As at 31 July 2009 the group had a total capital ratio of 16.6% and a core tier 1 capital ratio of 14.8%.
In 2007, a special dividend of 25.0p was paid in addition to the ordinary dividend above.
¹FY 2009 & FY 2008 are on a continuing operations basis and exclude both the trading result and gain on disposal related to the Corporate Finance division, the sale of which was completed on 1 July 2009