Shareholder information
Registered office
Rexam PLC, 4 Millbank, London SW1P 3XR, United Kingdom
Tel +44 (0)20 7227 4100
Fax +44 (0)20 7227 4109
Registered in England and Wales number 191285
Rexam website
The Rexam website has comprehensive information on the Group and its strategy. In the Investors section there is useful shareholder information, together with the real time price of the Company’s shares, a share value calculator and historic share prices. Press releases, stock exchange announcements and other useful links to the Group’s businesses, Corporate Governance and Corporate Responsibility pages are available through the website. In addition, copies of publications such as Annual Reports, Interim Reports, the Consumer Packaging Report 2007/2008, Corporate Responsibility Report and the latest editions of Rexam World can be downloaded or viewed online.
Registrar
Equiniti, Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, West Sussex BN99 6DA, United Kingdom
Tel +44 (0)871 384 2256
For enquiries concerning your shareholding, dividends or the AGM 2009, and to register changes to your personal details, please contact Equiniti.
Equiniti also provides online access to a range of shareholder information on its Shareview website where you can view your shareholding in Rexam, find practical help to update your personal details and register for electronic communication. There is also a facility to buy or sell your Rexam ordinary shares online. Your shareholder reference number, shown on share certificates and tax vouchers, will enable you to view your shareholding on the Shareview website.
For general enquiries you may contact the Company Secretary’s department at Rexam PLC or email company.secretary@rexam.com.
If you have received more than one copy of the Notice of AGM 2009 you may be registered under more than one shareholder reference number. To amalgamate your accounts please contact Equiniti.
Electronic communication
The majority of shareholders have chosen to view shareholder documents on the Rexam website and do not receive a paper copy of the Annual Report or certain other shareholder documents.
If you have received a paper copy of the Annual Report 2008 and would prefer to view shareholder documents electronically, you can send your instruction in writing to Equiniti or, alternatively, make your request through their Shareview website at www.shareview.co.uk/rexam.
You can request a paper copy of any shareholder document at any time and the document will be sent to you free of charge. Please contact Equiniti by telephone or in writing.
Stock Exchange listing
The Company’s ordinary shares are listed with the UK Listing Authority and admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange. The shares are classified under the FTSE General Industrials sector and trade under the code REX. In the US, ordinary shares are traded on an Over-the-Counter Program under symbol REXMY on Pink Sheets in the form of American Depositary Receipts.
Financial calendar 2009
The following dates are given for information purposes. Please check the Rexam website nearer to the expected date to ensure there have been no changes to these dates.
Events
| 2009 | |
|---|---|
| Announcement of 2008 Final Results | 19 February |
| Annual General Meeting 2009 | 7 May |
| Ex dividend date for 2008 final ordinary share dividend |
3 June |
| Record date for 2008 final ordinary share dividend | 5 June |
| Payment date for 2008 final ordinary share dividend | 2 July |
| Announcement of 2009 Interim Results | 30 July |
| Proposed payment date for 2009 interim ordinary share dividend |
6 October |
| Financial year end | 31 December |
Dividends
Subject to shareholder approval, the directors have proposed a 2008 final dividend of 12.3p per ordinary share. The total dividend for the year ended 31 December 2008 is 21.0p per ordinary share (2007: 20.0p).
Dividends on ordinary shares
| Dividend per share (p) |
Ex dividend date |
Record date |
Payment date |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 interim | 8.7 | 08.10.08 | 10.10.08 | 04.11.08 |
| 2008 proposed final | 12.3 | 03.06.09 | 05.06.09 | 02.07.09 |
Dividend mandate
Shareholders who wish their dividends to be paid directly to a bank or building society account should contact Equiniti or download a dividend mandate form from the Shareview website or from the Investors section on the Rexam website. Dividends can also be paid directly into certain foreign bank accounts. For details of those countries for which this service is offered, please contact Equiniti or download the list of countries from the Rexam website.
Dividend reinvestment plan
The Company’s dividend reinvestment plan provides a simple and economic way for shareholders to reinvest their Rexam dividends in Rexam ordinary shares. Details of the plan and an application form can be downloaded from the Investors section on the Rexam website, from the Shareview website or by contacting Equiniti on +44 (0)871 384 2268. The last date for receipt of instructions to reinvest the 2008 final dividend is 11 June 2009.
