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SHAFTESBURY CAPITAL PLC - 2023 Final cash dividend - exchange rate

Release Date: 16/04/2024 10:30
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2023 Final cash dividend - exchange rate

SHAFTESBURY CAPITAL PLC
(Incorporated and registered in the United Kingdom
with Registration Number 07145051 and
registered in South Africa as an external company
with Registration Number 2010/003387/10)
JSE code: SHC ISIN: GB00B62G9D36
LEI: 549300TTXXZ1SHUI0D54
(the "Company" or "Shaftesbury Capital")


2023 FINAL CASH DIVIDEND - EXCHANGE RATE


This announcement sets out additional information relating to the 2023 final cash dividend of 1.65 pence per ordinary
share (of which 0.65 pence will be paid as a property income distribution ("PID") and 1.0 pence will be paid as an
ordinary dividend ("non-PID")), which is to be paid on Friday 31 May 2024 to all shareholders registered on Friday
26 April 2024. The proposed final cash dividend is subject to approval by shareholders at the Company's Annual
General Meeting, to be held on Thursday 23 May 2024.

Exchange Rate for 2023 final cash dividend:

The Company confirms that the ZAR exchange rate for the 2023 final cash dividend will be 23.62660 ZAR to 1 GBP,
which is the rate determined on Monday 15 April 2024.

On this basis, shareholders who hold their shares via the South African register will receive a cash dividend of 38.98389
ZAR cents per ordinary share (35.91243 ZAR cents net of UK withholding tax).

PID, NON-PID AND WITHHOLDING TAXES

The PID element of the proposed 2023 final cash dividend (being 0.65 pence) will be subject to deduction of a 20 per
cent UK withholding tax unless exemptions apply. The non-PID element (being 1.0 pence) will be treated as an ordinary
UK company dividend. SA dividends tax will also apply, where applicable. Details of the split (per ordinary share), and
withholding taxes are set out below:

                                                                                             UK (p)    SA (ZAR cents)
 Total (gross)                                                                                 1.65          38.98389
 PID (gross)                                                                                   0.65          15.35729
 UK withholding tax (20%)                                                                      0.13           3.07146
 PID (net of UK withholding tax)                                                               0.52          12.28583
 Less effective 5% SA dividends tax for SA shareholders, where applicable*                        -           0.76786
 Net PID payable                                                                               0.52          11.51797
 Non-PID                                                                                       1.00          23.62660
 Less SA withholding tax (20%)                                                                    -          4.72532
 Net Non-PID payable                                                                           1.00          18.90128

*Where the 20% SA dividends tax rate applies, this will be 3.07146 ZAR cents per ordinary share on the PID element
of the proposed 2023 final cash dividend, and after UK withholding tax and SA Dividends Tax have been withheld, the
total net proposed 2023 final cash dividend will be 28.11565 ZAR cents per ordinary share (total net proposed 2023
final cash dividend where 5% SA Dividends Tax applies is 30.41925 ZAR cents per ordinary share).

Information for shareholders:

The information below is included only as a general guide to taxation for shareholders based on Shaftesbury Capital'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.
UK shareholders - PIDs

Certain categories of shareholders may be eligible for exemption from the 20 per cent UK withholding tax and may
register to receive their dividends on a gross basis. Further information, including the required forms, is available from
the 'Investors' section of the Company's website (www.shaftesburycapital.com), or on request from our UK registrars,
Link Group. Validly completed forms must be received by Link Group no later than the dividend Record Date, as
advised; otherwise the dividend will be paid after deduction of tax.

South African shareholders

The proposed 2023 final cash dividend declared by the Company is a foreign payment and the funds are sourced from
the UK.

PIDs: South African shareholders may apply to HMRC after payment of the PID element of the proposed 2023 final
cash dividend for a refund of the difference between the 20 per cent UK withholding tax and the UK/South African
double taxation treaty rate of 15 per cent.

The PID element of the proposed 2023 final cash dividend will be exempt from income tax but will constitute a dividend for
Dividends Tax purposes, as it will be declared in respect of a share listed on the exchange operated by the JSE. SA Dividends
Tax will therefore be withheld from the PID element of the proposed 2023 final cash dividend at a rate of 20 per cent, unless
a shareholder qualifies for an exemption and the prescribed requirements for effecting the exemption are in place by the
requisite date. Certain shareholders may also qualify for a reduction of SA Dividends Tax liability to 5 per cent, (being
the difference between the SA dividends tax rate and the effective UK withholding tax rate of 15 per cent) if the
prescribed requirements for effecting the reduction are in place by the requisite date.

Non-PID: The non-PID element of the proposed 2023 final cash dividend will be exempt from income tax but will
constitute a dividend for SA Dividends Tax purposes, as it will be declared in respect of a share listed on the exchange
operated by the JSE. SA Dividends Tax will therefore be withheld from the non-PID element of the proposed 2023 final
cash dividend at a rate of 20 per cent, unless a shareholder qualifies for an exemption and the prescribed requirements
for effecting the exemption are in place by the requisite date.

Other overseas shareholders:

Other non-UK shareholders may be able to make claims for a refund of UK withholding tax deducted pursuant to the
application of a relevant double taxation convention. UK withholding tax refunds can only be claimed from HMRC, the
UK tax authority.

Additional information on PIDs can be found at: https://www.shaftesburycapital.com/en/investors/investor-
information/reit.html

The salient dates in the dividend timetable published in the announcement published on Thursday 29 February 2024
remain unchanged.

Enquiries
Desna Martin
Group Company Secretary
Shaftesbury Capital PLC
+ 44 (0) 20 3214 9150

16 April 2024


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Date: 16-04-2024 10:30:00
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