SHAREHOLDERS’ DIARY |
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| Financial year-end |
28 February 2009 |
| Annual general meeting |
Tuesday, 14 July 2009 |
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Reports and financial statements |
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| Preliminary reports and dividend |
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| announcements (published) |
Tuesday, 5 May 2009 |
| Annual financial statements |
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| (mailed to shareholders) |
June 2009 |
| Interim reports |
October 2009 |
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Dividends |
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| The following dividends are hereby declared for the year ended 28 February 2009: |
 Ordinary dividend number 61 of 119 cents per share (2008: 156 cents) |
| Participating preference dividend number 15 of 119 cents per share (2008: 156 cents). |
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| The above dividends are payable as follows: |
| Last day of trading to qualify for and participate in the |
| dividend (cum dividend): |
Friday, 26 June 2009 |
| Trading ex dividend commences |
Monday, 29 June 2009 |
| Record date |
Friday, 3 July 2009 |
| Dividend payment date |
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| (electronic and certificated) |
Monday, 6 July 2009 |
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Dividend cheques in payment of these dividends to certificated shareholders will be posted to shareholders on or about Monday, 6 July 2009. Electronic payment to certificated shareholders will be undertaken simultaneously.
Shareholders who have dematerialised their share certificates will have their accounts at their Central Securities Depository Participant or broker credited on Monday, 6 July 2009.
In the case of certificated shareholders, notice of any change of address of shareholders must reach the transfer secretaries, Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Limited, on or before Friday, 26 June 2009. Share certificates may not be dematerialised or rematerialised from Monday, 29 June 2009 to Friday, 3 July 2009, both days inclusive. |
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ADMINISTRATION |
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Business, secretaries and registered address |
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| Altron House 4 |
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| Sherborne Road |
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| Parktown, 2193 |
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| (PO Box 981, Houghton, 2041) |
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| South Africa |
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| Telephone: |
National (011) 645-3600 |
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International 27 11 645-3600 |
| Telefax: |
(011) 482-6489 |
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Transfer secretaries |
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| Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Limited |
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| 70 Marshall Street |
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| Johannesburg, 2001 |
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| (PO Box 61051, Marshalltown, 2107) |
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| South Africa |
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| Telephone: |
National (011) 370-5000 |
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International 27 11 370-5000 |
| Telefax: |
(011) 370-5271/2 |
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Auditors |
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| KPMG Inc |
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Bankers |
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| ABSA Bank Limited |
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| FNB Corporate Bank (a division of FirstRand Bank Limited) |
| Nedbank, a division of Nedcor Bank Limited |
| The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited |
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Sponsor |
| Investec Bank |
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CURRENCY |
| To facilitate the interpretation of this report by readers not familiar with the South African rand, we provide the following conversion guide: |
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| At 28 February 2009 one rand was equal to: |
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