Corporate data
SHAREHOLDERS’ DIARY |
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| Financial year-end | 28 February 2010 |
| Annual general meeting | Wednesday, 14 July 2010 |
Reports and financial statements |
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| Preliminary reports and dividend | |
| announcements (published) | Tuesday, 4 May 2010 |
| Annual financial statements | |
| (mailed to shareholders) | June 2010 |
| Interim reports | October 2010 |
Dividends |
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| The following dividends are hereby declared for the year ended 28 February 2010: | |
 Ordinary dividend number 62 of 90 cents per share (2009: 119 cents). |
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| Participating preference dividend number 16 of 90 cents per share (2009: 119 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, 25 June 2010 |
| Trading ex dividend commences | Monday, 18 June 2010 |
| Record date | Friday, 2 July 2010 |
| Dividend payment date | |
| (electronic and certificated) | Monday, 5 July 2010 |
Dividend cheques in payment of these dividends to certificated shareholders will be posted to shareholders on or about Monday, 5 July 2010. 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, 5 July 2010. 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, 25 June 2010. Share certificates may not be dematerialised or rematerialised from Monday, 28 June 2010 to Friday, 2 July 2010, both days inclusive. |
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ADMINISTRATION |
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Business, secretaries and registered address |
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| Altron House | |
| 4 Sherborne Road | |
| Parktown, 2193 | |
| (PO Box 981, Houghton, 2041) | |
| South Africa | |
| Telephone: | National (011) 645-3600 |
| International 27 11 645-3600 | |
| Telefax: | (011) 482-6489 |
Transfer secretaries |
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| Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Limited | |
| 70 Marshall Street | |
| Johannesburg, 2001 | |
| (PO Box 61051, Marshalltown, 2107) | |
| South Africa | |
| Telephone: | National (011) 370-5000 |
| International 27 11 370-5000 | |
| Telefax: | (011) 370-5271/2 |
Auditors |
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| KPMG Inc | |
Bankers |
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| ABSA Bank Limited | |
| FNB Corporate Bank (a division of FirstRand Bank Limited) | |
| Nedbank, a division of Nedcor Bank Limited | |
| The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited | |
Sponsor |
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| Investec Bank | |
CURRENCY |
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| To facilitate the interpretation of this report by readers not familiar with the South African rand, we provide the following conversion guide: | |
| At 28 February 2010 one rand was equal to: | |
2010 |
2009 | |
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| £ | 0.0847 |
0.0688 |
| US$ | 0.1292 |
0.0984 |
| Euro | 0.0948 |
0.0777 |