29th Oct 2009 14:00
Anglo Platinum Limited
(incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration No. 1946/022452/06)
JSE Share Code: AMSP ISIN: ZAE000054474)
("the Company")
Declaration of Final Preference Dividend: Number 11
Redemption of Anglo Platinum Convertible Perpetual Cumulative Preference Shares ("Preference Shares")
On 31 May 2004 the Company issued 40 000 000 (forty million) Preference Shares. The terms of the Preference Shares provided that they were convertible into Ordinary Shares at the election of preference shareholders and the final date for conversion of Preference Shares to Ordinary Shares was 31 May 2009.
After the final date for conversion of Preference Shares to Ordinary Shares, 836 235 Preference Shares had not been converted. In accordance with the terms attaching to the Preference Shares, the Company has an option to either redeem or acquire all or any part of any preference shareholder's Preference Shares as at 31 May and 30 November of each year. The Company considers that the remaining number of unconverted Preference Shares does not justify the continued expense and administrative burden of continuing a listing in respect of that class of share and has accordingly determined to exercise its option and redeem all of the remaining Preference Shares as at 30 November 2009 at the redemption price of R100 per preference share.
Notice is hereby given that preference shareholders registered as holders of the Preference Shares as at Friday, 27 November 2009 shall be entitled to receive the preference dividend of 382 cents per preference share on Monday, 30 November 2009 for the period ending 30 November 2009. The dividend has been declared in respect of the period 1 June 2009 to 30 November 2009, both days inclusive and is payable to holders of preference shares recorded in the preference share register of the company at the close of business on the record date, Friday 27 November, 2009. The last day to trade in order to receive the preference dividend is Friday 20 November 2009.
Notices will be despatched to all shareholders, formally, advising them that the Company has elected to redeem their Preference Shares. No action is required of shareholders, save that preference shareholders holding Certificated Preference Shares will be required to surrender the relevant share certificates to the Company's Transfer Secretaries. The salient dates in respect of the declaration of dividend and redemption of the Preference Shares are set out below:
Salient dates are as follows:
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2009 |
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Declaration data announced on SENS on |
[Thursday, 29 October] |
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Notice sent to preference shareholders on |
[Friday, 30 October] |
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Finalisation information announced on SENS on |
[Friday, 13 November] |
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Last day to trade to be eligible for the redemption on |
[Friday, 20 November] |
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Suspension of Preference Shares on the JSE trading system from commencement of trading) on |
[Monday, 23 November] |
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Record date of redemption of Preference Shares on |
[Friday, 27 November] |
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Redemption/dividend cheques posted or electronic transfers effected provided that surrender forms and Anglo Platinum preference share certificates have been received by 12:00 on Friday, 27 November 2009 in respect of Certificated Preference Shareholders / Dematerialised Preference Shareholders will have their accounts at their CSDP or broker credited on |
[Monday, 30 November] |
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Termination of Preference Shares on the JSE trading system from commencement of trading on |
[Tuesday, 1 December] |
Notes:
- The above dates and times may be subject to amendment. Any such amendment will be released on SENS and published in the press.
- Preference share certificates may not be dematerialised or rematerialised after Friday, 20 November 2009.
J D Meyer Johannesburg
Group Company Secretary 28 October, 2009
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