Single B Share Dividend

RNS Number : 8496I

De La Rue PLC

25 November 2008

 



De La Rue plc

25 November 2008

25 November 2008

De La Rue plc ('De La Rue' or the 'Company')

RETURN OF CASH - Single B Share Dividend 

A dividend of 305 pence per B Share has today been declared in respect of 111,673,300 B Shares, being the B Shares for which elections (including deemed elections) have been made by Shareholders for the Single B Share Dividend, as announced by the Company on 24 November 2008.

It is expected that Shareholders receiving the Single B Share Dividend will either be sent cheques or have their nominated bank accounts credited in accordance with existing mandate instructions or have their CREST accounts credited (as appropriate) in respect of such Single B Share Dividend on 28 November 2008.

The 111,673,300 B Shares in respect of which the Single B Share Dividend has been declared have, in accordance with the Company's articles of association, been converted into Deferred Shares. 

Definitions used in the circular to shareholders dated 21 October 2008 apply in this announcement. 

Enquiries:

De La Rue [phone]

Leo Quinn, Chief Executive

Stephen King, Finance Director

Gary Williams, Head of Corporate Affairs

Financial Dynamics [phone]

Richard Mountain

Rothschild [phone]  

Crispin Wright

Stuart Vincent

JPMorgan Cazenove [phone]

Michael Wentworth Stanley

Dermot McKechnie 

JPMorgan Cazenove Limited is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom for the conduct of investment business by the Financial Services Authority and is acting exclusively for De La Rue and no-one else in connection with the Return of Cash and will not be responsible to anyone other than De La Rue for providing the protections afforded to clients of JPMorgan Cazenove Limited, or for providing advice in relation to the Return of Cash.

NM Rothschild & Sons Limited, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting for De La Rue and no one else in connection with the matters referred to in this announcement and will not be responsible to any person other than De La Rue for providing the protections afforded to clients of NM Rothschild & Sons Limited, or for providing advice in relation to the Return of Cash.

 

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