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SIRIUS REAL ESTATE LIMITED - Posting Of Scrip Dividend Alternative Circular And Scrip Dividend Reference Price And Exchange Rate

Release Date: 08/06/2020 17:20
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Posting Of Scrip Dividend Alternative Circular And
Scrip Dividend Reference Price And Exchange Rate

SIRIUS REAL ESTATE LIMITED
(Incorporated in Guernsey)
Company Number: 46442
JSE Share Code: SRE
LSE (EUR) Share Code: ESRE
LSE (GBP) Share Code: SRE
ISIN Code: ISIN GG00B1W3VF54

8 June 2020

                                            Sirius Real Estate Limited

                                     ("Sirius Real Estate" or the "Company")

 Posting of Scrip Dividend Alternative Circular; Scrip Dividend Reference Price and Exchange Rate and
             Availability of Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2020

Sirius Real Estate is pleased to confirm that the Scrip Dividend Alternative Circular and (if appropriate) a
Form of Election have today been posted to shareholders and are available on the Company's website:
www.sirius-real-estate.com.

An overview timetable of events relating to the Scrip Dividend Alternative is set out below:

For shareholders on the UK Share Register:

 Announcement of Final Scrip Dividend                              Monday, 1 June 2020

 Despatch the Scrip Circular and Form of Election and              Monday, 8 June 2020
 announce the despatch on RNS

 Last day to trade in order to be eligible for the cash dividend   Wednesday, 8 July 2020
 or alternatively the scrip dividend

 Shares commence trading ex the cash dividend or scrip             Thursday, 9 July 2020
 dividend (the UK Ex-Dividend Date)

 Record Date for Shareholders on the UK Register                   Friday, 10 July 2020

 Deadline by which election to receive the New Shares or           5.00 p.m. (UK time) on Friday, 24 July 2020
 election to receive dividend entitlements in Sterling must
 have been received by the Registrars (Election Return Date)

 Announcement on RNS of the number of New Shares issued            Wednesday, 12 August 2020

 Despatch scrip dividend share certificates, Final Dividend        Wednesday, 19 August 2020
 cheques and tax vouchers

 CREST accounts credited and/or updated with the Final             Thursday, 20 August 2020
 Dividend payment in cash and/or New Shares
 
 Admission of New Shares to the premium segment of the             Thursday, 20 August 2020
 Official List and to trading on the Main Market

 Final Dividend Payment Date                                       Thursday, 20 August 2020


For shareholders on the South African Share Register:


 Announcement of Final Scrip Dividend                              Monday, 1 June 2020

 Despatch the Scrip Circular and Form of Election and              Monday, 8 June 2020
 announce the despatch on SENS

 Last day to trade in order to be eligible for the cash dividend   Tuesday, 7 July 2020
 or alternatively the scrip dividend

 Shares commence trading ex the cash dividend or scrip             Wednesday, 8 July 2020
 dividend (the SA Ex-Dividend Date)

 Record Date for Shareholders on the SA Register                   Friday, 10 July 2020

 Deadline by which election to receive the New Shares must         12.00 noon (South African time) on Friday, 24 July
 have been received by the Transfer Secretaries (Election          2020
 Return Date)

 Announcement on SENS of the number of New Shares to be            Wednesday, 12 August 2020
 issued

 Participant/broker accounts credited and/or updated with          Thursday, 20 August 2020
 the Final Dividend payment in cash and/or New Shares

 Despatch scrip dividend share certificates, Final Dividend        Thursday, 20 August 2020
 cheques and tax vouchers

 Listing and admission of New Shares to trading on the JSE         Thursday, 20 August 2020

 Final Dividend Payment Date                                       Thursday, 20 August 2020


The above dates and times are subject to change. Any changes will be released on RNS and SENS.

Share certificates may not be dematerialised or rematerialised between Wednesday, 8 July 2020 and
Friday, 10 July 2020, both dates inclusive, nor may transfers of shares between sub-registers in the United
Kingdom and South Africa take place between Monday, 8 June 2020 and Friday, 10 July 2020, both dates
inclusive.

The Final Dividend has been declared in Euro. Shareholders on the UK Share Register may elect to receive
their entitlement to the Final Dividend in cash in either Euro or Sterling. Shareholders on the UK Share
Register that do not make a valid Sterling currency election will receive any entitlement to the cash
dividend in Euro. Shareholders on the South African Share Register (SA Share Register) will receive any
entitlement to the cash dividend in Rand.

