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Annual General Meeting
The 2006 Annual General Meeting will be held at the Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, London EC2 on 26 May 2006
at 11 am.
The results of the polls on the resolutions considered at the 2005 Annual General Meeting were:
Total votes
Resolution For1Against Abstain
1. To receive the Report and Accounts for 2004 ......................................... 4,188,264,091 6,118,493 88,050,257
2. To re-elect the following as Directors:
(i) Sir John Bond .................................................................................. 4,087,518,427 35,336,901 158,770,790
(ii) R K F Ch'ien.................................................................................... 4,119,809,500 32,967,572 128,710,109
(iii) J D Coombe .................................................................................... 4,273,656,415 7,019,850 926,894
(iv) The Baroness Dunn ........................................................................ 4,254,966,533 26,192,450 444,808
(v) D J Flint........................................................................................... 4,269,214,839 11,740,518 651,058
(vi) J W J Hughes-Hallett ...................................................................... 4,273,852,389 7,090,408 648,766
(vii) Sir Brian Moffat ............................................................................. 4,272,730,719 8,065,251 883,817
(viii)S W Newton ................................................................................... 4,273,404,835 7,323,052 898,632
(ix) H Sohmen ....................................................................................... 4,259,449,879 13,998,760 8,208,565
3. To reappoint the Auditor.......................................................................... 4,189,566,522 34,267,063 58,565,560
4. To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report for 2004 ...................... 4,042,390,563 238,935,100 1,001,043
5. To authorise the Directors to allot shares ................................................ 4,248,533,662 34,530,610 775,383
6. To disapply pre-emption rights (Special Resolution) .............................. 4,237,314,079 45,636,207 807,662
7. To authorise the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares ............ 4,277,201,897 5,720,170 890,586
8. To amend the HSBC Holdings Savings-Related Share Option Plan ........ 4,256,919,733 21,915,186 4,695,692
9. To amend the HSBC Holdings Savings-Related Share Option Plan:
International ........................................................................................ 4,256,986,127 21,917,140 4,613,955
10. To approve the HSBC US Employee Stock Plan .................................... 4,252,360,655 26,756,715 4,402,810
11. To approve The HSBC Share Plan .......................................................... 4,139,629,417 125,440,646 17,238,305
12. To alter the Articles of Association (Special Resolution) ........................ 4,276,758,493 4,704,696 1,642,885
1Includes discretionary votes.
Interim results
The interim results for the six months to 30 June 2006 will be announced on 31 July 2006.
Interim dividends for 2006
The Board has adopted a policy of paying quarterly dividends. 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 2006 will be US$0.15 per ordinary share. The proposed timetables for the dividends in respect of 2006 are:
Interim dividends for 2006
First Second Third Fourth
Announcement ........................................................ 2 May 2006 31 July 2006 6 November 2006 5 March 2007
ADSs quoted ex-dividend in New York .................. 17 May 2006 16 August 2006 21 November 2006 21 March 2007
Shares quoted ex-dividend in London, Hong Kong
and Bermuda ....................................................... 17 May 2006 16 August 2006 22 November 2006 21 March 2007
Record date and closure of Hong Kong Overseas
Branch Register of shareholders for one day ....... 19 May 2006 18 August 2006 24 November 2006 23 March 2007
Shares quoted ex-dividend in Paris .......................... 22 May 2006 21 August 2006 27 November 2006 26 March 2007
Payment date ........................................................... 6 July 2006 4 October 2006 18 January 2007 10 May 2007