29th Mar 2006 11:00
Old Mutual PLC29 March 2006 Old Mutual plc Final Dividend for the year ended 31 December 2005 (No. 13) Currency Conversions In the preliminary announcement by Old Mutual plc (the "Company") of its resultsfor the year ended 31 December 2005 published on 27 February 2006, the Companyannounced a recommended final dividend of 3.65p per share or its equivalent inother currencies of payment using the exchange rates prevailing on 28 March2006. The Company also announced that shareholders on the South African,Zimbabwe and Malawi branch registers and the Namibian section of the principalregister would be paid the local currency equivalents of the dividend underdividend access trust arrangements established in each country and thoseshareholders who held their shares through VPC AB, the Swedish nominee, would bepaid the equivalent of the dividend in Swedish Kronor. The local currency equivalents of the proposed dividend have now beenestablished and are as follows: South Africa 39.91 South African cents per shareMalawi 8.367 Malawi Kwachas per shareNamibia 39.91 Namibian cents per shareZimbabwe 6312.6 Zimbabwean dollars per shareSweden 0.497 Swedish Kronor per share Subject to being approved by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting on 10May 2006, the final dividend will be paid on 31 May 2006. The record date for this dividend payment is the close of business on Friday, 21April 2006 for all the Exchanges where the Company's shares are listed. The lastday to trade cum-dividend on the JSE and on the Namibian, Zimbabwe and MalawiStock Exchanges will be Wednesday, 12 April 2006 and Tuesday, 18 April 2006 forthe London and Stockholm Stock Exchanges. The shares will trade ex-dividend fromthe opening of business on Thursday, 13 April 2006 on the JSE and on theNamibian, Zimbabwe and Malawi Stock Exchanges and from the opening of businesson Wednesday, 19 April 2006 on the London and Stockholm Stock Exchanges. Share certificates may not be dematerialised or rematerialised on the SouthAfrican branch register between 13 and 21 April 2006, both dates inclusive, andtransfers between the registers may not take place during that period. 29 March 2006 ENQUIRIES: Old Mutual plc UKMiranda Bellord +44 (0) 20 7002 7133Old Mutual plc SANad Pillay +27 (0) 21 504 8026 For further information about Old Mutual plc visit www.oldmutual.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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