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Finalisation of special cash dividend, no change statement, availability of IAR and BEE report and notice of AGM
Alexander Forbes Group Holdings Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
Registration Number: 2006/025226/06
JSE Share Code: AFH and ISIN: ZAE000191516
(Alexander Forbes or the group or the company)
FINALISATION ANNOUNCEMENT RELATING TO THE SPECIAL CASH DIVIDEND, NO CHANGE STATEMENT,
AVAILABILTIY OF INTEGRATED ANNUAL REPORT, NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND BBBEE
ANNUAL COMPLIANCE REPORT
1. Finalisation announcement relating to the special cash dividend
Shareholders are referred to the SENS announcement of the group’s financial results for the year ended 31
March 2020 released on the Stock Exchange News Service (SENS) on 8 June 2020 (results announcement), which
contained, inter alia, declaration of a special cash dividend and are advised that the relevant approval from the
South African Reserve Bank has been received.
The salient dates applicable to the special cash dividend, as set out in the results announcement on
8 June 2020 are therefore final and are confirmed as follows:
- Last day to trade in order to be eligible to receive the special cash dividend: Tuesday, 21 July 2020
- Shares commence trading ex-dividend: Wednesday, 22 July 2020
- Record date: Friday, 24 July 2020
- Payment date: Monday, 27 July 2020
Share certificates may not be dematerialised or rematerialised between Wednesday, 22 July 2020 and Friday, 24
July 2020, both days inclusive.
2. No change statement and availability of the integrated annual report
With regard to the audited results for the year ended 31 March 2020, shareholders are advised that the audited
annual financial statements are available on the company’s website at
https://www.alexanderforbes.co.za/investorrelations/financial-results/annual-results and contain no
modifications to the audited results published on SENS on 8 June 2020. The company confirms that there have
been no changes to the unqualified auditor’s report which was referenced in the audited results announcement
and made available to shareholders on the company’s website on the same date as the release of the audited
results.
The integrated annual report for the year ended 31 March 2020, and other disclosures required in terms of the
JSE Limited Listings Requirements, are now available on the company’s website at
https://www.alexanderforbes.co.za/investorrelations/financial-results/annual-report.
3. Notice of annual general meeting
Notice is hereby given that the annual general meeting (AGM) of the shareholders of Alexander Forbes Group
Holdings Limited will be held through electronic participation only at 09:30 on Wednesday, 2 September 2020 to
transact the business as stated in the notice of AGM distributed to shareholders today (with the summary
consolidated financial statements), being Tuesday, 7 July 2020.
As detailed in the notice, resulting from the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertainty
surrounding the restrictions placed on public gatherings and/or the COVID-19 level that may be applicable when
the company’s AGM is to take place, the company has determined it prudent and appropriate to make the
meeting accessible only through electronic participation, as provided for by the JSE Limited and in terms of the
provisions of the Companies Act 71 of 2008, as amended, and the company’s memorandum of incorporation.
Shareholders wishing to participate in this virtual annual general meeting should contact The Meeting Specialists
(TMS) on proxy@tmsmeetings.co.za or alternatively contact them on +27 11 520 7952/0/1 as soon as possible,
but ideally no later than 09:30 on Monday, 31 August 2020 to register to gain access to its electronic
communication platform (the platform) for the purpose of enabling all of the shareholders, who are present at
the AGM, to communicate concurrently with each other, without an intermediary, and to participate reasonably
effectively in the AGM and exercise their voting rights at the AGM. Notwithstanding the aforegoing, any
shareholder who wishes to attend the AGM is entitled to contact TMS at any time prior to the commencement of
the AGM, in order to be verified and provided with access to the Platform by TMS. TMS is obliged to validate this
information with your CSDP before providing you with the necessary means to access the voting platform.
In accordance with section 59(1) of the Companies Act, the record date for the purposes of establishing which
shareholders are entitled to participate in and vote at the AGM will be Friday, 28 August 2020 (voting record
date). Accordingly, the last day to trade in order to be eligible to participate in and vote at the AGM is Tuesday,
25 August 2017. Shareholders are kindly requested to submit completed forms of proxy at the office of the
meeting scrutineers of the company, whose details appear below, ideally by 09:30 on Monday, 31 August 2020.
4. Availability of the BBBEE annual compliance report
Shareholders are hereby notified that in accordance with the JSE Limited Listings Requirements, the company’s
annual compliance report in terms of section 13G(2) of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act 53 of
2003 has been published and is available on the company’s website at
https://www.alexanderforbes.co.za/investor relations/company-overview/governance/transformation.
Carina Wessels
Executive: governance, legal and compliance (company secretary)
7 July 2020
Sandton
Sponsor
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)
Date: 07-07-2020 04:14:00
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