Cash dividend/ offer of Dividend Reinvestment Plan
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LSE (GBP) Share Code: SRE
Sirius Real Estate Limited
("Sirius Real Estate", "Sirius" or the "Company")
Cash dividend and offer of Dividend Reinvestment Plan
The board of directors of Sirius has earlier today declared a dividend for the six-month period ended 31 March 2024 of €0.0305 per share, an increase of 2.35% on the €0.0298 per share dividend relating to the corresponding period last year. There was a 6.5% increase in the total dividend for the financial year to 31 March 2024 of €0.0605 (2023: €0.0568).
The dividend is payable on Thursday 25 July 2024 to Sirius shareholders ("Shareholders") on the share register Friday, 28 June 2024.
The Company will not be offering a scrip dividend alternative but, for those Shareholders who wish to receive their dividend in the form of shares, the Dividend Reinvestment Plan ("DRIP") will be available. This means that the net dividend after tax is effectively reinvested by acquiring additional shares in the Company. The DRIP terms and conditions of the DRIP can be found at www.signalshares.com (for Shareholders on the UK share register) and www.sirius-real-estate.com/investors/dividends/
(for Shareholders on the SA share register).
Salient dates and times
Shareholders on the UK share register
| Dividend declaration date | Monday, 3 June 2024 |
| Last day to trade in order to be eligible for the cash dividend (the UK Last Day To Trade) | Wednesday, 26 June 2024 |
| Shares commence trading ex the cash dividend (the UK Ex-Dividend Date) (the UK Ex-Dividend Date) | Thursday, 27 June 2024 |
| Record Date for Shareholders on the UK share register (" UK Shareholders ") (the UK Record Date) | Friday, 28 June 2024 |
| Last day for receipt of DRIP elections and currency elections by UK Registrars (Link) | Monday, 1 July 2024 |
| Payments via electronic funds transfers, dividend cheques and tax vouchers | Thursday, 25 July 2024 |
| CREST accounts credited and/or updated with the dividend payment in cash | Thursday, 25 July 2024 |
| Dividend payment date | Thursday, 25 July 2024 |
| DRIP purchases settlement date (subject to market conditions and the purchase of shares in the open market) | Tuesday, 30 July 2024 |
| DRIP results announcement | Tuesday, 13 August 2024 |
| Shareholders on the SA share register | |
| Dividend declaration and finalisation date | Monday, 3 June 2024 |
| Last day to trade in order to be eligible for the cash dividend (the SA Last Day To Trade) | Tuesday , 25 June 2024 |
| Shares commence trading ex the cash dividend (the SA Ex-Dividend Date) | Wednesday, 26 June 2024 |
| Record date for Shareholders on the SA share register (" SA Shareholders ") (the SA Record Date) | Friday, 28 June 2024 |
| Last day for receipt of DRIP elections | Monday, 1 July 2024 |
| Central Securities Depository Participants (" CSDPs ") and broker accounts credited and/or updated with the dividend payment in cash | Thursday, 25 July 2024 |
| Dividend payment date | Thursday, 25 July 2024 |
| DRIP purchases settlement date (subject to market conditions and the purchase of shares in the open market) | Monday, 12 August 2024 |
| DRIP results announcement | Tuesday, 13 August 2024 |
To facilitate settlement of the dividend to entitled SA Shareholders, share certificates may not be dematerialised or rematerialised between Wednesday, 26 June 2024 (the SA Ex-Dividend Date) and Friday, 28 June 2024 (the SA Record Date). No transfers of Sirius shares shall be registered in the SA share register, or between the SA share register and the UK share register, between Monday, 3 June 2024 (the Dividend Declaration Date) and Friday, 28 June 2024. All dates are inclusive.
The dividend has been declared by the board of directors of the Company in Euro, from retained earnings. UK Shareholders may choose to receive their entitlement to the dividend in cash in either Euro or Sterling. UK Shareholders who do not make a valid Sterling currency election will receive any entitlement to the cash dividend in Euro. The Sterling currency election form is available online at: www.sirius-real-estate.com/investors/dividends/ SA Shareholders will receive any entitlement to the cash dividend in SA Rand ("ZAR").
