23rd Jul 2015 09:00
SABMILLER PLC
FINAL DIVIDEND
CURRENCY CONVERSION - STERLING AND RAND
23 July 2015
In our results announcement for the year ended 31 March 2015, published on Wednesday, 13 May 2015, SABMiller plc announced that the exchange rates to be used to determine the Sterling and Rand equivalent of the final dividend of 87.0 US cents per share would be calculated using the exchange rates prevailing on Wednesday, 22 July 2015.
The rate of exchange determined on Wednesday, 22 July 2015 for converting to Sterling is GBP:US$ = 1.562604 resulting in an equivalent final dividend of 55.6763 UK pence per share.
The rate of exchange determined on Wednesday, 22 July 2015 for converting to South African Rand is US$:ZAR = 12.400263 resulting in an equivalent final dividend of 1,078.82288 SA cents per share.
The JSE Listings Requirements require disclosure of additional information in relation to any dividend payments. Shareholders registered on the Johannesburg register are advised that dividend withholding tax will be withheld from the gross final dividend amount of 1,078.82288 SA cents per share at a rate of 15%, unless a shareholder qualifies for an exemption; shareholders registered on the Johannesburg register who do not qualify for an exemption will therefore receive a net dividend of 916.99945 SA cents per share. The company, as a non‑resident of South Africa, was not subject to the secondary tax on companies (STC) applicable before the introduction of dividend withholding tax on 1 April 2012, and accordingly, no STC credits are available for set-off against the dividend withholding tax liability on the final net dividend amount. The dividend is payable in cash as a 'Dividend' (as defined in the South African Income Tax Act, 58 of 1962, as amended) by way of a reduction of income reserves. The dividend withholding tax and the information contained in this paragraph is only of direct application to shareholders registered on the Johannesburg register, who should direct any questions about the application of the dividend withholding tax to Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Limited, Tel: +27 11 373-0004.
The dividend will be payable on Friday, 14 August 2015 to all shareholders registered on the London and Johannesburg registers on Friday, 7 August 2015. The last date to trade cum dividend will be Wednesday, 5 August 2015 on the London Stock Exchange and Friday, 31 July 2015 on the JSE Limited. The ex-dividend trading dates will be Thursday, 6 August 2015 on the London Stock Exchange and Monday, 3 August 2015 on the JSE Limited.
Shareholders will be asked to approve this proposal at the annual general meeting scheduled for 11.00am today, Thursday, 23 July 2015.
Until the close of business on Friday, 7 August 2015, no transfers between the London and Johannesburg registers will be permitted, and from Monday, 3 August 2015 until Friday, 7 August 2015, no shares may be dematerialised or rematerialised, both days inclusive.
Stephen Shapiro
Group Company Secretary
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