21st May 2010 09:00
AECI LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration Number 1924/002590/06)
SHARE CODE AFEP ISIN NO ZAE000000238
("AECI" or "the Company")
NOTICE TO PREFERENCE SHAREHOLDERS
Dividend No. 144
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Friday, 21 May 2010 the Directors of AECI Limited declared a dividend at the rate of 5.5 per cent per annum for the six months ending Tuesday, 15 June 2010 payable on Tuesday, 15 June 2010 to holders of preference shares recorded in the books of the Company at the close of business on Friday, 11 June 2010.
The last day to trade cum dividend will be Friday, 4 June 2010 and shares will commence trading ex dividend as from Monday, 7 June 2010.
The dividend is declared in pound sterling and payment will be made from the offices of the transfer secretaries in South Africa and the United Kingdom on Tuesday, 15 June 2010.
Dividends payable from South Africa will be paid in South African currency at the rate of 30.01824 cents per share in accordance with the exchange rate ruling on Monday, 17 May 2010 (1 pound sterling = R10.91573).
Dividends payable from the United Kingdom office will be subject to such tax deductions as are prescribed by United Kingdom legislation unless a certificate exempting the shareholder concerned from such tax deduction is received before Friday, 4 June 2010.
Any change of address or dividend instruction must be received on or before Friday, 4 June 2010.
Share certificates may not be dematerialised or rematerialised from Monday, 7 June 2010 to Friday, 11 June 2010, both days inclusive.
By order of the BoardE A ReaActing Company SecretaryWoodmead, Sandton21 May 2010Transfer Secretaries
Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Limited
70 Marshall Street, Johannesburg 2001
and
Computershare Investor Services PLC
P O Box 82The PavilionsBridgwater RoadBristol BS99 7NHEnglandRegistered office1st Floor, AECI Place24 The WoodlandsWoodlands DriveWoodmeadSandton
Sponsor: RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)
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