Brambles : Dividend/Distribution - BXB

Notification of dividend / distribution

Notification of dividend / distribution

Announcement Summary

Entity name

BRAMBLES LIMITED

Security on which the Distribution will be paid

BXB - ORDINARY FULLY PAID

Announcement Type

New announcement

Date of this announcement

Monday February 22, 2016

Distribution Amount

AUD 0.14500000

Ex Date

Thursday March 10, 2016

Record Date

Friday March 11, 2016

Payment Date

Thursday April 14, 2016

DRP election date

Monday March 14, 2016 17:00:00

Refer to below for full details of the announcement

Announcement Details

Part 1 - Entity and announcement details

1. Name of +Entity

   BRAMBLES LIMITED

   
   

2. Registered Number Type

   ABN

   
   

   89118896021

   Registration Number

   
   

3. ASX issuer code

   BXB

   
   

4. The announcement is

   New announcement

5. Date of this announcement

   Monday February 22, 2016

6. ASX +Security Code

BXB

ASX +Security Description

ORDINARY FULLY PAID

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 December 31, 2015

2A.4 +Record Date

Friday March 11, 2016

2A.5 Ex Date

Thursday March 10, 2016

2A.6 Payment Date

Thursday April 14, 2016

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.

No

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 0.14500000

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 have a Dividend/Distribution Reinvestment Plan (DRP)

2A.11a If the +entity has a DRP, is the DRP applicable to this dividend/distribution?

Yes

2A.12 Does the +entity have tax component information apart from franking?

Yes

Part 2B - Currency Information

2A.11a(i) DRP Status in respect of this dividend/distribution

Full DRP

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.).

Yes

2B.2 Please provide a description of your currency arrangements

Shareholders whose registered address is in the United Kingdom receive their dividends in Pounds Sterling.

2B.2a Other currency/currencies in which the dividend/distribution will be paid:

GBP - Pound Sterling GBP

2B.2b Please provide the exchange rates used for non-primary currency payments

2B.2c If payment currency equivalent and exchange rates not known, date for information to be released

Thursday April 7, 2016

Estimated or Actual?

Estimated

2B.3 Can the securityholder choose to receive a currency different to the currency they would receive under the default arrangements?

No

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 0.14500000

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?

No

3A.3 Percentage of ordinary dividend/distribution that is franked 25.0000 %

3A.4 Ordinary dividend/distribution franked amount per +security

AUD 0.03625000

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 0.10875000

Part 3E - Other - distribution components / tax

3A.3a Applicable corporate tax rate for franking credit (%)

30.0000 %

3A.5 Percentage amount of dividend which is unfranked

75.0000 %

3E.1 Please indicate where and when information about tax components can be obtained (you may enter a url).

Information about the tax components will be in the dividend statements distributed to shareholders on or around 14 April 2016.

Part 4A - +Dividend reinvestment plan (DRP)

4A.1 What is the default option if +security holders do not indicate whether they want to participate in the DRP?

Do not participate in DRP (i.e. cash payment)

4A.2 Last date and time for lodgement of

election notices to share registry under DRP

Monday March 14, 2016 17:00:00

4A.4 Period of calculation of reinvestment price

Start Date

Tuesday March 15, 2016

4A.5 DRP price calculation methodology

4A.3 DRP discount rate

1.5000 %

End Date

Wednesday March 30, 2016

Volume weighted average price of Brambles shares traded on the Australian Securities Exchange from 15 March 2016 to 30 March 2016.

4A.6 DRP Price (including any discount):

AUD

4A.8 Will DRP +securities be a new issue?

Yes

4A.7 DRP +securities +issue date

Thursday April 14, 2016

4A.8a Do DRP +securities rank pari passu from

+issue date?

Yes