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Financial Highlights

Profit before tax, goodwill amortisation and integration costs (£m) Adjusted earnings per share (pence) Dividend per ordinary share – actual (pence)

The Group’s profit before tax, goodwill amortisation and integration costs rose by 32% to £5,801 million.

Earnings per share, adjusted for goodwill amortisation, integration costs and the dividend on the Additional Value Shares increased by 25% to 127.9p.

The directors have recommended a final dividend of 27.0p which, when added to the interim dividend of 11.0p, makes a total for the year of 38.0p, an increase of 15%.

*pro forma basis assuming NatWest acquisition on 1 January 1999.

Throughout this document comparisons are with the pro forma results for the year ended 31 December 2000, except for the statutory profit and loss account on page 42.
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