Interim Dividend Timetable 2012

RNS Number : 1915R

Anglo American PLC

31 October 2011

 

ANGLO AMERICAN plc

Provisional Interim Dividend Dates

(Dividend no 24)

	2012
Announcement date (amount declared in US$ with ZAR equivalent):	Thursday 26 July
Last day to effect removals between     the UK & SA Registers	Wednesday 25 July
Last date to trade on the JSE to qualify for dividend:	Friday 10 August
Ex-dividend JSE:	Monday 13 August
Ex-dividend LSE:	Wednesday 15 August
Record date (UK & SA Registers):	Friday 17 August
Last day for receipt of US$:£/€ currency elections by UK Registrars:	Tuesday 21 August
Last day for receipt of DRIP Mandates by UK Registrars:	Tuesday 21 August
(Bank holiday UK:	Monday 27 August)
US$:£/- currency conversion rates  announced:	Thursday 30 August
Removals between the UK & SA registers permissible from	Friday 31 August
Last day for receipt of DRIP Mandates  by CSDPs:	Friday 31 August
Last day for receipt of DRIP Mandates By SA Registrars:	Monday 3 September
Dividend warrants mailed:	Wednesday 12 September
Payment date:	Thursday 13 September
Crest Credit Date UK	Wednesday 19 September

Removal of shares to and from the United Kingdom principal register and the South African branch register will not be permitted between Thursday 26 July and Thursday 30 August 2012 inclusive.

Any changes to the abovementioned dates will be notified.

Notes

1.       Shareholders on the United Kingdom register of members with an address in the United Kingdom will be paid in pounds sterling and those with an address in a country in the European Union which has adopted the euro, will be paid in euros. Such shareholders may, however, elect to be paid their dividends in US dollars provided the UK Registrars receive such election byTuesday, 21 August 2012 Shareholders with an address elsewhere will be paid in US dollars except those registered on the South African branch register who will be paid in South African rand. The currency conversion rates and the amounts per share in pounds sterling/euros will be announced on Thursday 30 August 2012.

2.       Dematerialisation and rematerialisation of registered share certificates in South Africa will not be effected by CSDPs during the period from the JSE Ex-dividend date to the record date (both days inclusive).

3.       Those shareholders who already participate in the DRIP need not complete a DRIP mandate form for each dividend as such forms provide an ongoing authority to participate in the DRIP until cancelled in writing. Shareholders who wish to participate in the DRIP should obtain a mandate form from the UK Registrars, the South African Transfer Secretaries or, in the case of those who hold their shares through the STRATE system, their CSDP.

4.       In terms of the DRIP, and subject to the purchase of shares in the open market, share certificates/CREST notifications are expected to be mailed and CSDP investor accounts credited/updated on Wednesday 19 September 2012 in the UK and Friday 21 September 2012 in South Africa. CREST accounts will be credited on Wednesday 19 September 2012.

5.       Copies of the terms and conditions of the DRIP are available from the UK Registrars or the South African Transfer Secretaries.

N Jordan

Company Secretary

31 October 2011

 

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