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Shareholder Information
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Fourth interim dividend for 2012 ........................ | 516 |
Interim dividends for 2013 ................................. | 516 |
Shareholder profile ............................................. | 517 |
2012 Annual General Meeting ............................ | 517 |
Interim Management Statements and Interim Results ............................................................ | 518 |
Shareholder enquiries and communications .......... | 518 |
Stock symbols ..................................................... | 519 |
Investor relations ............................................... | 519 |
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Where more information about HSBC isavailable .......................................................... | 520 |
Simplified structure chart..................................... | 521 |
Taxation of shares and dividends ........................ | 522 |
Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements ...................................................... | 525 |
Abbreviations ..................................................... | 526 |
Glossary and Index .............................................. | 529 |
Fourth interim dividend for 2012
The Directors have declared a fourth interim dividend for 2012 of US$0.18 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 3 April 2013. The timetable for the dividend is:
Announcement ............................................................................................................................................. | 4 March 2013 |
Shares quoted ex-dividend in London, Hong Kong, Paris and Bermuda .......................................................... | 20 March 2013 |
ADSs quoted ex‑dividend in New York .......................................................................................................... | 20 March 2013 |
Record date in Hong Kong ............................................................................................................................ | 21 March 2013 |
Record date in London, New York, Paris and Bermuda1 ................................................................................ | 22 March 2013 |
Mailing of Annual Report and Accounts 2012 and/or Annual Review 2012, Notice of Annual General Meetingand dividend documentation ...................................................................................................................... | 3 April 2013 |
Final date for receipt by registrars of forms of election, Investor Centre electronic instructions and revocationsof standing instructions for scrip dividends ................................................................................................ | 25 April 2013 |
Exchange rate determined for payment of dividends in sterling and Hong Kong dollars ................................ | 29 April 2013 |
Payment date: dividend warrants, new share certificates or transaction advices and notional tax vouchers mailedand shares credited to stock accounts in CREST ........................................................................................ | 8 May 2013 |
1 Removals to and from the Overseas Branch register of shareholders in Hong Kong will not be permitted on this date.
Interim dividends for 2013
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 2013 will be US$0.10 per ordinary share. The proposed timetables for the dividends in respect of 2013 are:
Interim dividends for 2013 | |||||||
First | Second | Third | Fourth | ||||
Announcement .......................................... | 7 May 2013 | 5 August 2013 | 7 October 2013 | 24 February 2014 | |||
Shares quoted ex-dividend in London,Hong Kong, Paris and Bermuda .............. | 22 May 2013 | 21 August 2013 | 23 October 2013 | 12 March 2014 | |||
ADSs quoted ex-dividend in New York ....... | 22 May 2013 | 21 August 2013 | 23 October 2013 | 12 March 2014 | |||
Record date in Hong Kong ......................... | 23 May 2013 | 22 August 2013 | 24 October 2013 | 13 March 2014 | |||
Record date in London, New York, Paris and Bermuda1 ................................................ | 24 May 2013 | 23 August 2013 | 25 October 2013 | 14 March 2014 | |||
Payment date ............................................. | 11 July 2013 | 9 October 2013 | 11 December 2013 | 30 April 2014 | |||
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.
Shareholder profile
At 31 December 2012 the share register recorded the following details:
Ordinary shares held | Number of shareholders | Total shares held | |
1-100 .................................................................................................................................... | 35,872 | 1,075,355 | |
101-400 ................................................................................................................................ | 30,307 | 7,425,370 | |
401-500 ................................................................................................................................ | 7,833 | 3,538,962 | |
501-1,000 ............................................................................................................................. | 31,490 | 23,056,605 | |
1,001-5,000 .......................................................................................................................... | 72,523 | 170,851,837 | |
5,001-10,000 ........................................................................................................................ | 18,840 | 133,212,606 | |
10,001-20,000 ...................................................................................................................... | 10,978 | 153,114,553 | |
20,001-50,000 ...................................................................................................................... | 6,673 | 204,789,957 | |
50,001-200,000 .................................................................................................................... | 3,271 | 301,012,906 | |
200,001-500,000 .................................................................................................................. | 721 | 223,700,082 | |
500,001 and above ................................................................................................................ | 1,050 | 17,254,230,431 | |
Total ..................................................................................................................................... | 219,558 | 18,476,008,664 |
2012 Annual General Meeting
All Directors listed on pages 302 to 307 attended the 2012 Annual General Meeting with the exception of G Morgan who was unable to attend and R Fassbind and J Comey who were appointed Directors on 1 January 2013 and 4 March 2013, respectively. G Morgan ceased to be a Director from the conclusion of the 2012 Annual General Meeting.
