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HAMMERSON PLC - Results of Dividend Reinvestment Plan

Hammerson Plc
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What this filing means

Hammerson has published the take-up figures for the dividend reinvestment plan attached to its interim dividend declared on 30 July 2026. UK-register holders of 15,095,708 shares, 2.58% of the issued share capital, elected shares and had 337,438 shares bought in the market at an average of £3.402471 each; SA-branch holders of 1,395,165 shares, 0.24%, elected and had 30,651 shares bought at an average of R74.90798. Because the shares were bought rather than newly issued, the issued share capital is unchanged at 585,217,753 shares.

Hammerson gave shareholders a choice: take the interim dividend in cash, or have it used to buy more Hammerson shares. This notice just reports how many chose shares. Because the company bought the shares in the market rather than issuing new ones, the transaction did not dilute ownership through new issuance and issued share capital was unchanged. It tells you about shareholder preference, not about how the business is trading.

AI-generated summary by SENS-AI, based on the original JSE SENS filing.

SENS-AI conclusion

This is a housekeeping notice, not a signal on the business. It reports how the interim dividend was taken — electing UK-register shareholders held shares equal to 2.58% of issued share capital, while electing SA-branch shareholders held 0.24% — and confirms the shares were bought in the market, leaving the 585,217,753 share capital untouched. The filing gives the holdings of those who elected, not the share of eligible dividend rights they represent, so it does not support a read on how widely the plan was used. Nothing here changes the earnings picture or the FY26 EPRA earnings guidance of about £132m. So what: the next real test is the full-year results, where the market will check whether that guidance is delivered and how the balance sheet is travelling.

The full-year results are where the market will test whether FY26 EPRA earnings of about £132m is delivered and how net debt to EBITDA is tracking.

Evidence from the filing

  • UK-register election and market purchase detail.

    “Shareholders on the UK share register holding 15,095,708 Shares or 2.58% of the Company’s issued share capital as at 4 September 2026 (UK and SA record date), and who qualified to receive the Cash Dividend, elected to receive Shares pursuant to the DRIP, resulting in the purchase of 337,438 Shares in the market at an average price of £3.402471 per Share and their delivery to such electing shareholders.”

  • SA-branch election and market purchase detail.

    “Shareholders on the SA branch register holding 1,395,165 Shares or 0.24% of the Company’s issued share capital as at 4 September 2026 (UK and SA record date), and who qualified to receive the Cash Dividend, elected to receive Shares pursuant to the DRIP, resulting in the purchase of 30,651 Shares in the market at an average price of R74.90798 per Share and their delivery to such electing shareholders.”

  • No dilution: shares were bought, not issued.

    “As the Shares settled on shareholders pursuant to the DRIP were purchased in the market and not newly issued by the Company, the Company's total issued share capital remains 585,217,753 Shares of 5 pence each, of which 6,333 Shares are held in treasury.”

  • The dividend this relates to was declared earlier.

    “The Company refers shareholders to the announcement titled ‘Dividend Declaration’ published on the London Stock Exchange, SENS and Euronext Dublin on 30 July 2026 (the ‘Announcement’), which outlined the details of the interim cash dividend declared by the Board for the period ending 31 December 2026 (the ‘Cash Dividend’).”
Category
Dividend Declaration
Event posture
No Edge
Published
Oct 29, 2026

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