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AMSP - Anglo Platinum Limited - Declaration Of Final Preference Dividend: Number
11 Redemption Of Anglo Platinum Convertible Perpetual Cumulative Preference
Shares ("Preference Shares")
Anglo Platinum Limited
(incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration No. 1946/022452/06)
JSE Share Code: AMSP & ISIN: ZAE000054474)
("the Company")
DECLARATION OF FINAL PREFERENCE DIVIDEND: NUMBER 11 REDEMPTION OF ANGLO PLATINUM
CONVERTIBLE PERPETUAL CUMULATIVE PREFERENCE SHARES ("PREFERENCE SHARES")
On 31 May 2004 the Company issued 40 000 000 (forty million) Preference Shares.
The terms of the Preference Shares provided that they were convertible into
Ordinary Shares at the election of preference shareholders and the final date
for conversion of Preference Shares to Ordinary Shares was 31 May 2009.
After the final date for conversion of Preference Shares to Ordinary Shares, 836
235 Preference Shares had not been converted. In accordance with the terms
attaching to the Preference Shares, the Company has an option to either redeem
or acquire all or any part of any preference shareholder`s Preference Shares as
at 31 May and 30 November of each year. The Company considers that the
remaining number of unconverted Preference Shares does not justify the continued
expense and administrative burden of continuing a listing in respect of that
class of share and has accordingly determined to exercise its option and redeem
all of the remaining Preference Shares as at 30 November 2009 at the redemption
price of R100 per preference share.
Notice is hereby given that preference shareholders registered as holders of the
Preference Shares as at Friday, 27 November 2009 shall be entitled to receive
the preference dividend of 382 cents per preference share on Monday, 30 November
2009 for the period ending 30 November 2009. The dividend has been declared in
respect of the period 1 June 2009 to 30 November 2009, both days inclusive and
is payable to holders of preference shares recorded in the preference share
register of the company at the close of business on the record date, Friday 27
November, 2009. The last day to trade in order to receive the preference
dividend is Friday 20 November 2009.
Notices will be despatched to all shareholders, formally, advising them that the
Company has elected to redeem their Preference Shares. No action is required of
shareholders, save that preference shareholders holding Certificated Preference
Shares will be required to surrender the relevant share certificates to the
Company`s Transfer Secretaries. The salient dates in respect of the declaration
of dividend and redemption of the Preference Shares are set out below:
Salient dates are as follows:
2009
Declaration data announced on SENS on Thursday, 29 October
Notice sent to preference shareholders on Friday, 30 October
Finalisation information announced on SENS on Friday, 13 November
Last day to trade to be eligible for the redemption on Friday, 20 November
Suspension of Preference Shares on the JSE trading
system from commencement of trading) on Monday, 23 November
Record date of redemption of Preference Shares on Friday, 27 November
Redemption/dividend cheques posted or electronic
transfers effected provided that surrender forms and
Anglo Platinum preference share certificates have been
received by 12:00 on Friday, 27 November 2009 in
respect of Certificated Preference Shareholders /
Dematerialised Preference Shareholders will have Monday, 30 November
their accounts at their CSDP or broker credited on
Termination of Preference Shares on the JSE trading
system from commencement of trading on Tuesday, 1 December
Notes:
- The above dates and times may be subject to amendment. Any such amendment
will be released on SENS and published in the press.
- Preference share certificates may not be dematerialised or rematerialised
after Friday, 20 November 2009.
J D Meyer
Group Company Secretary
Johannesburg
28 October, 2009
Sponsor
Merrill Lynch South Africa (Pty) Limited
Date: 29/10/2009 16:00:02 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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