Griqualand West - Interim Dividend

RNS Number:9922K
Griqualand West Diamond Mining Co Ld
22 May 2000

     GRIQUALAND WEST DIAMOND MINING COMPANY DUTOITSPAN MINE LIMITED 
     Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa 
     Company Registration No. 11/00013/06 
 
 
     NOTICE OF DIVIDEND DECLARATION 
 
Notice is hereby given that a dividend of 20,5 cents (1999 : 20,5 cents) per
ordinary share, being the interim dividend in respect of the year ending 31
December 2000, has been declared payable to ordinary shareholders registered
in the books of the Company at the close of business on Friday, 30 June 2000. 
 
     CONDITIONS OF PAYMENT OF DIVIDEND 
 
The dividend is declared in the currency of the Republic of South Africa. 
 
The payment date for the dividend is Tuesday, 1 August 2000 and dividend
warrants will be posted from the offices of the transfer secretaries in
Kimberley or from the offices of the registrar in the United Kingdom on or
about Monday, 31 July 2000, in terms of paragraphs 1 and 2 below. 
 
1(a)     In the case of 
         (i)     shareholders with registered addresses in Europe (including  
                 the United Kingdom), or 
 
         (ii)    shareholders who have mandated payments to addresses in      
                 Europe, or 
 
         (iii)   shareholders who have requested payment in United Kingdom    
                 currency, 
 
         warrants will be posted from the United Kingdom and will be drawn in 
         United Kingdom currency converted at the rate of exchange applicable 
         on Monday, 3 July 2000, less appropriate taxes. 
 
1(b)     Shareholders referred to in paragraph 1(a) above may, however, elect
         to be paid in South African Rands provided that any such request is  
         received by the Company's South African transfer secretaries or its  
         United Kingdom registrar on or before Friday, 30 June 2000. 
 
2.       In the case of 
 
         (i)     shareholders whose registered addresses are elsewhere than in
                 Europe (including the United Kingdom), or 
 
         (ii)    shareholders who have mandated payments to addresses outside 
                 Europe, or 
 
         (iii)   shareholders who have elected to be paid in South African    
                 Rands in terms of paragraph 1(b) above,  
 
         the dividend will be paid from Kimberley in South African Rands. 

Any change of address or dividend instruction involving a change of office of
payment to apply to this dividend must be received by the Company's transfer
secretaries/registrar on or before Friday, 30 June 2000. In this regard,
shareholders must, where necessary, have obtained the approval of the South
African exchange control authorities or any other exchange control
authorities having jurisdiction in respect thereof. 
 
In respect of dividends payable from the offices of the United Kingdom
registrar on account of shareholders whose registered addresses are in the
United Kingdom and on account of other shareholders who have mandated payment
of their dividends to addresses in the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom
registrar will deduct United Kingdom income tax at the applicable rate of  
20 per cent, except where authority has been received from the Inspector of
Foreign Dividends to pay without such deduction. In all other cases no United
Kingdom income tax will be deducted. 
 
 
By order of the board 
DE BEERS CONSOLIDATED MINES LIMITED
Secretaries 
 
 
Per : M J WARD                                                    22 May 2000 
 
 
 
South African Transfer Secretaries :               Registered Office : 
 
De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited                36 Stockdale Street 
36 Stockdale Street                                KIMBERLEY 8301 
KIMBERLEY 8301, South Africa                       South Africa 
(P O Box 616 
KIMBERLEY 8300) 
 
 
United Kingdom Registrar : 
 
Computershare Services PLC 
P O Box 82 
The Pavilions  
Bridgwater Road  
BRISTOL BS99 7NH 
England 
 
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