Shareholders

01 Dividends

Dividends
Reporting period	Number	Declaration date	Payment date	Amount (cents per share)
December 2019	67	11 March 2020	20 April 2020	620
June 2019	66	13 August 2019	16 September 2019	505
December 2018	65	11 March 2019	15 April 2019	620
June 2018	64	6 August 2018	17 September 2018	490
December 2017	63	1 March 2018	16 April 2018	595

Key dates

December	31 Financial year end
March 2020	11 2019 full year results announcement
April 2020	14 Last day to trade 15 Ex dividend date 17 Record date 20 Final dividend payment
June 2020	04 Annual general meeting
August 2020	24 Announcement of the 2020 interim results
September 2020	15 Last day to trade 16 Ex dividend date 18 Record date 21 Payment date
* Please note that these dates are provisional and are subject to change

Absa Group ordinary share dividends

Reporting period	Number	Declaration date	Payment date	Amount (cents per share)
December 2019	67	11 March 2020	20 April 2020	620
June 2019	66	13 August 2019	16 September 2019	505
December 2018	65	11 March 2019	15 April 2019	620
June 2018	64	1 August 2018	17 September 2018	490
December 2017	63	1 March 2018	16 April 2018	595
June 2017	62	28 July 2017	11 September 2017	475
December 2016	61	23 February 2017	10 April 2017	570
June 2016	60	29 July 2016	12 September 2016	460
December 2015	59	1 March 2016	11 April 2016	550
June 2015	58	29 July 2015	14 September 2015	450
December 2014	57	3 March 2015	20 April 2015	525
June 2014	56	30 July 2014	15 September 2014	400
December 2013	55	11 February 2014	7 April 2014	470
June 2013 (special)	1	30 July 2013	25 November 2013	708
June 2013	54	30 July 2013	16 September 2013	350
December 2012	53	12 February 2013	8 April 2013	369
December 2012	52	27 July 2012	10 September 2012	315
December 2011	51	10 February 2012	2 April 2012	392
June 2011	50	2 August 2011	29 August 2011	292
December 2010	49	15 February 2011	14 March 2011	230
June 2010	48	5 August 2010	30 August 2010	225
December 2009	47	16 February 2010	15 March 2010	220
June 2009	46	3 August 2009	31 August 2009	225
December 2008	45	9 February 2009	9 March 2009	330
June 2008	44	7 August 2008	1 September 2008	265
December 2007	43	19 February 2008	17 March 2008	320
June 2007	42	2 August 2007	3 September 2007	240
December 2006	41	20 February 2007	19 March 2007	265
June 2006	40	3 August 2006	4 September 2006	208
December 2005	39	21 February 2006	20 March 2006	135
Septemeber 2005	38	21 November 2005	27 December 2005	160
March 2005	37	9 May 2005	27 June 2005	200

Absa Bank preference share dividends

Reporting period	Number	Declaration date	Payment date	Cents per share
December 2019	28	11 March 2020	20 April 2020	3469.32
June 2019	27	13 August 2019	16 September 2019	3 595.99
December 2018	26	11 March 2019	15 April 2019	3 542.69
June 2018	25	6 August 2018	17 September 2018	3 542.67
December 2017	24	1 March 2018	28 July 2018	3 558.01
June 2017	23	28 July 2017	11 September 2017	3 685.0
December 2016	22	23 February 2017	10 April 2017	3 644,7
June 2016	21	29 July 2016	12 September 2016	3 696,5
December 2015	20	1 March 2016	11 April 2016	3 395,4
June 2015	19	29 July 2015	14 September 2015	3 282,8
December 2014	18	2 March 2015	30 March 2015	3 210,9
June 2014	17	30 July 2014	15 September 2015	3 197,5
December 2013	16	10 February 2014	30 March 2014	2 979,3
June 2013	15	30 July 2013	16 September 2013	2 999,5
December 2012	14	12 February 2013	8 April 2013	2 950,6
June 2012	13	27 July 2012	10 September 2012	3 134,7
December 2011	12	10 February 2012	2 April 2012	2 827,2
June 2011	11	2 August 2011	29 August 2011	2 858,3
December 2010	10	15 February 2011	14 March 2011	2 887,6
June 2010	9	4 August 2010	30 August 2010	3 197,5
December 2009	8	16 February 2010	15 March 2010	3 280,3

02 Share statistics

Share price on the JSE

	31 December
	2019	2018	Change %
Number of shares in issue, which includes 4 221 005 (2018: 7 557 551) treasury shares	847 750 679	847 750 679	-
Market prices (cents per share):
closing	14 930	16 182	(8)
high	18 628	20 700	(10)
low	14 470	14 050	3
average	15 571	16 842	(8)
Closing price/Normalised NAV per share (excluding preference shares) (%)	1.18	1.35	(12)
Normalised price-to-earnings ratio (closing price/HEPS) (%)	7.75	8.5	(9)
Volumes of shares traded (million)	660.0	807.0	(18)
Value of shares traded (million)	108 219.0	136 758.5	(21)
Market capitalisation (Rm)	126 569.0	137 183.0	(8)
Annual total return (%)	(1.0)	(5.1)	(80)

03 Shareholder meetings

Between 2 August 2013 and 30 June 2018, documents were published under the name Barclays Africa Group Limited.

The 34th annual general meeting of ordinary shareholders will be held in Johannesburg on Thursday, 4 June 2020 at 10:00 (SA time). Due to COVID–19 (Coronavirus outbreak), and the need for social distancing, shareholders are encouraged to participate electronically and to make use of proxy voting as outlined in the Notice.