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GEMFIELDS GROUP LIMITED
Incorporated in Guernsey. Guernsey registration Number: 47656.
South African external company registration number 2009/012636/10
Share code on JSE:GML / AIM:GEM
ISIN: GG00BG0KTL52 | LEI: 21380017GAVXTCYS5R31
("Gemfields" or the "Company")
Dividend Update
LONDON, 29 APRIL 2022
Further to the Company’s announcement on 8 April 2022 containing details of the Special
Dividend (“Dividend”) declared by Gemfields, notice is hereby given that the final dividend per
share amounts have changed, given the issue of 210,000 new ordinary shares in the Company
between 8 April 2022 and the ex-dividend dates (being 20 April 2022 for shares trading on the JSE
and 21 April 2022 for shares trading on AIM) pursuant to the recent exercise of share options by
certain group employees.
This results in a gross dividend of USDc 1.70079 per ordinary share, payable from income reserves,
which has been converted from United States Dollars (USD) to South African Rand (ZAR) and
Great British Pounds (GBP) at the below exchange rates on Thursday, 7 April 2022, obtained from
currency conversion transactions the Company entered into:
- JSE shareholders – USD/ZAR 14.7323, equating to a dividend of ZARc 25.05649 per
share
- AIM shareholders – USD/GBP 0.7630, equating to a dividend of GBP pence 1.29762 per
share
Shareholders are reminded that the dividend payment date is 6 May 2022.
Additional information for South African resident shareholders of Gemfields is noted below:
- Tax reference number in (United Kingdom) is 32518 26138.
- The current issued ordinary share capital of Gemfields for the purpose of the dividend is
1,175,926,710 ordinary shares.
- The dividend paid by Gemfields to South African resident shareholders registered on the
South African register is subject to South African Dividend Tax (“Dividend Tax”) of 20%
(subject to any available exemptions as legislated).
- Shareholders are advised that Gemfields will not deduct any applicable Dividend Tax at
source.
- Shareholders registered on the South African register who are exempt from paying the
Dividend Tax will receive a dividend of ZARc 25.05649 per share paid by Gemfields.
These exempt shareholders are advised to contact their broker or CSDP to confirm their
tax status to ensure no Dividend Tax is deducted by the regulatory intermediary.
- Shareholders registered on the South African register who are not exempt from paying the
Dividend Tax will receive a net dividend of ZARc 20.04519 per share (gross dividend of
ZARc 25.05649 per share less Dividend Tax of ZARc 5.01130 per share). These non-
exempt shareholders are advised to contact their broker or CSDP so that the Dividend
Tax can be withheld by the regulatory intermediary.
- Shareholders who are in doubt as to their tax status or position or any other matter,
including, inter alia, any exchange control requirement, should consult an appropriate
independent professional advisor in their relevant jurisdiction without delay.
Further information on Gemfields Group Limited can be found at:
GEMFIELDSGROUP.COM
To join our investor mailing list, contact us on:
companysecretary@gemfields.com
For any press enquiries please contact us on:
gemfields@camarco.co.uk
ENQUIRIES
GEMFIELDS Sean Gilbertson / David Lovett
T: +44(0) 20 7518 3400
SPONSOR (JSE) Investec Bank Limited
SEDIBELO SALE PROCESS Scott Mathieson
Liberum
T: +44(0) 20 3100 2222
NOMINATED ADVISER finnCap
(AIM) & JOINT BROKER Christopher Raggett / Tim Redfern / Edward Whiley
T: +44(0) 20 7220 0500
JOINT BROKER Liberum
Scott Mathieson / Kane Collings
T: +44(0) 20 3100 2222
FINANCIAL PR/ IR Camarco
Gordon Poole / Emily Hall
T: +44(0) 20 3757 4980
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON GEMFIELDS
Gemfields is a world-leading miner of responsible coloured gemstones. Gemfields is the operator
and 75% owner of both the Kagem emerald mine in Zambia (believed to be the world’s single
largest producing emerald mine) and the Montepuez ruby mine in Mozambique (one of the most
significant recently discovered ruby deposits in the world). In addition, Gemfields also holds
controlling interests in various other gemstone mining and prospecting licences in Zambia,
Mozambique, Ethiopia and Madagascar.
Gemfields’ outright ownership of Fabergé - an iconic and prestigious brand of exceptional heritage
- enables Gemfields to optimise positioning, perception and consumer awareness of coloured
gemstones through Fabergé designs, advancing the wider group’s “mine and market” vision.
Gemfields has developed a proprietary grading system and a pioneering auction and trading
platform to provide a consistent supply of coloured gemstones to downstream markets, a key
component of Gemfields’ business model that has played an important role in the growth of the
global coloured gemstone sector.
GEMFIELDS
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KAGEM MINING LINKEDIN
MONTEPUEZ RUBY MINING LINKEDIN
Date: 29-04-2022 03:30:00
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