Annual Report 2020

NOTESTOTHE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 31 December 2020 97 The United Laboratories International Holdings Limited Annual Report 2020 14. FIVE HIGHEST PAID EMPLOYEES For the years ended 31 December 2020 and 2019, all the five highest paid individuals of the Group are directors of the Company, details of which are included in Note 13. 15. DIVIDENDS 2020 2019 RMB’000 RMB’000 Dividends for ordinary shareholders of the Company recognised as distribution during the current year – 2019 final dividend RMB7 cents (2019: 2018 final dividend RMB6 cents) per share 128,140 98,383 Subsequent to the end of the reporting period, a final dividend in respect of the year ended 31 December 2020 of RMB8 cents (2019: RMB7 cents) per ordinary share, in an aggregate amount of RMB147,231,000 (2019: RMB128,140,000), has been proposed by the directors of the Company and is subject to approval by the shareholders in the forthcoming annual general meeting.