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| 30.9.04 | 30.9.03 | 31.3.04 | |||||
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| Profit attributable to shareholders | 40.2 | 60.5 | 121.8 | ||||
| Dividends | (18.9) | (17.9) | (57.4) | ||||
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| Retained profit | 21.3 | 42.6 | 64.4 | ||||
| Other recognised gains and losses relating to the period | 2.9 | 3.1 | 18.1 | ||||
| New share capital subscribed | 1.1 | 5.1 | 6.4 | ||||
| Purchase of shares for employee share ownership trusts (ESOTs) | – | (1.6) | (14.9) | ||||
| Shares in ESOTs utilised for long term incentive plan | – | 0.9 | 0.9 | ||||
| Movement in long term incentive plan | (0.5) | – | – | ||||
| Goodwill written back on sale of Pigments & Dispersions business | 5.8 | – | – | ||||
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| Net movement in shareholders’ funds | 30.6 | 50.1 | 74.9 | ||||
| Opening shareholders’ funds | 862.2 | 787.3 | 787.3 | ||||
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| Closing shareholders’ funds | 892.8 | 837.4 | 862.2 | ||||
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