Notice to shareholders
Declaration of preference and ordinary dividends


for the year ended 30 June 2013

Ordinary shareholders

Notice is hereby given that a gross final ordinary dividend in the amount of 440 cents per ordinary share has been declared payable, by the board of Imperial, to holders of ordinary shares. The dividend will be paid out of reserves.

The ordinary dividend will be subject to a local dividend tax rate of 15%. The total STC credits utilised for the ordinary dividend amounted to R21 427 646. The number of ordinary shares in issue at the date of the declaration was 209 956 092 and consequently the STC credits utilised amounted to 10,20577 cents per share. The net ordinary dividend, to those shareholders who are not exempt from paying dividend tax, is therefore 375,53087 cents per share.

Preference shareholders

A further notice is hereby given that a gross final preference dividend of 349,664 cents per preference share has been declared payable, by the board of Imperial, to holders of non-redeemable, non-participating preference shares. The dividend will be paid out of reserves.

The preference dividend will be subject to a local dividend tax rate of 15%. No STC credits will be utilised for the preference dividend. The net preference dividend, to those shareholders who are not exempt from paying dividend tax, is therefore 297,21472 cents per share.

The company has determined the following salient dates for the payment of the preference dividend and ordinary dividend:

  2013  
Last day for preference shares and ordinary shares respectively to trade cum-preference dividend and cum-ordinary dividend Thursday, 19 September  
Preference and ordinary shares commence trading ex-preference dividend and ex-ordinary dividend respectively Friday, 20 September  
Record date Friday, 27 September  
Payment date Monday, 30 September  

The company’s income tax number is 9825178719.

Share certificates may not be dematerialised/rematerialised between Friday, 20 September 2013 and Friday, 27 September 2013, both days inclusive.

On Monday, 30 September 2013, amounts due in respect of the preference dividend and the ordinary dividend will be electronically transferred to the bank accounts of certificated shareholders that utilise this facility. In respect of those who do not, cheques dated 30 September 2013 will be posted on or about that date. Shareholders who have dematerialised their shares will have their accounts, held at their CSDP or broker, credited on Monday, 30 September 2013.

On behalf of the board

RA Venter
Group company secretary
20 August 2013

Notice to shareholders in terms of section 45(5) of the Companies Act, No 71 of 2008

In compliance with section 45(5) of the Companies Act, 2008, (the Companies Act) notice is hereby given to the shareholders of the company that the board of directors of the company has approved, in accordance with section 45(2) of the Companies Act, financial assistance to certain related and inter-related companies pursuant to the authority granted by shareholders at the annual general meeting held on 31 October 2012.

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