The Board of Choppies Enterprises Limited has declared an interim gross dividend of 1.6 thebe (2022: Nil thebe) per ordinary share, payable to shareholders on 16 April 2024. In accordance with the dividend policy adopted at the time of the Botswana Stock Exchange listing, a dividend cover of three will be maintained. Record date: 5 April 2024. Trading ex-dividend commences: 3 April 2024. Last day to trade cum dividend: 2 April 2024. The dividend has been declared out of income reserves. In terms of the Dividends Tax, the following additional information is disclosed: The local Dividend Tax rate is 10%. The net local dividend amount is 1.6 thebe per share for shareholders exempt from paying Dividends Tax and 1.44 thebe per share for shareholders liable to pay Dividends Tax. This interim dividend is the first dividend since the fiscal year 2017, marking a milestone in the performance of
the Group and the return of value add to shareholders.