HSBC 2009 Annual Report Download - page 478

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Shareholder Information (continued)
Stock symbols // Shareholder profile / Memorandum and Articles of Association / Annual General Meeting
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Stock symbols
HSBC Holdings ordinary shares trade under the following stock symbols:
London Stock Exchange HSBA
Hong Kong Stock Exchange 5
New York Stock Exchange (ADS) HBC
Euronext Paris HSB
Bermuda Stock Exchange HSBC
Shareholder profile
At 31 December 2009 the share register recorded the following details:
Ordinary shares held
Number of
shareholders
Total
shares held
1-100 ........................................................................................................................................................ 33,140 1,041,849
101-400 .................................................................................................................................................... 31,295 7,610,861
401-500 .................................................................................................................................................... 8,047 3,620,690
501-1,000 ................................................................................................................................................. 32,745 23,569,774
1,001-5,000 .............................................................................................................................................. 73,547 171,133,596
5,001-10,000 ............................................................................................................................................ 18,792 131,845,068
10,001-20,000 .......................................................................................................................................... 10,858 151,471,115
20,001-50,000 .......................................................................................................................................... 6,541 201,655,152
50,001-200,000 ........................................................................................................................................ 3,210 296,820,337
200,001-500,000 ...................................................................................................................................... 757 238,071,012
500,001 and above ................................................................................................................................... 1,157 16,181,367,314
Total ......................................................................................................................................................... 220,089 17,408,206,768
Memorandum and Articles of Association
The disclosure under the caption ‘Memorandum and Articles of Association’ contained in HSBC Holdings’ Annual
Reports on Form 20-F for the years ended 31 December 2000 and 2001 is incorporated by reference herein, together
with the disclosure below.
Interested directors
Subject to the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 and provided that the Articles are complied with, a Director,
notwithstanding his office:
• may enter into or otherwise be interested in any contract, arrangement, transaction or proposal with HSBC
Holdings or in which HSBC Holdings is otherwise interested;
• may hold any other office or place of profit under HSBC Holdings (except that of auditor or auditor of a
subsidiary of HSBC Holdings) in conjunction with the office of Director and may act by himself or through his
firm in a professional capacity for HSBC Holdings, and in any such case on such terms as to remuneration and
otherwise as the Board may arrange;
• may be a director or other officer, or employed by, or a party to any transaction or arrangement with or otherwise
interested in, any company promoted by HSBC Holdings or in which HSBC Holdings is otherwise interested or
as regards which HSBC Holdings has any powers of appointment; and
• shall not be liable to account to HSBC Holdings for any profit, remuneration or other benefit realised by any
such office, employment, contract, arrangement, transaction or proposal or from any interest in any body
corporate and no such contract, arrangement, transaction, proposal or interest shall be avoided on the grounds of
any such interest or benefit nor shall the receipt of any such profit, remuneration or any other benefit constitute a
breach of his or her duty under the Companies Act 2006 not to accept benefits from third parties.
Since 1 October 2008, the Board may authorise any matter proposed to it which would, if not so authorised,
involve a breach by a Director of his or her duty to avoid conflicts of interest under the Companies Act 2006,
including, without limitation, any matter which relates to a situation in which a Director has, or can have, an interest
which conflicts, or possibly may conflict, with the interest of HSBC Holdings (including the exploitation of any
property, information or opportunity, whether or not HSBC Holdings could take advantage of it, but excluding any