All resolutions considered at the 2012 Annual General Meeting held at 11.00am on 25 May 2012 at The Barbican Centre, London EC2 were passed on a poll as follows:
Total votes | ||||||
Resolution | For1 | Against | Vote withheld2 | |||
1 | To receive the Report and Accounts for 2011 ..................................... | 8,674,241,734 | 135,201,316 | 7,347,647 | ||
2 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for 2011 .................. | 7,603,837,582 | 863,308,512 | 342,947,482 | ||
3 | To elect or re-elect the following as Directors: | |||||
(a).. S A Catz ....................................................................................... | 8,804,928,221 | 9,610,127 | 5,875,570 | |||
(b).. L M L Cha ................................................................................... | 8,648,658,349 | 47,870,917 | 123,714,457 | |||
(c).. M K T Cheung ............................................................................. | 8,802,099,054 | 12,615,523 | 5,630,308 | |||
(d).. J D Coombe ................................................................................. | 8,628,180,910 | 186,062,475 | 5,852,946 | |||
(e).. J Faber ......................................................................................... | 8,796,984,821 | 17,580,853 | 5,861,373 | |||
(f)... R A Fairhead ................................................................................ | 8,743,788,851 | 118,900,468 | 5,802,585 | |||
(g).. D J Flint ....................................................................................... | 8,619,018,008 | 168,004,948 | 33,368,432 | |||
(h).. A A Flockhart .............................................................................. | 8,774,240,102 | 40,569,601 | 5,687,412 | |||
(i)... S T Gulliver .................................................................................. | 8,775,424,304 | 39,522,674 | 5,558,005 | |||
(j)... J W J Hughes-Hallett .................................................................... | 8,771,227,801 | 43,514,682 | 5,732,794 | |||
(k).. W S H Laidlaw ............................................................................. | 8,749,103,878 | 65,588,171 | 5,762,796 | |||
(l)... J P Lipsky .................................................................................... | 8,804,822,657 | 9,552,202 | 5,949,328 | |||
(m). J R Lomax ................................................................................... | 8,694,903,617 | 21,801,654 | 103,551,962 | |||
(n).. I J Mackay ................................................................................... | 8,780,813,350 | 33,915,545 | 5,752,704 | |||
(o).. N R N Murthy .............................................................................. | 8,799,839,273 | 14,888,406 | 5,752,109 | |||
(p).. Sir Simon Robertson ..................................................................... | 8,637,007,606 | 48,054,956 | 123,743,083 | |||
(q).. J L Thornton ............................................................................... | 8,248,542,395 | 336,922,956 | 233,310,057 | |||
4 | To reappoint the Auditor at remuneration to be determined by theGroup Audit Committee ................................................................... | 8,658,879,219 | 145,175,480 | 16,773,808 | ||
5 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares ............................................ | 8,598,678,631 | 214,223,057 | 6,232,394 | ||
6 | To disapply pre-emption rights (Special Resolution) ............................ | 8,613,126,301 | 195,480,323 | 12,092,143 | ||
7 | To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares ......................... | 8,775,533,630 | 39,890,867 | 5,250,428 | ||
8 | To authorise the Directors to offer a scrip dividend alternative............ | 8,805,094,483 | 5,763,369 | 9,412,655 | ||
9 | To approve general meetings (other than annual general meetings) being called on 14 clear days' notice (Special Resolution) .......................... | 7,876,386,438 | 937,298,004 | 6,966,206 | ||
1 Includes discretionary votes.
2 A 'Vote Withheld' is not a 'vote' in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes 'For' and 'Against' the resolution.
Interim Management Statements and Interim Results
Interim Management Statements are expected to be issued on or around 7 May 2013 and 4 November 2013. The Interim Results for the six months to 30 June 2013 are expected to be issued on 5 August 2013.
Shareholder enquiries and communications
Enquiries
Any enquiries relating to shareholdings on the share register, for example transfers of shares, change of name or address, lost share certificates or dividend cheques, should be sent to the Registrars at the address given below. The Registrars offer an online facility, Investor Centre, which enables shareholders to manage their shareholding electronically.
