Since the end of the half-year the Directors of Australian Foundation Investment Company Limited have declared an interim dividend of 9 cents per share fully franked, up from 8 cents last year. The aggregate amount of the proposed interim dividend expected to be paid on February 20, 2015 to ordinary shareholders on the register on February 9, 2015 and the shares are expected to commence trading on an ex-dividend basis on February 5, 2015.