Discovery Preference Shares
On 15 August 2011, Discovery issued 8,000,000 non-cumulative, non-participating, non-convertible, voluntarily redeemable, no par value B Preference Shares at an issue price of R100 per share by way of private placement. The B preference shares were listed on the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa under the abbreviated short name “DSY B PREF” with alpha code “DSBP” in the “Specialist Securities”-Preference Share sector of the market.
Salient terms of the Discovery Perpetual Preference Share issue
Salient terms of Discovery Perpetual Preference Share issue (142 kb)
Note: Investors are advised to refer to the Circular attached below for the full terms of the Perpetual Preference Shares as the above is a summary.
Circular to Discovery shareholders
Discovery Circular 2011 (798 kb)
A historical view of preference dividends per share for the year ended 30 June:
Gross cash dividend (Cents per share) |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
2012 |
Preference share dividend March |
480.06849 |
465.0 |
428.49315 |
431.23288 |
289.23 |
Preference share dividend September |
514.24658 |
458.699 |
442.19178 |
421.50685 |
414.73973 |