Provisional 2018 Dividend Timetable

RNS Number : 6141D

Anglo American PLC

01 February 2018

 

ANGLO AMERICAN PLC (THE "COMPANY")

Registered office: 20 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AN

Registered number: 3564138 (incorporated in England and Wales)

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300S9XF92D1X8ME43

ISIN: GBOOB1XZS820

ANGLO AMERICAN PLC - PROVISIONAL FULL YEAR AND INTERIM DIVIDEND TIMETABLES 2018

Anglo American announces, for information purposes only, the following provisional timetables for any dividends that become payable in 2018. Confirmation of any actual dividends payable, and the dates thereof, will as usual be contained within interim and final results announcements.

John Mills

Group Company Secretary

1 February 2018

PROVISIONAL FINAL DIVIDEND DATES (Dividend no 32)	2018
Announcement date (amount declared in US$ with ZAR equivalent):	Thursday, 22 February
Last day to effect removal of shares between the United Kingdom (UK) and South African (SA) registers:	Monday, 12 March
Last day to trade on the JSE Limited (JSE) to qualify for dividend:	Tuesday, 13 March
Ex-dividend on the JSE from the commencement of trading on:	Wednesday, 14 March
Ex-dividend on the London Stock Exchange from the commencement of trading on:	Thursday, 15 March
Record date (applicable to both the UK principal register and SA branch register):	Friday, 16 March
Movement of shares between the UK and SA registers permissible from:	Monday, 19 March
Last day for receipt of US$:£/€ currency elections by the UK Registrars (note 1):	Thursday, 19 April
Last day for receipt of Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP) mandate forms by the UK Registrars (notes 4, 5 and 6):	Thursday 19 April
Last day for receipt of DRIP mandate forms by Central Securities Depository Participants (CSDPs) (notes 4, 5 and 6):	Monday, 23 April
Last day for receipt of DRIP mandate forms by the South African Transfer Secretaries (notes 4, 5 and 6):	Tuesday, 24 April
Currency conversion US$:£/€ rates announced on:	Thursday 26 April
Dividend warrants mailed UK:	Thursday, 10 May
Payment date of dividend:	Friday, 11 May
Crest Credit Date UK: accounts updated with shares in terms of the DRIP election, where applicable	Wednesday, 16 May
CSDP accounts credited/updated with shares in terms of the DRIP election, where applicable	On or about Wednesday, 6 June (subject to the purchase of shares by the Transfer Secretaries in the open market/refer note 5 below)

Removal of shares to and from the United Kingdom principal register and the South African branch register will not be permitted between Tuesday, 13 March 2018 and close of business on Friday 16 March 2018 inclusive.

Note: the final dividend is subject to the approval of shareholders at the Annual General Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, 8 May 2018.

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 by Thursday, 19 April 2018. 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.

2.  Dividend Tax will be withheld from the amount of the gross dividend paid to South African shareholders at the rate of 20% unless a shareholder qualifies for exemption. In South Africa the dividend will be distributed by Anglo South Africa Capital (Pty) Limited, a South African company with tax registration number 9273/364/84/5, in accordance with the Company's dividend access share arrangements.

3.  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).

4.  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.

5.  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 or about Wednesday, 6 June 2018. CREST accounts will be credited on Wednesday, 16 May 2018.

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

7.  The US$: £ / € conversion rates will be determined by the actual rates achieved by Anglo American buying forward contracts for those currencies, during the two days preceding the announcement of the conversion rates, for delivery on the dividend payment date.

PROVISIONAL INTERIM DIVIDEND DATES (Dividend no 33)	2018
Announcement date (amount declared in US$ with ZAR equivalent):	Thursday, 26 July
Last day to effect removal of shares between the United Kingdom (UK) and South African (SA) registers:	Monday, 13 August
Last day to trade on the JSE Limited (JSE) to qualify for dividend:	Tuesday, 14 August
Ex-dividend on the JSE from the commencement of trading on:	Wednesday, 15 August
Ex-dividend on the London Stock Exchange from the commencement of trading on:	Thursday, 16 August
Record date (applicable to both the UK principal register and SA branch register):	Friday, 17 August
Movement of shares between the UK and SA registers permissible from:	Monday, 20 August
Last day for receipt of US$:£/€ currency elections by the UK Registrars (note 1):	Friday 31 August
Last day for receipt of Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP) mandate forms by the UK Registrars (notes 4, 5 and 6):	Friday, 31 August
Currency conversion US$:£/€ rates announced on:	Friday, 7 September
Last day for receipt of DRIP mandate forms by Central Securities Depository Participants (CSDPs) (notes 4, 5 and 6):	Friday, 14 September
Last day for receipt of DRIP mandate forms by the South African Transfer Secretaries (notes 4, 5 and 6):	Monday, 17 September
Dividend warrants mailed UK:	Thursday,20 September
Payment date of dividend:	Friday, 21 September
Crest Credit Date UK: accounts updated with shares in terms of the DRIP election, where applicable	Wednesday, 26 September
CSDP accounts credited/updated with shares in terms of the DRIP election, where applicable	On or about Monday, 15 October (subject to the purchase of shares by the Transfer Secretaries in the open market/refer note 5 below)

Removal of shares to and from the United Kingdom principal register and the South African branch register will not be permitted between Tuesday, 14 August 2018 and close of business on Friday, 17 August 2018 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 by Friday, 31 August 2018. 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.

2.  Dividend Tax will be withheld from the amount of the gross dividend paid to South African shareholders at the rate of 20% unless a shareholder qualifies for exemption. In South Africa the dividend will be distributed by Anglo South Africa Capital (Pty) Limited, a South African company with tax registration number 9273/364/84/5, in accordance with the Company's dividend access share arrangements.

3.  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).

4.  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.

5.  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 or about Monday, 15 October 2018. CREST accounts will be credited on Wednesday, 26 September 2018.

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

7.  The US$: £ / € conversion rates will be determined by the actual rates achieved by Anglo American buying forward contracts for those currencies, during the two days preceding the announcement of the conversion rates, for delivery on the dividend payment date.

 

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