Dividend Declaration

RNS Number : 9684Y

Old Mutual PLC

01 March 2013

 



Old Mutual plc

Ref 19/13

1 March 2013

Final Dividend for the year ended 31 December 2012 (No. 25)

The Directors of Old Mutual plc (the "Company") are recommending a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2012 of 5.25p per share (the "Final Dividend"), which will be paid (subject to being approved by shareholders at the Company's 2013 Annual General Meeting) on 31 May 2013. 

Shareholders on the South African, Zimbabwe and Malawi branch registers and the Namibian section of the principal register will be paid the local currency cash equivalents of the Final Dividend under dividend access trust or similar arrangements established in each country. Shareholders who hold their shares through Euroclear Sweden AB, the Swedish nominee, will be paid the cash equivalent of the Final Dividend in Swedish Kronor. Local currency cash equivalents of the Final Dividend for all five territories will be determined by the Company using exchange rates prevailing at the close of business on 11 April 2013 and will be announced by the Company on 12 April 2013.

Share certificates for shareholders on the South African register may not be dematerialised or rematerialised between 22 April 2013 and 26 April 2013, both dates inclusive, and transfers between the registers may not take place during that period.

A scrip dividend alternative is not being made available in relation to the Final Dividend.

The full timetable for the Final Dividend is set out below. 

Currency conversion date	11 April 2013
Exchange rates announced	12 April 2013
Last day to trade cum dividend for shareholders on the branch register in Malawi	17 April 2013
Ex-dividend date for shareholders on the branch register in Malawi	18 April 2013
Last day to trade cum dividend for Ordinary Shareholders on the branch registers in South Africa and Zimbabwe and on the Namibian section of the principal register.	19 April 2013
Trading suspended between registers	Opening of business on 22 April 2013
Last day to trade cum dividend for shareholders on the UK Register	23 April 2013
Ex-dividend date for shareholders on the UK Register	24 April 2013
Record date (all locations)	Close of business on 26 April 2013
Trading between registers recommences	Opening of business on 29 April 2013
Annual General Meeting	9 May 2013
Final Dividend payment date	31 May 2013

Enquiries

External communications

Patrick Bowes                           UK        [phone]

Investor relations

Kelly de Kock                            SA        [phone]

Media

William Baldwin-Charles                         [phone]

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Notes to Editors

Old Mutual

Old Mutual provides life assurance, asset management, banking and general insurance to more than 14 million customers in Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe. Originating in South Africa in 1845, Old Mutual has been listed on the London and Johannesburg Stock Exchanges, among others, since 1999.

In the year ended 31 December 2012, the Group reported adjusted operating profit before tax of £1.6 billion (on an IFRS basis) and had £262 billion of funds under management from core operations.

For further information on Old Mutual plc, please visit the corporate website at www.oldmutual.com   

 

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