Annual Report 2021

NOTESTOTHE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 31 December 2021 101 The United Laboratories International Holdings Limited Annual Report 2021 14. FIVE HIGHEST PAID EMPLOYEES For the years ended 31 December 2021 and 2020, all the five highest paid individuals of the Group are directors of the Company, details of which are included in Note 13. 15. DIVIDENDS 2021 2020 RMB’000 RMB’000 Dividends for ordinary shareholders of the Company recognised as distribution during the current year – 2021 interim dividend RMB4 cents (2020: Nil) per share 73,616 – – 2020 final dividend RMB8 cents (2020: 2019 final dividend RMB7 cents) per share 147,231 128,140 220,847 128,140 Subsequent to the end of the reporting period, a final dividend of RMB8 cents (2020: RMB8 cents) per ordinary share and a special dividend of RMB2 cents (2020: nil) per ordinary share in respect of the year ended 31 December 2021, in an aggregate amount of RMB182,617,000 (2020: RMB147,231,000), has been proposed by the directors of the Company and is subject to approval by the shareholders in the forthcoming annual general meeting.