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Electronic Communications
SEGRO shareholders can choose to receive shareholder communications electronically, including Annual and Interim Reports, Corporate Responsibility Reports, Notice of the Annual General Meeting, and Proxy Forms. For every shareholder that signs up to electronic communications, eTree will donate a sapling to the Woodland Trust's Tree for All campaign.
When you register, there will be a quick verification process and you will need to provide your Shareholder Reference Number (which appears on your share certificate). Once registered, eTree will send you an email confirming your registration.
To register or to find out more, please visit www.etreeuk.com |
Shareholder Enquiries
If you have any questions about your shareholding or if you require any other guidance (eg. to notify a change of address), please contact:
Computershare Investor Services PLC
The Pavilions
Bridgwater Road
Bristol
BS99 6ZY
Telephone: 0870 707 1296
Email: web.queries@computershare.co.uk
You can also check your shareholding online by registering at www-uk.computershare.com/investor
Shareholders can also take advantage of a telephone share dealing service offered by our Registrars, Computershare, which provides shareholders with a low-cost way of selling shares.
ISA and low cost share dealing service
The Company has selected the Halifax as its preferred Individual Savings Account (ISA) provider. Details of this service can be obtained from Halifax Share Dealing Limited on telephone 0845 722 5525.
ShareGift
The purpose of ShareGift is to make it easy for shareholders to donate any number of shares to charity. The service can be particularly useful for shareholders with a small number of shares, which would be uneconomic to sell.
Shares donated through ShareGift are transferred into the name of The Orr Mackintosh Foundation, registered charity number 1052686. ShareGift’s purpose is to realise as much value as possible by collecting such shares, selling them and using the proceeds to make donations to a wide range of UK charities. Further details can be obtained from:
The Orr Mackintosh Foundation
17 Carlton House Terrace
London
SW1Y 5AH
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7930 3737
Internet www.sharegift.org
Dividends
A requirement of the REIT regime is that a REIT must distribute to shareholders by way of dividend at least 90 per cent of its profits from the Tax Exempt Business (calculated under UK tax principles after the deduction of interest and capital allowances and excluding chargeable gains). Such distributions are referred to as Property Income Distributions or PIDs. Any further distributions may be designated as PIDs or as ordinary dividends. As stated in the Circular to shareholders dated 20 November 2006, SEGRO intends to continue a relatively full and progressive dividend policy.
Property Income Distribution Reinvestment Plan
SEGRO now operates a Property Income Distribution Reinvestment Plan (PIDRIP). The PIDRIP provides shareholders with an easy and convenient way to grow their shareholding by using their whole PID to buy SEGRO shares (following SEGRO assuming REIT status, PIDs are now paid rather than dividends, although SEGRO may make dividend payments as appropriate). There is a minimum £1 charge on the purchase of the shares and a 0.5 per cent charge on the value of shares after that. Stamp duty reserve tax is currently 0.5 per cent of the value of shares purchased. Shareholders may join or leave PIDRIP at any time and at no cost.
Participants in the PIDRIP should be aware that entitlements from the ordinary cash dividend will not be eligible for the PIDRIP and as such shareholders will receive a cheque or have the funds credited to their nominated bank account.
If you wish to participate in the PIDRIP, you can apply online or by telephone direct with Computershare.
Withholding tax
SEGRO is required to withhold tax at source from its PIDs at the basic tax rate (20 per cent for PIDs paid on or after 6 April 2008, previously 22 per cent). UK shareholders need take no immediate action (unless they qualify for exemption as described below) and will receive with each dividend payment a tax deduction certificate stating the amount of tax deducted.
UK shareholders who fall into one of the classes of shareholder able to claim an exemption from withholding tax may be able to receive a gross PID payment if they have submitted a valid relevant Exemption Declaration form (either as a beneficial owner of the shares, or as an intermediary if the shares are not registered in the name of the beneficial owner) to Computershare by the deadline stated in the dividend timetable. To download the Exemption Declaration form, click here.
A valid declaration form, once submitted, will continue to apply to future payments of PIDs until rescinded, and so it is a shareholder’s responsibility to notify SEGRO plc if their circumstances change and they are no longer able to claim an exemption from withholding tax.
Shareholders resident outside the UK may be able to claim a partial refund (either as an individual or as a company) from HMRC subject to the terms of a double tax treaty, if any, between the UK and the country in which the shareholder is resident.
See also:
Shareholder Meetings
Financial Calendar
Dividend History
Share Price
Key Definitions & Glossary of Terms