pre_text: Relative importance of spend on pay The following table shows, for FY19 and FY18, the actual expenditure and percentage change in total employee costs and percentage change in distributions to shareholders. 1 Represents dividends paid in each financial year 2 Total employee expenditure includes wages and salaries, social security costs, pension and other costs and share-based payments, see note 10 of the Financial Statements
table: FY19 FY18 Change
table: $M $M %
table: Shareholder distributions – dividends1 23.9 21.8 10%
table: Total employee expenditure2 370.1 361.9 2%
question: Analyse this data from a financial earnings document. What was the change in the Shareholder distributions – dividends in 2019 from 2018?