Conversion Rates
The Euro to Sterling Conversion Rate (UK share register only)
For UK Shareholders who make a valid Sterling currency election, the conversion rate for the purposes of calculating the dividend for the six months ended 31 March 2024 will be a Euro to Sterling Rate of £0.85365.
On this basis, UK Shareholders who have elected to receive their entitlement to the dividend in cash in Sterling will be entitled to a gross dividend of £0.02603 (Sterling) per share. The gross dividend will be subject to tax, unless exempt.
The Euro to ZAR Conversion Rate (SA share register only)
For SA Shareholders, the conversion rate for the purposes of calculating the dividend authorised in connection with the period ended 31 March 2024 will be 20.29221 ZAR to 1 Euro.
The Euro to ZAR conversion for payment of the dividend in ZAR will be settled on Monday, 3 June 2024, using the Euro to ZAR Conversion Rate which has been fixed by the Company as at Friday, 31 May 2024. The closing market price for a share on the JSE on Friday, 31 May 2024 was R23.11.
On this basis, SA Shareholders will receive a gross dividend of 61.89124 (ZAR cents) per share. The gross dividend will be subject to tax, unless exempt.
Dividend Reinvestment Plan
UK Shareholders
SA Shareholders
Certificated shareholders or dematerialised shareholders who have rematerialised their share certificate(s), who wish to participate in the DRIP are required to dematerialise their share certificate(s) and transfer their shares into a CSDP. Should you hold registered share certificates and wish to dematerialise your share certificates in order to participate in the DRIP, please contact Computershare on +2711 370 5000 (overseas) or call 086 1100 933 between 08:30 to 17:00 SAST on business days, for the procedure to be followed.
Property Income Distribution ("PID"), non-PID and taxation
Shareholders are advised that the cash dividend declared will be paid as a 100% non-PID.
Shareholders will thus be paid as follows:
| UK Shareholders (GBP pence) | UK Shareholders (Euro cents) | SA Shareholders (ZAR cents) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-PID (gross) | 2.60363 | 3.050 | 61.89124 |
| *less 20% SA withholding tax | - | - | (12.37825) |
| Non-PID payable (net SA only) | - | - | 49.51299 |
* Non-PID - taxed as a normal dividend in SA
Additional information on the tax implication for Shareholders can be found at www.sirius-real-estate.com/investors/dividends/
General information
On Monday, 3 June 2024, being the declaration date of the dividend, the Company had in issue 1,348,140,369 ordinary shares and there were no shares held in treasury. The Company is incorporated in Guernsey with Company number 46442 and its tax registration number in Guernsey is 1EC.956 and its UK tax number is GB 203993015.
The dividend is being paid from the UK.
Exchange Control Regulations
The following is intended only as a guide and is therefore not a comprehensive statement of the Exchange Control Regulations of South Africa issued under the South African Currency and Exchanges Act, No. 9 of 1933, as amended ("Exchange Control Regulations"), applicable to SA Shareholders.
Non-resident Shareholders and emigrants who elect to receive:
- The cash dividend
- Reinvested shares via the DRIP
- Non-residents
- Emigrants
Based on shares controlled in terms of the Exchange Control Regulations, reinvested shares will be controlled and form part of the emigrant's remaining assets and be reflected in the capital account held with the Authorised Dealer controlling these assets. In particular, it will be the CSDP of the Authorised Dealer or the CSDP contracted by the Authorised Dealer that will be responsible to implement the election and a "Non-Resident" annotation will appear in the CSDP. These shares will thus form part of the remaining assets of the emigrant. However, it should be noted that it was indicated by the South African Reserve Bank in Exchange Control Circular 3/2023, that remaining funds in South Africa may be transferred from South Africa up to R10 million, subject to the emigrant obtaining the relevant tax TCS clearance from the South African Revenue Service.
In terms of the Exchange Control Regulations of South Africa:
- dividend and residual cash payments are freely transferable from South Africa.
| For further information: Sirius Real Estate Andrew Coombs, CEO Chris Bowman, CFO | +49 (0)30 285010110 |
| FTI Consulting (financial PR) Richard Sunderland Talia Shirion SiriusRealEstate@fticonsulting.com | +44 (0)20 3727 1000 |
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