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A final dividend in respect
of the year ended 31 March 2006 was paid on 11 September 2006 to
shareholders on the register on 18 August 2006, and an interim dividend in
respect of the year ended 31 March 2007 was paid on 12 February 2007 to
shareholders on the register on 29 December 2006.
The dividends paid or
payable on BT shares and ADSs for the last five years are shown in the
following table. The dividends on the ordinary shares exclude the
associated tax credit. The amounts shown are not those that were actually
paid to holders of ADSs. For the tax treatment of dividends paid see
Taxation of dividends. Dividends have been translated from
pounds sterling into US dollars using exchange rates prevailing on the
date the ordinary dividends were paid.
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Per ordinary share |
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Per ADS |
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Per ADS |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Interim
pence |
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Final
pence |
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Total
pence |
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|
Interim
£ |
|
|
Final
£ |
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Total
£ |
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Interim
US$ |
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Final
US$ |
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Total
US$ |
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|
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2003 |
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2.25 |
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|
4.25 |
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|
6.50 |
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|
0.225 |
|
|
0.425 |
|
|
0.650 |
|
|
0.366 |
|
|
0.673 |
|
|
1.039 |
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2004 |
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|
3.20 |
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|
5.30 |
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|
8.50 |
|
|
0.320 |
|
|
0.530 |
|
|
0.850 |
|
|
0.590 |
|
|
0.938 |
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|
1.528 |
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2005 |
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3.90 |
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6.50 |
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|
10.40 |
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|
0.390 |
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0.650 |
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|
1.040 |
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|
0.724 |
|
|
1.195 |
|
|
1.919 |
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2006 |
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4.30 |
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|
7.60 |
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|
11.90 |
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|
0.430 |
|
|
0.760 |
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|
1.190 |
|
|
0.747 |
|
|
1.415 |
|
|
2.162 |
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2007 |
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|
5.10 |
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|
10.00 |
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|
15.10 |
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|
0.510 |
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|
1.000 |
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|
1.510 |
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|
0.991 |
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a |
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– |
a |
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Qualifying holders of ADSs
on record as of 24 August 2007 are entitled to receive the final
dividend which will be paid on 24 September 2007, subject to
approval at the AGM. The US dollar amount of the final dividend of
100 pence per ADS to be paid to holders of ADSs will be based on the
exchange rate in effect on 17 September 2007, the date of payment to
holders of ordinary shares.
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As dividends paid by the
company are in pounds sterling, exchange rate fluctuations will affect the
US dollar amounts received by holders of ADSs on conversion by the
Depositary of such cash dividends.
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