NewWorld Development Company Limited
FINANCIAL SECTION
150
13 DIVIDENDS
2015
2014
HK$m
HK$m
Interim dividend of HK$0.12 (2014: HK$0.12) per share
1,067.2
773.2
Final dividend proposed of HK$0.30 (2014: HK$0.30) per share
2,699.1
2,599.5
3,766.3
3,372.7
Of which the following were settled by the issue of scrip:
Interim dividend
810.1
563.3
Final dividend
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1,991.9
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Full amount had been set aside from retained profits for the 2015 proposed final dividend on the basis that all shareholders
would elect to receive cash being the alternative to their entitlements to the scrip dividends.
At a meeting held on 24 September 2015, the Directors recommended a final dividend of HK$0.30 per share. This
proposed dividend was not reflected as a dividend payable in these financial statements, but will be reflected as an
appropriation of retained profits for the year ending 30 June 2016.
14 STAFF COSTS
(a) Staff costs
2015
2014
HK$m
HK$m
Wages, salaries and other benefits
5,896.3
5,207.4
Pension costs – defined benefit plans
7.1
4.2
Pension costs – defined contribution plans
294.5
259.4
Share options (note (b))
168.9
98.6
6,366.8
5,569.6
Staff costs include directors’ remuneration.
