future dividend policy will be
decided by the individual listed companies, taking into account their
respective capital structure, cash requirements and the markets in which they
operate. The board expects that Future BT will recommence a final dividend in
respect of the 2002 financial year.
BT paid or recommended
dividends of 21.9 pence per share for the 2000 financial year and dividends of
20.4 pence per share in respect of the 1999 financial year. |
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