HSBC 2010 Annual Report Download - page 373

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Shareholder Information
Interim dividends
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Overview Operating & Financial Review Governance Financial Statements Shareholder Information
Shareholder information
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Fourth interim dividend for 2010 ................................. 371
Interim dividends for 2011 ........................................... 371
Stock symbols ............................................................... 372
Shareholder profile ....................................................... 372
Annual General Meeting .............................................. 372
Interim Management Statements and
Interim Results ......................................................... 373
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Shareholder enquiries and communications ................. 373
Investor relations .......................................................... 374
Where more information about HSBC is available ...... 374
Organisational structure ................................................ 375
Taxation of shares and dividends ................................. 376
Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking
statements ................................................................ 379
Glossary and Index ........................................................ 380
Fourth interim dividend for 2010
The Directors have declared a fourth interim dividend for 2010 of US$0.12 per ordinary share. Information on the
scrip dividend scheme and currencies in which shareholders may elect to have the cash dividend paid will be sent to
shareholders on or about 30 March 2011. The timetable for the dividend is:
Announcement .................................................................................................................................................................... 28 February 2011
Shares quoted ex-dividend in London, Hong Kong, Paris and Bermuda .......................................................................... 16 March 2011
ADSs quoted ex-dividend in New York ............................................................................................................................ 16 March 2011
Record date in Hong Kong ................................................................................................................................................. 17 March 2011
Record date in London, New York, Paris and Bermuda1 .................................................................................................. 18 March 2011
Mailing of Annual Report and Accounts 2010 and/or Annual Review 2010, Notice of Annual General Meeting
and dividend documentation .......................................................................................................................................... 30 March 2011
Final date for receipt by registrars of forms of election, Investor Centre electronic instructions and revocations
of standing instructions for scrip dividends ................................................................................................................... 20 April 2011
Exchange rate determined for payment of dividends in sterling and Hong Kong dollars ................................................ 27 April 2011
Payment date: dividend warrants, new share certificates or transaction advices and notional tax vouchers mailed
and shares credited to stock accounts in CREST ........................................................................................................... 5 May 2011
1 Removals to and from the Overseas Branch register of shareholders in Hong Kong will not be permitted on this date.
Interim dividends for 2011
The Board has adopted a policy of paying quarterly interim dividends on the ordinary shares. Under this policy it is
intended to have a pattern of three equal interim dividends with a variable fourth interim dividend. It is envisaged that
the first interim dividend in respect of 2011 will be US$0.09 per ordinary share. The proposed timetables for the
dividends in respect of 2011 are:
Interim dividends for 2011
First Second Third Fourth
Announcement ................................................... 3 May 2011 1 August 2011 7 November 2011 27 February 2012
Shares quoted ex-dividend in London,
Hong Kong, Paris and Bermuda ................... 18 May 2011 17 August 2011 23 November 2011 14 March 2012
ADSs quoted ex-dividend in New York ........... 18 May 2011 17 August 2011 23 November 2011 14 March 2012
Record date in Hong Kong ................................ 19 May 2011 18 August 2011 24 November 2011 15 March 2012
Record date in London, New York, Paris and
Bermuda1 ....................................................... 20 May 2011 19 August 2011 25 November 2011 16 March 2012
Payment date ...................................................... 6 July 2011 6 October 2011 18 January 2012 2 May 2012
1 Removals to and from the Overseas Branch Register of shareholders in Hong Kong will not be permitted on these dates.
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, subject to the Board’s determination that a scrip
dividend is to be offered in respect of that dividend, may be satisfied in whole or in part by the issue of new shares in
lieu of a cash dividend.