DIVIDENDS
Declaration
The Board has declared an interim dividend of 49.4 pence per ordinary share of 25p for the six months ended 30 June 2015. The interim dividend will be payable on 30 September 2015 to shareholders registered on either the UK main register or the South Africa branch register on 21 August 2015 (the record date).
Key Dates and South Africa Branch Register
In compliance with the requirements of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and of Strate, the electronic settlement and custody system used by the JSE Limited (JSE), the following salient dates for the payment of the interim dividend are applicable:
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Event |
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Date 2015 |
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Last Day to Trade (LDT) cum dividend (JSE) |
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Friday 14 August |
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Shares commence trading ex dividend (JSE) |
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Monday 17 August |
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Shares commence trading ex dividend (LSE) |
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Thursday 20 August |
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Record date (JSE and LSE) |
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Friday 21 August |
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Payment date |
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Wednesday 30 September |
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No removal requests permitted between the UK main register and the South Africa branch register |
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Wednesday 29 July to Friday 21 August (inclusive) |
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No transfers permitted between the UK main register and the South Africa branch register |
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Monday 17 August to Friday 21 August (inclusive) |
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No shares may be dematerialised or rematerialised |
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Monday 17 August to Friday 21 August (inclusive) |
As the Group reports in sterling, dividends are declared and payable in sterling except for shareholders on the branch register in South Africa whose dividends are payable in rand. A rate of exchange of £:R =19.65310 as at 27 July 2015 (the closing rate on that date as quoted by Bloomberg), results in an equivalent interim dividend of 970.86314 SA cents per ordinary share.
