AECI Limited - Notice to preference shareholders Dividend No. 136

AECI Limited - Notice to preference shareholders Dividend No. 136               
AECI LIMITED                                                                    
("AECI" or "the Company")                                                       
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Registration number 1924/002590/06)                                            
Share code: AFEP & ISIN No: ZAE000000238                                        
Notice to preference shareholders Dividend No. 136                              
Notice is hereby given that on Monday, 15 May 2006 the directors of AECI Limited
declared a dividend at the rate of 5.5 per cent per annum for the six months    
ending Thursday, 15 June 2006 payable on Thursday, 15 June 2006 to holders of   
preference shares recorded in the books of the Company at the close of business 
on Friday, 9 June 2006.                                                         
The last day to trade cum dividend will be Friday, 2 June 2006 and shares will  
commence trading ex dividend as from Monday, 5 June 2006.                       
The dividend is declared in pound sterling and payment will be made from the    
offices of the transfer secretaries in South Africa and the United Kingdom on   
Thursday, 15 June 2006.                                                         
Dividends payable from South Africa will be paid in South African currency at   
the rate of 30.87006 cents per share, in accordance with the exchange rate      
ruling on Monday, 8 May 2006 (1 pound sterling = R11.22548).                    
Dividends payable from the United Kingdom office will be subject to such tax    
deductions as are prescribed by United Kingdom legislation unless a certificate 
exempting the shareholder concerned from such tax deduction is received before  
Friday, 2 June 2006.                                                            
Any change of address or dividend instruction must be received on or before     
Friday, 2 June 2006.                                                            
Share certificates may not be dematerialised or rematerialised from Monday, 5   
June 2006 to Friday, 9 June 2006, both days inclusive.                          
By order of the Board                                                           
MJF Potgieter                                                                   
Secretary                                                                       
Woodmead, Sandton                                                               
16 May 2006                                                                     
Transfer secretaries                                                            
Computershare Investor Services 2004 (Pty) Limited                              
70 Marshall Street, Johannesburg, 2001                                          
and                                                                             
Computershare Investor Services plc                                             
PO Box 82, The Pavilions, Bridgwater Road                                       
Bristol BS 99 7NH, England                                                      
Registered office                                                               
First Floor, AECI Place                                                         
24 The Woodlands                                                                
Woodlands Drive                                                                 
Woodmead                                                                        
Sandton                                                                         
Sponsor                                                                         
J.P. Morgan Equities Limited                                                    
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