Declaration of preference and oridnary dividends for the half year ended 31 December 2013
Ordinary shareholders
Notice is hereby given that a gross interim ordinary dividend in the amount of 400 cents per ordinary share has been declared payable to
holders of ordinary shares. The dividend will be paid out of income 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
R13 020 772,94. The number of ordinary shares in issue at the date of the declaration was 209 956 092 and consequently the STC credits utilised
amounted 6,20166 cents per share. The net ordinary dividend, to those shareholders who are not exempt from paying dividend tax, is therefore
340,93025 cents per share.
Preference shareholders
A further notice is hereby given that a gross final preference dividend of 351,58562 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 income 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 298,84778 cents per share.
The company has determined the following salient dates for the payment of the preference dividend and ordinary dividend:
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2014 |
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| Last day for preference shares and ordinary shares respectively to trade cum-preference dividend and cum-ordinary dividend |
Thursday, 20 March |
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| Preference and ordinary shares commence trading ex-preference dividend and ex-ordinary dividend respectively |
Monday, 24 March |
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Friday, 28 March |
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| Payment date |
Monday, 31 March |
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The company’s income tax number is 9825178719.
Share certificates may not be dematerialised/rematerialised between Thursday, 20 March 2014 and Friday, 28 March 2014, both days inclusive.
On Monday, 31 March 2014, 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 31 March 2014 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, 31 March 2014.
RA Venter
Group company secretary
26 February 2014
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