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LBH - Liberty Holdings Limited - Declaration of final cash dividend
Liberty Holdings Limited
Registration number 1968/002095/06
Alpha code LBH
ISIN code ZAE000004032
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
("Liberty Holdings" or "the company")
DECLARATION OF FINAL CASH DIVIDEND
Liberty Holdings shareholders are referred to the company`s results announcement
published on the JSE`s Securities Exchange News Service on 4 March 2008 wherein
shareholders were advised that the directors had decided to defer the
declaration of a final dividend pending approval by the Financial Services Board
(FSB) of the declaration by Liberty Group Limited, announced on 28 February
2008, of a capital reduction of 266 cents per ordinary share in lieu of a final
dividend. Liberty Group Limited announced the approval of its capital reduction
by the FSB on 12 March 2008.
The total proceeds from the Liberty Group Limited capital reduction receivable
by the company are R386 million. After secondary tax on companies of R35
million, the net amount available for distribution is R351 million.
Notice is hereby given that a final ordinary cash dividend No. 78 of 715 cents
per share (December 2006 - 670 cents per share) has been declared in respect of
the financial year ended 31 December 2007.
The important dates pertaining to this dividend are:
Last day to trade cum dividend on the JSE Friday, 4 April 2008
First trading day ex dividend on the JSE Monday, 7 April 2008
Record date Friday, 11 April 2008
Payment date Monday, 14 April 2008
Share certificates may not be dematerialised or rematerialised from Monday, 7
April 2008 to Friday, 11 April 2008, both days inclusive. Where applicable,
dividends in respect of certificated shareholders will be transferred
electronically to shareholders` bank accounts on payment date. In the absence of
specific mandates, dividend cheques will be posted to shareholders. Shareholders
who have dematerialised their shares will have their accounts with their CSDP or
broker credited on Monday, 14 April 2008.
Johannesburg
14 March 2008
SPONSOR
Merrill Lynch
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