Principal Register: | Hong Kong Overseas Branch Register: | Bermuda Overseas Branch Register: | ||
Computershare Investor Services PLC The Pavilions Bridgwater Road Bristol BS99 6ZZ United Kingdom Telephone: 44 (0) 870 702 0137 Email via website: www.investorcentre.co.uk/contactus | Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited Rooms 1712-1716, 17th Floor Hopewell Centre 183 Queen's Road East Hong Kong Telephone: 852 2862 8555 Email: [email protected] | Investors Relations Team HSBC Bank Bermuda Limited 6 Front Street Hamilton HM 11 Bermuda Telephone: 1 441 299 6737 Email: [email protected] | ||
Investor Centre: www.investorcentre.co.uk | Investor Centre: www.computershare.com/hk/investors | Investor Centre: www.computershare.com/investor/bm |
Any enquiries relating to ADSs should be sent to the depositary:
The Bank of New York Mellon
Depositary Receipts
PO Box 43006
Providence, RI 02940-3006
USA
Telephone (US): 1 877 283 5786
Telephone (International): 1 201 680 6825
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.bnymellon.com/shareowner
Any enquiries relating to shares held through Euroclear France, the settlement and central depositary system for NYSE Euronext Paris, should be sent to the paying agent:
HSBC France
103, avenue des Champs Elysées
75419 Paris Cedex 08
France
Telephone: 33 1 40 70 22 56
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.hsbc.fr
If you have been nominated to receive general shareholder communications directly from HSBC Holdings, it is important to remember that your main contact for all matters relating to your investment remains the registered shareholder, or perhaps custodian or broker, who administers the investment on your behalf. Therefore any changes or queries relating to your personal details and holding (including any administration thereof) must continue to be directed to your existing contact at your investment manager or custodian. HSBC Holdings cannot guarantee dealing with matters directed to it in error.
Further copies of this Annual Report and Accounts 2012 may be obtained by writing to the following departments:
For those in Europe, the Middle East and Africa: | For those in Asia-Pacific: | For those in the Americas: | ||
Global Communications HSBC Holdings plc 8 Canada Square London E14 5HQ United Kingdom | Communications (Asia) The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited 1 Queen's Road Central Hong Kong | Global Publishing Services HSBC - North America 26525 N Riverwoods Boulevard Mettawa, Illinois 60045 USA |
Electronic communications
Shareholders may at any time choose to receive corporate communications in printed form or to receive a notification of their availability on HSBC's website. To receive future notifications of the availability of a corporate communication on HSBC's website by email, or revoke or amend an instruction to receive such notifications by email, go to www.hsbc.com/ecomms. If you provide an email address to receive electronic communications from HSBC, we will also send notifications of your dividend entitlements by email. If you received a notification of the availability of this document on HSBC's website and would like to receive a printed copy of it, or if you would like to receive future corporate communications in printed form, please write or send an email to the appropriate Registrars at the address given above. Printed copies will be provided without charge.
Chinese translation
A Chinese translation of this Annual Report and Accounts 2012 is available upon request after 3 April 2013 from the Registrars:
Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited Rooms 1712-1716, 17th Floor Hopewell Centre 183 Queen's Road East Hong Kong | Computershare Investor Services PLC The Pavilions Bridgwater Road Bristol BS99 6ZZ United Kingdom |
Please also contact the Registrars if you wish to receive Chinese translations of future documents or if you have received a Chinese translation of this document and do not wish to receive such translations in future.
Stock symbols
HSBC Holdings ordinary shares trade under the following stock symbols:
London Stock Exchange | HSBA | Euronext Paris | HSB |
Hong Kong Stock Exchange | 5 | Bermuda Stock Exchange | HSBC |
New York Stock Exchange (ADS) | HBC |
Investor relations
Enquiries relating to HSBC's strategy or operations may be directed to:
Manager Investor Relations HSBC Holdings plc 8 Canada Square London E14 5HQ United Kingdom | SVP Investor Relations HSBC North America Holdings Inc. 26525 N Riverwoods Boulevard Mettawa, Illinois 60045 USA | Head of Investor Relations, Asia-Pacific The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited 1 Queen's Road Central Hong Kong | ||
Telephone: 44 020 7991 8041 | 1 224 880 8008 | 852 2822 4908 | ||
Facsimile: 44 0845 587 0225 | 1 847 383 3331 | 852 3418 4469 | ||
Email: [email protected] |
Where more information about HSBC is available
This Annual Report and Accounts 2012, and other information on HSBC, may be viewed on HSBC's website: www.hsbc.com.
Reports, statements and information that HSBC Holdings files with the Securities and Exchange Commission are available at www.sec.gov. Investors can also request hard copies of these documents upon payment of a duplicating fee, by writing to the SEC at the Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, 100 F Street N.E., Washington, DC 20549-0123 or by emailing [email protected]. Investors should call the Commission at (202) 551 8090 if they require further assistance. Investors may also obtain the reports and other information that HSBC Holdings files at www.nyse.com (telephone number (1) 212 656 3000).
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