Notification of dividend / distribution
Announcement Summary
Entity name
RAMSAY HEALTH CARE LIMITED
Security on which the Distribution will be paid
RHCPA - TRANS PREF 6-BBSW+ 4.85% PERP SUB RED T-10-10
Announcement Type
New announcement
Date of this announcement
Friday October 20, 2017
Distribution Amount
AUD 2.35250000
Ex Date
Wednesday April 4, 2018
Record Date
Thursday April 5, 2018
Payment Date
Friday April 20, 2018
Refer to below for full details of the announcement
Announcement Details
Part 1 - Entity and announcement details
Name of +Entity
RAMSAY HEALTH CARE LIMITED
Registered Number Type
ABN
57001288768
Registration Number
ASX issuer code
RHC
The announcement is
New announcement
Date of this announcement
Friday October 20, 2017
ASX +Security Code
RHCPA
ASX +Security Description
TRANS PREF 6-BBSW+ 4.85% PERP SUB RED T-10-10
Part 2A - All dividends/distributions basic details
2A.1 Type of dividend/distribution
Ordinary
2A.2 The Dividend/distribution:
relates to a period of six months
2A.3 The dividend/distribution relates to the financial reporting or payment period ending ended/ending (date)
Thursday April 19, 2018
2A.4 +Record Date
Thursday April 5, 2018
2A.5 Ex Date
Wednesday April 4, 2018
2A.6 Payment Date
Friday April 20, 2018
2A.7 Are any of the below approvals required for the dividend/distribution before business day 0 of the timetable?
Security holder approval Court approval
Lodgement of court order with +ASIC ACCC approval
FIRB approval
Another approval/condition external to the entity required before business day 0 of the timetable for the dividend/distribution.
Yes
2A.7a Approvals
Approval/condition Other (please specify in comment section) | Date for determination Wednesday February 28, 2018 | Is the date estimated or actual? Estimated | **Approval received/condition met? [Select...] |
Comments Payment of the dividend is subject to the Board of Ramsay Health Care resolving to pay the dividend in accordance with the terms as set out in Appendix A of the Prospectus dated 27 April 2005 (a copy of the Prospectus is available in PDF format on the Company's website: www.ramsayhealth.com/Investors/CARES) |
2A.8 Currency in which the dividend/distribution is made ("primary currency")
AUD - Australian Dollar
2A.9 Total dividend/distribution payment amount per +security (in primary currency) for all dividends/distributions notified in this form
AUD 2.35250000
2A.10 Does the entity have arrangements relating to the currency in which the dividend/distribution is paid to securityholders that it wishes to disclose to the market?
Yes
2A.11 Does the entity have a securities plan for dividends/distributions on this +security?
We do not have a securities plan for dividends/distributions on this security
2A.12 Does the +entity have tax component information apart from franking?
No
Part 2B - Currency Information
Estimated or Actual?
Actual
2B.1 Does the entity default to payment in certain currencies dependent upon certain attributes such as the banking instruction or registered address of the +securityholder? (For example NZD to residents of New Zealand and/or USD to residents of the U.S.A.).
No
2B.2 Please provide a description of your currency arrangements
The default currency for the dividend is AUD
For non-resident security holders who would like to receive their dividend in a local foreign currency, enquiries should be made though our share registry:
Boardroom Pty Limited
Email: enquiries@boardroomlimited.com.au Telephone (from within Australia): 1300 737 760
Telephone (from outside Australia): +61 2 9290 9600
Part 3A - Ordinary dividend/distribution
3A.1 Is the ordinary dividend/distribution estimated at this time?
No
3A.1b Ordinary Dividend/distribution amount per security
AUD 2.35250000
3A.2 Is the ordinary dividend/distribution franked?
Yes
3A.1a Ordinary dividend/distribution estimated amount per +security
AUD
3A.2a Is the ordinary dividend/distribution fully franked?
Yes
3A.3 Percentage of ordinary dividend/distribution that is franked 100.0000 %
3A.4 Ordinary dividend/distribution franked amount per +security
AUD 2.35250000
3A.6 Ordinary dividend/distribution unfranked amount per +security excluding conduit foreign income amount
AUD 0.00000000
3A.7 Ordinary dividend/distribution conduit foreign income amount per security
AUD 0.00000000
3A.3a Applicable corporate tax rate for franking credit (%)
30.0000 %
3A.5 Percentage amount of dividend which is unfranked
0.0000 %
Part 3D - Preference +security distribution rate details
3D.1 Start date of payment period
Friday October 20, 2017
3D.2 End date of payment period
Thursday April 19, 2018
3D.3 Date dividend/distribution rate is set (optional)
3D.5 Number of days in the dividend/distribution period
182
3D.6 Dividend/distribution base rate (pa)
1.8900 %
3D.7 Comments on how dividend/distribution base rate is set
180-day Bank Bill Swap Rate (BBSW) on the first day of the dividend period, Friday 20 October 2017
3D.8 Dividend/distribution margin
4.8500 %
3D.9 Comments on how dividend/distribution margin is set
The margin for the dividend is the stepped-up rate announced on 26 August 2010
3D.10 Any other rate / multiplier used in calculating dividend/distribution rate
-2.0220 %
3D.11 Comments on how other rate used in calculating dividend/distribution rate is set
The Dividend Rate = (the Market Rate + the Dividend Margin) x (1- Tax Rate) The Tax Rate is the current prevailing Australian corporate tax rate of 30%
3D.12 Total dividend/distribution rate for the period (pa)
4.7180 %
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