Notification of dividend / distribution
Announcement Summary
Entity name
FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LTD
Security on which the Distribution will be paid
FMG - ORDINARY FULLY PAID
Announcement Type
New announcement
Date of this announcement
Monday August 21, 2017
Distribution Amount
AUD 0.25000000
Ex Date
Friday September 1, 2017
Record Date
Monday September 4, 2017
Payment Date
Tuesday October 3, 2017
DRP election date
Tuesday September 5, 2017 19:00:00
Additional Information
Final dividend for the financial year ending 30 June 2017.
Refer to below for full details of the announcement
Announcement Details
Part 1 - Entity and announcement details
Name of +Entity
FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LTD
Registration Number
57002594872
Registered Number Type
ABN
ASX issuer code
FMG
The announcement is
New announcement
Date of this announcement
Monday August 21, 2017
ASX +Security Code
FMG
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)
Friday June 30, 2017
2A.4 +Record Date
Monday September 4, 2017
2A.5 Ex Date
Friday September 1, 2017
2A.6 Payment Date
Tuesday October 3, 2017
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 0.25000000
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?
No
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?
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 0.25000000
3A.2 Is the ordinary dividend/distribution franked?
Yes
3A.3 Percentage of ordinary dividend/distribution that is franked 100.0000 %
3A.4 Ordinary dividend/distribution franked amount per +security
AUD 0.25000000
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
Part 4A - +Dividend reinvestment plan (DRP)
2A.11a(i) DRP Status in respect of this dividend/distribution
Full DRP
3A.1a Ordinary dividend/distribution estimated amount per +security
AUD
3A.2a Is the ordinary dividend/distribution fully franked?
Yes
3A.3a Applicable corporate tax rate for franking credit (%)
30.0000 %
3A.5 Percentage amount of dividend which is unfranked
0.0000 %
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
Tuesday September 5, 2017 19:00:00
4A.3 DRP discount rate
0.0000 %
4A.4 Period of calculation of reinvestment price
Start Date
Wednesday September 6, 2017
4A.5 DRP price calculation methodology
End Date
Tuesday September 19, 2017
The allocation of price for shares under the Plan will be calculated as the average of the daily volume weighted average market price of all Fortescue shares traded on the Australian Securities Exchange during the period of ten trading days commencing on the second day after the record date of the applicable dividend.
4A.6 DRP Price (including any discount):
AUD
4A.8 Will DRP +securities be a new issue?
No
4A.7 DRP +securities +issue date
Monday October 2, 2017
4A.9 Is there a minimum dollar amount or number of +securities required for DRP participation?
No
4A.10 Is there a maximum dollar amount or number of +securities required for DRP participation?
No
4A.11 Are there any other conditions applying to DRP participation?
No
4A.12 Link to a copy of the DRP plan rules
http://fmgl.com.au/
4A.13 Further information about the DRP
Part 5 - Further information
Please provide any further information applicable to this dividend/distribution
Additional information for inclusion in the Announcement Summary
Final dividend for the financial year ending 30 June 2017.
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