HSBC 2011 Annual Report Download - page 416

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Shareholder Information
Interim dividends / Shareholder profile / Annual General Meeting
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Shareholder information
Fourth interim dividend for 2011 ................................. 414
Interim dividends for 2012 ........................................... 414
Shareholder profile ....................................................... 415
Annual General Meeting .............................................. 415
Interim Management Statements and
Interim Results ......................................................... 416
Shareholder enquiries and communications ................. 416
Stock symbols ............................................................... 417
Investor relations .......................................................... 417
Where more information about HSBC is available ...... 417
Simplified structure chart .............................................. 418
Taxation of shares and dividends ................................. 419
Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking
statements ................................................................ 422
Glossary and Index ....................................................... 423
Fourth interim dividend for 2011
The Directors have declared a fourth interim dividend for 2011 of US$0.14 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 27 March 2012. The timetable for the dividend is:
Announcement ................................................................................................................................................................... 27 February 2012
Shares quoted ex-dividend in London, Hong Kong, Paris and Bermuda ......................................................................... 14 March 2012
ADSs quoted ex-dividend in New York ........................................................................................................................... 14 March 2012
Record date in Hong Kong ................................................................................................................................................ 15 March 2012
Record date in London, New York, Paris and Bermuda1 ................................................................................................. 16 March 2012
Mailing of Annual Report and Accounts 2011 and/or Annual Review 2011, Notice of Annual General Meeting
and dividend documentation ......................................................................................................................................... 27 March 2012
Final date for receipt by registrars of forms of election, Investor Centre electronic instructions and revocations
of standing instructions for scrip dividends .................................................................................................................. 19 April 2012
Exchange rate determined for payment of dividends in sterling and Hong Kong dollars ............................................... 23 April 2012
Payment date: dividend warrants, new share certificates or transaction advices and notional tax vouchers mailed
and shares credited to stock accounts in CREST .......................................................................................................... 2 May 2012
1 Removals to and from the Overseas Branch register of shareholders in Hong Kong will not be permitted on this date.
Interim dividends for 2012
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 2012 will be US$0.09 per ordinary share. The proposed timetables for the
dividends in respect of 2012 are:
Interim dividends for 2012
First Second Third Fourth
Announcement ................................................... 30 April 2012 30 July 2012 9 October 2012 4 March 2013
Shares quoted ex-dividend in London,
Hong Kong, Paris and Bermuda ................... 16 May 2012 15 August 2012 24 October 2012 20 March 2013
ADSs quoted ex-dividend in New York ........... 16 May 2012 15 August 2012 24 October 2012 20 March 2013
Record date in Hong Kong ................................ 17 May 2012 16 August 2012 25 October 2012 21 March 2013
Record date in London, New York, Paris and
Bermuda1 ....................................................... 18 May 2012 17 August 2012 26 October 2012 22 March 2013
Payment date ...................................................... 5 July 2012 4 October 2012 12 December 2012 8 May 2013
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.