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The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) urges South Africans to check if they are owed a portion of the R4.5 billion in unclaimed dividends.
This is part of the JSE’s Claim It campaign, which involves 19 companies that have unclaimed dividends.
The campaign aims to return unclaimed dividends to their rightful owners.
The JSE says it has access to 19 issuer share registries and will endeavour to reunite nearly 375,000 former employees, shareholders, or beneficiaries of deceased estates with unclaimed funds.
“Various factors contribute to people not knowing that they have unclaimed dividends owed to them.
“These include people changing jobs, moving homes to a new address, or updating banking information without notifying listed companies. This, in turn, has made it difficult to verify beneficiaries, delaying the distribution of unclaimed funds.”
The largest stock exchange in Africa adds that processes will be followed to verify if they are owed dividends.
“South Africans can visit the JSE website on www.jse.co.za/claimit and complete the online form, or they can contact the JSE Claim It call centre on 0861 401 105 to find out if they are entitled to unclaimed dividends.”
According to the JSE, the documents that are required for the verification process are:
“The JSE will then verify whether the details provided correlate with those of the shareholders in the registries.
The 19 companies that are looking to reconnect people with unclaimed dividends are:
African Media Entertainment; Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon; Advtech; Super Group; Mpact; Reunert; Northam Platinum Holdings; Old Mutual; Sasol SA / Khanyisa; Quilter PLC; Finbond Group; YeboYethu; Cashbuild; Naspers; JSE; Merafe Resources; Growthpoint Properties; and Sasol Inzalo.
This article was first published here.