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CAPITAL & COUNTIES PROPERTIES PLC - 2012 Final Dividend - Echange Rate And Scrip Calculation Prices

Release Date: 10/05/2013 14:45
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2012 Final Dividend - Echange Rate And Scrip Calculation Prices

Capital & Counties Properties PLC
(Incorporated and registered in the United Kingdom and Wales with
registration Number 07145041 and registered in South Africa as an external
company with Registration Number 2010/003387/10)
JSE code: CCO
ISIN: GB00B62G9D36

2012 FINAL DIVIDEND ? EXCHANGE RATE AND SCRIP CALCULATION PRICES  
 
Capital & Counties Properties PLC confirms that SARB approval for the offering of a scrip dividend 
alternative has been obtained and accordingly shareholders are able to elect to receive new ordinary 
shares in the Company, credited as fully paid, in lieu of cash in respect of the 2012 final dividend of 1.0 
pence per ordinary share. 
 
Exchange Rate for Final Dividend 
 
The Company confirms that the South African Rand exchange rate for the 2012 final dividend of 1.0 
pence per ordinary share to be paid on 20 June 2013, to all shareholders registered on 24 May 2013, will 
be 13.961 ZAR to 1 GBP.  
 
On this basis, shareholders who hold their shares via the South African register will receive a cash 
dividend of 13.961 ZA cents per ordinary share.   
 
Scrip Calculation Price 
 
The Scrip Calculation prices are as follows: 
 
UK (principal register):        316.92 pence (Sterling) 
South Africa:                   4,446.27 cents (South African Rand)  
 
The same share prices will be used for calculating residual payments under the Scrip Dividend Scheme. 
 
Scrip Ratio: 
 
UK (principal register):        1 new ordinary share for every 316.92 ordinary shares held 
South Africa:                  1 new ordinary share for every 318.47790 ordinary shares held 
                                 (4446.27/13.961 = 318.47790) 
 
As no fraction of a share can be issued, the number of shares to be issued will be rounded down to the 
nearest whole number and any residual cash balance will be paid immediately to the relevant 
shareholder (unless a UK shareholder has made an “evergreen election”). 
 
By way of illustration of the above, a shareholder who holds 500 shares on the South African branch 
register and elects to receive the scrip dividend alternative would be entitled to 500/318.47790 = 
1.56997 shares which would be rounded down to 1 share, and the residual payment would be 0.56997 x 
4,446.27 ZA cents = 2,534.24051 ZA cents, payable in cash.   
 
Further details of the scrip dividend alternative are contained in the Scrip Dividend Scheme Booklet, 
Supplemental Notices and the related mandate forms, which are available on Capco’s website at 
www.capitalandcounties.com and from Capco’s share Registrars.   
 
Important Information for South African Shareholders: 
 
 
In South Africa, the 2012 final cash dividend which was approved by shareholders on 3 May 2013 will 
constitute a foreign dividend and will therefore be subject to South African Dividends Tax. Dividends Tax 
will be withheld at the rate of 15 per cent. unless a shareholder qualifies for an exemption or a reduced 
rate of Dividends Tax and the prescribed requirements for effecting the exemption or reduction, as set 
out in the scrip dividend scheme booklet, are in place.  After Dividends Tax has been withheld, the net 
Final Dividend will be 11.86685 ZA cents per ordinary share.  
 
No secondary tax on companies (STC) credits will be available to be utilised against Dividend Tax 
withheld on the payment of the Final Dividend.  The number of shares in issue as at the declaration date 
was 753,127,803 ordinary shares of 25p each. 
 
It is Capco’s understanding that a receipt of shares in terms of the scrip dividend alternative will not 
constitute a foreign dividend in terms of current legislation which is in force. Under the current 
legislation, the scrip dividend will constitute a receipt of a capital nature and will not be subject to 
income tax.  The new shares which are acquired under the Scrip Dividend Alternative will be treated as 
having been acquired for nil consideration. 
 
It is also Capco’s understanding that the residual cash payments will be subject to South African 
Dividends Tax, which will be withheld from the residual payment to South African shareholders at a rate 
of 15 per cent. unless a shareholder qualifies for an exemption or reduced rate of Dividends Tax and the 
prescribed requirements for effecting the exemption or reduction, as set out in the scrip dividend 
scheme booklet, are in place. 
 
This information is included only as a general guide to taxation for Shareholders resident in South Africa 
based on Capco’s understanding of the law and the practice currently in force.  Any Shareholder who is 
in any doubt as to their tax position should seek independent professional advice. 
 
The salient dates published in the announcement dated 28 February 2013 remain unchanged. 
 
Enquiries  
Ruth Pavey  
Company Secretary  
Capital & Counties Properties PLC  
+ 44 (0) 20 7297 6283  
 
10 May 2013 
 
Sponsor:
Merrill Lynch South Africa (Pty) Ltd
 
 
 

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