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HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Shareholder Information (continued)
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Dividends on the ordinary shares of HSBC Holdings
HSBC Holdings has paid dividends on its ordinary shares every year without interruption since it became the HSBC
Group holding company by a scheme of arrangement in 1991. The dividends declared, per ordinary share, for each of
the last five years were:
First
interim
Second
interim
Third
interim
Fourth
interim Total2
20051US$ ...................................... 0.140 0.140 0.140 0.310 0.730
£ ........................................... 0.077 0.079 0.079 0.180 0.415
HK$ ..................................... 1.088 1.086 1.085 2.404 5.663
2004 US$ ...................................... 0.130 0.130 0.130 0.270 0.660
£ ........................................... 0.071 0.072 0.069 0.140 0.352
HK$ ..................................... 1.013 1.014 1.013 2.104 5.144
2003 US$ ...................................... 0.240 0.120 0.240 – 0.600
£ ........................................... 0.146 0.065 0.134 – 0.345
HK$ ..................................... 1.860 0.931 1.863 – 4.654
2002 US$ ...................................... 0.205 0.325 – – 0.530
£ ........................................... 0.130 0.202 – – 0.332
HK$ ..................................... 1.600 2.534 – – 4.134
2001 US$ ...................................... 0.190 0.290 – – 0.480
£ ........................................... 0.129 0.200 – – 0.329
HK$ ..................................... 1.482 2.261 – – 3.743
1The fourth interim dividend for 2005 of US$0.31 per share has been translated into pounds sterling and Hong Kong dollars at the
closing rate on 31 December 2005. The dividend will be paid on 11 May 2006.
2The above dividends declared are accounted for as disclosed in Note 11 on the Financial Statements.
Dividends are declared in US dollars and, at the election of the shareholder, paid in cash in one of, or in a
combination of, US dollars, sterling and Hong Kong dollars, or satisfied in whole or in part by the issue of new
shares in lieu of a cash dividend.
Nature of trading market
HSBC Holdings ordinary shares are listed or admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange, the Hong Kong
Stock Exchange (‘HKSE’), Euronext Paris, NYSE and the Bermuda Stock Exchange. HSBC Holdings maintains its
principal share register in London and overseas branch share registers in Hong Kong and Bermuda (collectively, the
‘share register’).
As at 31 December 2005, there were a total of 205,821 holders of record of HSBC Holdings ordinary shares.
As at 31 December 2005, a total of 13,403,975 of the HSBC Holdings ordinary shares were registered in the
HSBC Holdings share register in the name of 9,188 holders of record with addresses in the United States. These
shares represented 0.12 per cent of the total HSBC Holdings ordinary shares in issue.
As at 31 December 2005, there were 11,642 holders of record of ADSs holding approximately 105 million
ADSs, representing approximately 525 million HSBC Holdings ordinary shares. 11,411 of these holders had
addresses in the United States, holding approximately 104.8 million ADSs, representing 524 million HSBC Holdings
ordinary shares. As at 31 December 2005, approximately 4.6 per cent of the HSBC Holdings ordinary shares were
represented by ADSs held by holders of record with addresses in the United States.
The following table shows, for the years, calendar quarters and months indicated, the highest and lowest prices
for the HSBC Holdings ordinary shares and ADSs. These are based on mid-market prices at close of business on the
London Stock Exchange, HKSE, Euronext Paris, NYSE and the Bermuda Stock Exchange.
Past share price performance should not be regarded as a guide to future performance.