HSBC 2012 Annual Report Download - page 518

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Shareholder Information
Interim dividends / Shareholder profile / 2012 Annual General Meeting
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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 is
available ................................................................... 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 Meeting
and dividend documentation ......................................................................................................................................... 3 April 2013
Final date for receipt by registrars of forms of election, Investor Centre electronic instructions and revocations
of 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 mailed
and 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.