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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 Total
2
0041US$ ...................................... 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 2.100 5.139
2
003 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
2
002 US$ ...................................... 0.205 0.325 – – 0.530
£ ........................................... 0.130 0.202 – – 0.332
HK$ ..................................... 1.600 2.534 – – 4.134
2
001 US$ ...................................... 0.190 0.290 – – 0.480
£ ........................................... 0.129 0.200 – – 0.329
HK$ ..................................... 1.482 2.261 – – 3.743
2
000 US$ ...................................... 0.150 0.285 – – 0.435
£ ........................................... 0.103 0.191 – – 0.294
HK$ ..................................... 1.170 2.223 – – 3.393
1The fourth interim dividend for 2004 of US$0.27 per share has been translated into pounds sterling and Hong Kong dollars at the
closing rate on 31 December 2004. The dividend will be paid on 4 May 2005.
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 has listings on the London 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 2004, there were a total of 208,105 holders of record of HSBC Holdings ordinary shares.
As at 31 December 2004, a total of 13,528,484 of the HSBC Holdings ordinary shares were registered in the
HSBC Holdings share register in the name of 8,610 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 18 February 2005, there were 12,141 holders of record of ADSs holding approximately 104.56 million
ADSs, representing approximately 522.80 million HSBC Holdings ordinary shares. 11,900 of these holders had
addresses in the United States, holding approximately 104.48 million ADSs, representing 522.41 million HSBC
Holdings ordinary shares. As at 18 February 2005, approximately 4.67 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.