Absa Bank Botswana Limited ("the Company") draws its shareholders' attention to its previous cautionary announcement of 24 August 2021 and further the release of the Company's Half-year Financial Statements on 16 September 2021. Shareholders are informed that on 30 August 2021 the Company's Board of Directors declared an interim dividend of 9.74 thebe per share, amounting to a total dividend of BWP 83 million [Eighty-Three Million Pula]. The dividend will be payable on 20 October 2021 to those shareholders registered at the close of business on 13 October 2021, being the last date of shareholder registration, with an ex-dividend date of 11 October 2021.