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8Ordinary dividends
The company did not pay an ordinary dividend in 2010 or 2009. In 2008, the company paid a final dividend, in respect of 2007, of 19.3p per ordinary
share (restated for the effect of the rights issue in June 2008 and the capitalisation issue in September 2008) amounting to £2,312 million.
9Profit dealt with in the accounts of the company
As permitted bysection 408(3) of the Companies Act 2006, the primary financial statements of the company do not include an income statement or
statement of comprehensive income. Condensed information is set out below:
Income statement 2010
£m
2009
£m
2008
£m
Dividends received from banking subsidiary 60 2,523 4,639
Dividends received from other subsidiaries 24 408 163
Gain on redemption of own debt 53 238 —
Total income 137 3,169 4,802
Interest receivable from subsidiaries 1,042 997 793
Interest payable to subsidiaries (263) (251) (495)
Other net interest payable and operating expenses (263) (62) (796)
Write-down of investments in subsidiaries (5,124) (5,139) (14,321)
Operating loss before tax (4,471) (1,286) (10,017)
Tax (charge)/credit (83) (217) 415
Loss for the year (4,554) (1,503) (9,602)
Loss attributable to:
Preference shareholders 105 878 536
Paid-in equity holders 19 57 60
Ordinary and B shareholders (4,678) (2,438) (10,198)
(4,554) (1,503) (9,602)
Statement of comprehensive income 2010
£m
2009
£m
2008
£m
Loss for the year (4,554) (1,503) (9,602)
Other comprehensive income
Cash flow hedges 13 2
Tax on comprehensive income ——(1)
Other comprehensive income for the year, net of tax 13 1
Total comprehensive loss for the year (4,553) (1,500) (9,601)
Attributable to:
Preference shareholders 105 878 536
Paid-in equity holders 19 57 60
Ordinary and B shareholders (4,677) (2,435) (10,197)
Total comprehensive loss for the year (4,553) (1,500) (9,601)
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Notes on the accounts continued