In line with the group's interim dividend policy of paying 40% of the prior full year dividend, the board has approved and declared a gross interim dividend of 276 cents per ordinary share. The interim dividend will be paid out of income reserves and is payable on September 4, 2017 to all ordinary shareholders recorded in the books of Liberty Holdings Limited on the record date. The dividend of 276 cents per ordinary share will be subject to a local dividend tax rate of 20% which will result in a net interim dividend, to those shareholders who are not exempt from paying dividend tax, of 220.8 cents per ordinary share. Record date is September 1, 2017.