HSBC 2015 Annual Report Download - page 472

Shareholder information
Interim dividends / Shareholder profile / 2015 AGM
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
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Shareholder information
Fourth interim dividend for 2015 470
Interim dividends for 2016 470
Shareholder profile 470
2015 Annual General Meeting 471
Earnings Releases and Interim Results 472
Shareholder enquiries and communications 472
Stock symbols 473
Investor relations 473
Where more information about HSBC is available 473
Simplified structure chart 474
Taxation of shares and dividends 475
Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking
statements 478
Certain defined terms 478
Abbreviations 479
Glossary 483
Index 491
Fourth interim dividend for 2015
The Directors have declared a fourth interim dividend for 2015 of $0.21 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 18 March 2016. The timetable for the dividend is:
Announcement 22 February 2016
ADSs quoted ex-dividend in New York 2 March 2016
Shares quoted ex-dividend in London, Hong Kong, Paris and Bermuda 3 March 2016
Record date
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London, Hong Kong, New York, Paris, Bermuda1 4 March 2016
Mailing of
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nnual Report and Accounts 2015 and/or Strategic Report 2015, Notice of Annual General Meeting and dividend
documentation
18 March 2016
Final date for receipt by registrars of forms of election, Investor Centre electronic instructions and revocations of standing
instructions for scrip dividends
7 April 2016
Exchange rate determined for payment of dividends in sterling and Hong Kong dollars 11 April 2016
Payment date: dividend warrants, new share certificates or transaction advices and notional tax vouchers mailed and shares
credited to stock accounts in CREST
20 April 2016
1 Removals to and from the Overseas Branch register of shareholders in Hong Kong will not be permitted on this date.
Interim dividends for 2016
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 2016 will be $0.10 per ordinary share.
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.
Shareholder profile
At 31 December 2015 the share register recorded the following details:
Number of
shareholders
Total ordinary
shares held
1 - 100 37,523 1,085,635
101 - 400 28,065 6,881,465
401 - 500 6,920 3,123,382
501 - 1,000 29,735 21,946,539
1,001 - 5,000 69,484 165,002,520
5,001 - 10,000 18,535 131,138,146
10,001 - 20,000 11,071 154,448,067
20,001 - 50,000 6,682 205,478,608
50,001 - 200,000 3,298 302,670,569
200,001 - 500,000 704 222,265,765
500,001 and above 1,037 18,471,056,238
Total 213,054 19,685,096,934