Capital gains tax
The market value of Rexam ordinary shares at 31 March 1982, the normal basis for indexation allowance, was 75.3p per share, as adjusted for the sub division of shares in November 1992 and the capital reorganisation in October 1998. Shareholders requiring clarification of their capital gains tax position should consult their professional adviser.
American Depositary Receipts (ADRs)
www.bnymellon.com/shareowner
BNY Mellon Shareowner Services
PO Box 358516
Pittsburgh, PA 15252-8516
Tel +1 201 680 6825
Tel 1 888 BNY ADRS (toll free within the US)
Email shrrelations@bnymellon.com
Rexam has an ADR programme for which The Bank of New York Mellon acts as Depositary and transfer agent. One ADR equates to five Rexam ordinary shares. The Depositary receives the sterling dividends payable to ADR holders and makes the equivalent payment in US dollars. ADRs are traded as a Level 1 ADR Over-the-Counter Program under symbol REXMY on the Pink Sheets electronic trading market. Trading data can be viewed at www.pinksheets.com or through www.adrbnymellon.com.
Prior to September 2008, JP Morgan Chase Bank was the Depositary and transfer agent for the ADR programme. Historic ADR information can be viewed at www.rexam.com.
Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs)
www.halifax.co.uk/sharedealing
Halifax Share Dealing Limited, ISA Department, Lovell Park Road, Leeds, LS1 1NS, United Kingdom
Tel +44 (0)8457 22 55 25
Email customercare.hsdl@halifax.co.uk
Halifax Share Dealing administers Rexam ISAs and offers new Self-Select Stocks & Shares ISAs to qualifying UK residents.
ShareGift
www.sharegift.org
Tel +44 (0)20 7930 3737
ShareGift is an independent charity share donation scheme that provides a charitable solution to the problem of unwanted small holdings of shares. If you have shares that you wish to dispose of and whose value makes it uneconomic to sell, you may wish to consider donating them to charity through ShareGift.
Analysis of ordinary shareholders
Holdings of Rexam PLC ordinary shares, as at 17 February 2009, are as follows:
Shareholding analysis
| Holdings number |
% | Shares number |
% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | ||||
| Individuals | 16,172 | 69 | 21,422,290 | 3 |
| Pension funds | 4 | – | 7,261 | – |
| Banks and nominees | 6,789 | 29 | 611,864,896 | 95 |
| Other corporate holders | 522 | 2 | 9,626,726 | 2 |
| 23,487 | 100 | 642,921,173 | 100 | |
| Size of holdings | ||||
| Up to 2,000 shares | 18,033 | 77 | 13,590,185 | 2 |
| 2,001 – 20,000 shares | 4,655 | 20 | 20,688,281 | 3 |
| 20,001 – 100,000 shares | 359 | 1 | 17,818,682 | 3 |
| Over 100,000 shares | 440 | 2 | 590,824,025 | 92 |
| 23,487 | 100 | 642,921,173 | 100 | |
Fraudulent transactions
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has issued a warning to all UK shareholders about unsolicited phone calls or correspondence concerning investment matters. These are typically from overseas based ‘brokers’ who target UK shareholders, offering to sell them what often turn out to be worthless or high risk shares in US or UK companies. These operations are commonly known as ‘boiler rooms’. Shareholders are advised to be very wary of any unsolicited advice, offers to buy shares at a discount, or offers of free company reports. If you receive any unsolicited investment advice:
- Make sure you get the correct name of the person and organisation.
- Check that they are properly authorised by the FSA before getting involved by visiting www.fsa.gov.uk/register
- If you are concerned, report the matter to the FSA either by calling 0845 606 1234 from within the UK or +44 20 7066 1000 from outside the UK, or visiting www.moneymadeclear.fsa.gov.uk
- The FSA can be contacted by completing an online form at www.fsa.gov.uk/pages/Doing/Regulated/Law/Alerts/overseas.shtml
- If the calls persist, hang up.
More detailed information on these or similar activities can be found on the FSA website www.moneymadeclear.fsa.gov.uk
Protecting your shareholding
- Ensure all your share certificates are kept in a safe place or hold your shares electronically in CREST via a nominee.
- Keep all correspondence from Equiniti which shows your shareholder reference number in a safe place, or destroy correspondence by shredding.
- Inform Equiniti if you change address. If you receive a letter from the Registrars regarding a change of address and have not recently moved, please contact them immediately. You may be a victim of identity theft.
- If you are buying or selling shares, only deal with brokers registered in the UK or your country of residence.