The Scrip Dividend Reference Prices are as follows:

Shareholders on the UK Share Register: £0.76542 (Sterling)

Shareholders on the SA Share Register: R16.58040 (Rand)

The conversion rate and the Final Dividend authorised in Sterling (UK Share Register only)

Shareholders on the UK Share Register may elect to receive their entitlement to the Final Dividend in cash
in either Euro or Sterling. For Shareholders on the UK Share Register that make a valid Sterling currency
election, the conversion rate for the purposes of calculating the Final Dividend authorised in connection
with the period ended 31 March 2020 payable to Shareholders on the UK Share Register will be a Euro to
Sterling Conversion Rate of 0.88794.

On this basis, Shareholders on the UK Share Register who have elected to receive their entitlement to the
Final Dividend in cash in Sterling will receive a gross dividend of £0.01598 (Sterling) per Ordinary Share.

Alternatively, Shareholders on the UK Share Register may elect to receive new shares by way of the Scrip
Dividend Alternative.

The conversion rate and the Final Dividend authorised in Rand (SA Share Register only)

The conversion rate for the purposes of calculating the Final Dividend authorised in connection with the
period ended 31 March 2020 payable to Shareholders on the SA Share Register will be 19.00000 Rand to
1 Euro.

The Euro to Rand conversion for payment of the dividend in Rand will be settled on Wednesday, 12 August
2020 using the Euro to Rand Conversion Rate which has been fixed by the Company as at the date of this
announcement and the Circular.

The gross rate in euro is 1.80 cents. On this basis, Shareholders on the SA Share Register will receive a
gross dividend of R0.34200 (Rand) per Ordinary Share, which they may take in cash or in New Shares by
electing to do so by way of the Scrip Dividend Alternative.

The number of New Shares which Shareholders electing to take the Scrip Dividend Alternative will receive
are as follows:

Shareholders on the UK Share Register:           1 New Share for every 47.89862 Ordinary Shares held

Shareholders on the SA Share Register:           1 New Share for every 48.48070 Ordinary Shares held

Information for Shareholders on the SA Share Register

In accordance with the Listings Requirements of the JSE, the Company confirms that the net cash dividend
received by SA Shareholders who are not exempt from dividend withholding tax of 20%, is expected to be
R0.27360 (Rand) per Ordinary Share. The Company had 1,038,369,821 Ordinary Shares in issue (there are
no shares held in treasury) on Monday, 1 June 2020 the declaration date of the dividend. 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.

South African Shareholders who elect to receive the dividend in scrip form should not be subject to
income tax on receipt of New Shares or dividend withholding tax.

For the purposes of South African shareholders, the Scrip Dividend is likely to be regarded as a foreign
dividend.

Availability of Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2020

Shareholders are referred to the Company’s results for the year ended 31 March 2020 which were
published on 1 June 2020. Shareholders are hereby advised that the Annual Report and Accounts is
expected to be available for inspection on the Company’s website www.sirius-real-
estate.com/investors/reports/ from Friday, 12 June 2020.

Shareholders are further advised that in advance of the Company’s Annual Report and Accounts for the
year ended 31 March 2020 being uploaded to the Company’s website on Friday, Sirius is today making
available an unformatted version for JSE compliance purposes on the website at www.sirius-real-
estate.com/investors/reports/.

Further Information

Terms used but not defined herein have the same meaning given to them as set out in the Scrip Dividend
Alternative Circular (“Scrip Circular”) to be dispatched on Monday, 8 June 2020.

The distribution of the Scrip Circular in certain jurisdictions (including the United States of America,
Canada, Japan, New Zealand or Australia or their respective territories or possessions (subject to
applicable exemptions)) other than the United Kingdom, South Africa and Guernsey may be restricted by
law. Accordingly, the Scrip Circular may not be distributed or published in any jurisdiction except under
circumstances that will result in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations. Persons into whose
possession the Scrip Circular comes should inform themselves about and observe any such restrictions.
Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such
jurisdiction.

For further information:

Sirius Real Estate
Andrew Coombs, CEO          +49 (0)30 285010110
Alistair Marks, CFO
Tavistock
Jeremy Carey                +44 (0)20 7920 3150
James Verstringhe           +44 (0) 7836 734 625
                            siriusrealestate@tavistock.co.
                            uk

LEI: 213800NURUF5W8QSK566

JSE Sponsor
PSG Capital

Date: 08-06-2020 05:20:00
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