17th Nov 2006 09:00
SABMiller PLC17 November 2006 SABMILLER PLC INTERIM DIVIDEND CURRENCY CONVERSION - SOUTH AFRICAN RANDS 17 November 2006 In its Interim Results announcement for the six months ended 30 September 2006,published on 9 November 2006, SABMiller plc announced that the exchange rate tobe used to determine the Sterling and Rand equivalent of the interim dividend of14 US cents per share would be calculated using the exchange rates prevailing on16 November 2006 for the Rand equivalent and 4 December 2006 for the Sterlingequivalent. The rate of exchange determined on 16 November 2006 is $:R = 7.14510 resultingin an equivalent interim dividend of 100.03140 SA cents per share. The dividend will be payable on 22 December 2006 to all shareholders registeredon the London and Johannesburg registers on 1 December 2006. The ex-dividendtrading dates will be 29 November 2006 on the London Stock Exchange and 27November 2006 on the JSE Limited. The Sterling exchange rate will be announcedon 5 December 2006. From the close of business on 16 November 2006 until the close of business on 1December 2006, no transfers between the London and Johannesburg Registers willbe permitted and from the close of business on 24 November 2006 until the closeof business on 1 December 2006, no shares may be dematerialised orrematerialised. J Davidson Group Company Secretary & General Counsel This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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