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Notes to the accounts

8 Dividends

The following dividends were declared and paid in the period:

	Year ended 31 July 2008 £m	Period ended 31 July 2007 £m
Ordinary final dividend of 23.5p for 2007 (2006: 21.5p) paid 23 November 2007	90.8	122.3
Ordinary interim dividend of 10.5p for 2008 (2007: 10.5p) paid 25 April 2008	40.6	60.1
	131.4	182.4

The final dividend for the year ended 31 July 2008 of 23.5p per share was declared by the Board on 23 September 2008 and will be paid to shareholders on 21 November 2008. This dividend has not been included as a liability in these accounts and is payable to all shareholders on the register of Members at close of business on 24 October 2008.

Smiths Group divisions:
Smiths Detection, Smiths Medical, John Crane, Smiths Interconnect, Flex-Tek