Dividends

Details of the most recent dividend payment

Details of the most recent dividend payment are shown in the table below:

		Cash		Scrip

Quarter	Date dividend paid	Dividend paid per ordinary share	Dividend paid per ADS (US$)	Reference share price per ordinary share (US$)	Reference share price per ADS (US$)

4Q 11	30-Mar-12	£0.050958	$0.48	$7.746	$47.223

The board has announced the payment of a dividend following the 1Q 12 results. The expected timetable is shown below:

Dividend event	Date	Add to Outlook


1Q 12 results and US dollar cash dividend announcement date	01-May-12

Ordinary shares/ADSs quoted ex-dividend	09-May-12

Record date for 1Q 12 interim dividend	11-May-12

Reference share price announcement date	15-May-12

Election date: latest date for receipt of Scrip Dividend Mandate Forms/Elections	06-Jun-12

- Ordinary shares - ADSs	4:30pm BST 5.00pm ET

Sterling cash dividend announcement date	13-Jun-12

Dividend payment date	27-Jun-12

First date of dealings in the new shares	27-Jun-12

Dividend information - ordinary shares	Rate	Date available	Add to Outlook


Cash dividend per ordinary share (in US dollars)	$0.08	01-May-12

Reference share price per ordinary share (US dollars)	$6.581	15-May-12

Cash dividend per ordinary share (in £ sterling)*	£Tbc**	13-Jun-12

Dividend information - ADSs	Rate	Date available	Add to Outlook


Cash dividend per ADS (in US dollars)	$0.48	01-May-12

Reference share price per ADS (US dollars)	$39.536	15-May-12

*For illustration, using the UK 4pm Bank of England GBP/USD exchange rate on 14th May 2012 of 1.6104 the dividend per ordinary share in £ sterling would be 4.968 pence per share. The actual amount which will be payable per ordinary share in £ sterling will be announced on 13th June 2012.
**To be confirmed.