Aeci 5 1/2% Prf Regulatory News (87FZ)

16 May 2006 08:10

AECI LIMITED("AECI" or "the Company")(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)(Registration number 1924/002590/06)Share code: AFEP ISIN No: ZAE000000238Notice to preference shareholdersDividend No. 136Notice is hereby given that on Monday, 15 May 2006 the directors of AECILimited declared a dividend at the rate of 5.5 per cent per annum for the sixmonths ending Thursday, 15 June 2006 payable on Thursday, 15 June 2006 toholders of preference shares recorded in the books of the Company at the closeof business on Friday, 9 June 2006.The last day to trade cum dividend will be Friday, 2 June 2006 and shares willcommence trading ex dividend as from Monday, 5 June 2006.The dividend is declared in pound sterling and payment will be made from theoffices of the transfer secretaries in South Africa and the United Kingdom onThursday, 15 June 2006.Dividends payable from South Africa will be paid in South African currency atthe rate of 30.87006 cents per share, in accordance with the exchange rateruling on Monday, 8 May 2006 (1 pound sterling = R11.22548).Dividends payable from the United Kingdom office will be subject to such taxdeductions as are prescribed by United Kingdom legislation unless a certificateexempting the shareholder concerned from such tax deduction is received beforeFriday, 2 June 2006.Any change of address or dividend instruction must be received on or beforeFriday, 2 June 2006.Share certificates may not be dematerialised or rematerialised from Monday, 5June 2006 to Friday, 9 June 2006, both days inclusive.By order of the BoardMJF PotgieterSecretaryWoodmead, Sandton16 May 2006Transfer secretariesComputershare Investor Services 2004 (Pty) Limited70 Marshall Street, Johannesburg, 2001andComputershare Investor Services plcPO Box 82, The Pavilions, Bridgwater RoadBristol BS 99 7NH, EnglandSponsorJP MorganRegistered officeFirst Floor, AECI Place24 The WoodlandsWoodlands DriveWoodmeadSandtonENDAECI LTD