Correction
to the announcement made at 07.01 (RNS number: 9300S) on
19/06/2024: The interim dividend payment will be made on Monday 12
August 2024, not Friday, 9 August 2024 as previously announced. The
full corrected announcement is as per below. All other information
was correct:
SCHRODER EUROPEAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST
PLC
("SEREIT"/ the "Company" / "Group")
UPDATED DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE FOR
SHAREHOLDERS
Shareholders are referred to the Second Interim
Dividend declaration announced on 19 June 2024. Due to the public
holiday in South Africa on Friday, 9 August 2024,
the interim dividend
payment will be made on Monday, 12 August 2024 to shareholders on
the register on the record date of Friday, 12 July 2024. In
South Africa, the last day to trade will be Tuesday, 9 July 2024
and the ex-dividend date will be Wednesday, 10 July 2024. In the
UK, the last day to trade will be Wednesday, 10 July 2024 and the
ex-dividend date will be Thursday, 11 July 2024.
The interim
dividend will be paid in sterling to shareholders on the UK
register and rand to shareholders on the South African register.
The exchange rate for determining the interim dividend paid in rand
will be confirmed by way of an announcement on Monday, 24 June
2024. UK shareholders are able to make an election to receive
dividends in euro. The form for applying for such election can be
obtained from the Company's UK registrars (Equiniti Limited) and
any such election must be received by the Company no later than the
close of business on Friday, 12 July 2024. The exchange rate for
determining the interim dividend paid in sterling will be confirmed
following the election cut off date by way of an announcement on
Monday, 15 July 2024.
Shares
cannot be moved between the South African register and the UK
register between Monday, 24 June 2024 and Friday, 12 July 2024,
both days inclusive. Shares may not be dematerialised or
rematerialised in South Africa between Wednesday, 10 July 2024 and
Friday, 12 July 2024, both days inclusive.
The Company
has a total of 133,734,686 shares in issue on the date of this
announcement. The dividend will be distributed by the Company
(UK tax registration number 21696 04839) and is regarded as a
foreign dividend for shareholders on the South African
register. In respect of South African shareholders, dividend
tax will be withheld from the amount of the dividend noted above at
the rate of 20% unless the shareholder qualifies for the
exemption. Further dividend tax information for South African
shareholders will be included in the exchange rate announcement to
be made on Monday, 24 June 2024.
All other
salient dates and other dividend declaration information announced
remain unchanged for the interim dividend.
Enquiries:
Jeff
O'Dwyer
Schroder
Real Estate Investment Management Limited
Tel: 020 7658 6000
Shilla
Pindoria
Schroder
Investment Management
Limited
Tel: 020 7658 6000
Dido
Laurimore/Richard Gotla/Ollie Parsons
FTI
Consulting
Tel: 020 3727 1000
The Company
has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and a secondary
listing on the JSE Limited.
London
19 June
2024
JSE
Sponsor:
PSG
Capital