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Announcement ....................................................................................................................................................................... 1 March 2010
Shares quoted ex-dividend in London, Hong Kong, Paris and Bermuda ............................................................................. 17 March 2010
ADSs quoted ex-dividend in New York ............................................................................................................................... 17 March 2010
Record date in Hong Kong .................................................................................................................................................... 18 March 2010
Record date in London, New York, Paris and Bermuda1 ..................................................................................................... 19 March 2010
Mailing of Annual Report and Accounts 2009 and/or Annual Review 2009, Notice of Annual General Meeting and
dividend documentation .................................................................................................................................................... 30 March 2010
Final date for receipt by registrars of forms of election, Investor Centre electronic instructions and revocations of
standing instructions for scrip dividends .......................................................................................................................... 22 April 2010
Exchange rate determined for payment of dividends in sterling and Hong Kong dollars ................................................... 26 April 2010
Payment date: dividend warrants, new share certificates or transaction advices and notional tax vouchers mailed and
shares credited to stock accounts in CREST .................................................................................................................... 5 May 2010
1 Removals to and from the Overseas Branch register of shareholders in Hong Kong will not be permitted on this date.
Interim dividends for 2010
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 2010 will be US$0.08 per ordinary share. The proposed timetables for the
dividends in respect of 2010 are:
Interim dividends for 2010
First Second Third Fourth
Announcement ................................................... 4 May 2010 2 August 2010 1 November 2010 28 February 2011
Shares quoted ex-dividend in London,
Hong Kong, Paris and Bermuda ................... 19 May 2010 18 August 2010 17 November 2010 16 March 2011
ADSs quoted ex-dividend in New York ........... 19 May 2010 18 August 2010 17 November 2010 16 March 2011
Record date in Hong Kong ................................ 20 May 2010 19 August 2010 18 November 2010 17 March 2011
Record date in London, New York, Paris and
Bermuda1 ....................................................... 21 May 2010 20 August 2010 19 November 2010 18 March 2011
Payment date ...................................................... 7 July 2010 6 October 2010 12 January 2011 5 May 2011
1 Removals to and from the Overseas Branch Register of shareholders in Hong Kong will not be permitted on these dates.
Dividends on the ordinary shares of HSBC Holdings
HSBC Holdings has paid dividends on its ordinary shares every year without interruption since it became the HSBC
Group holding company by a scheme of arrangement in 1991. The dividends declared, per ordinary share, in respect
of each of the last five years were:
First
interim
Second
interim
Third
interim
Fourth
interim1 Total2
2009 US$ ....................................... 0.080 0.080 0.080 0.100 0.340
£ ............................................ 0.048 0.050 0.048 0.062 0.208
HK$ ...................................... 0.620 0.620 0.620 0.775 2.635
2008 US$ ....................................... 0.180 0.180 0.180 0.100 0.640
£ ............................................ 0.090 0.100 0.124 0.069 0.383
HK$ ....................................... 1.403 1.398 1.395 0.775 4.971
2007 US$ ....................................... 0.170 0.170 0.170 0.390 0.900
£ ............................................ 0.085 0.084 0.086 0.194 0.449
HK$ ....................................... 1.328 1.322 1.325 3.041 7.016
2006 US$ ....................................... 0.150 0.150 0.150 0.360 0.810
£ ............................................ 0.082 0.079 0.078 0.183 0.422
HK$ ....................................... 1.164 1.167 1.168 2.799 6.298
2005 US$ ....................................... 0.140 0.140 0.140 0.310 0.730
£ ............................................ 0.077 0.079 0.079 0.169 0.404
HK$ ....................................... 1.088 1.086 1.085 2.403 5.662
1 The fourth interim dividend for 2009 of US$0.10 per share has been translated into pounds sterling and Hong Kong dollars at the
closing rate on 31 December 2009. The dividend will be paid on 5 May 2010.
2 The above dividends declared are accounted for as disclosed in Note 12 on the Financial Statements.