Financial Highlights ....................................................................................................................................................
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2
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Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements ........................................................................
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6
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Group Chairman’s Statement ....................................................................................................................................
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8
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Report of the Directors ................................................................................................................................................
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12
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Operating and Financial Review
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Principal activities .....................................................
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12
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Group performance by income and expense item .
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26
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Strategic direction ......................................................
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12
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Consolidated balance sheet ..................................
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42
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Challenges and uncertainties .......................................
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12
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Critical accounting policies .........................................
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61
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Key performance indicators .......................................
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18
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Customer groups and global businesses1 .......................
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66
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Reconciliation of reported and underlying profit ........
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21
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Geographical regions1 .................................................
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85
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Financial summary1 ....................................................
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23
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Products and services ..................................................
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145
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Consolidated income statement ............................
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23
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Other information ......................................................
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147
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Impact of Market Turmoil
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Background and disclosure policy ................................
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151
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Nature and extent of HSBC’s exposures ......................
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157
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Overview of exposure .................................................
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152
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Fair values of financial instruments ............................
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166
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Business model ...........................................................
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156
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Special purpose entities ..............................................
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181
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Risk management .......................................................
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157
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Other off-balance sheet arrangements and commitments
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194
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Accounting policies ....................................................
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157
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Risk1
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Regulation and supervision .........................................
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196
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Operational risk .........................................................
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262
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Risk management .......................................................
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199
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Pension risk ...............................................................
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263
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Credit risk ..................................................................
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201
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Reputational risk ........................................................
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263
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Liquidity and funding ..................................................
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244
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Sustainability risk........................................................
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264
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Market risk ................................................................
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250
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Risk management of insurance operations ..................
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265
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Residual value risk ......................................................
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261
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Capital management and allocation ............................
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285
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Governance1
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Corporate governance report .....................................
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294
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Corporate sustainability ..............................................
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326
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Directors and senior management ...............................
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294
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Share capital ...............................................................
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328
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Board of Directors ......................................................
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302
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Dividends, shareholders and meetings .........................
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331
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Employees .................................................................
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318
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Directors’ Remuneration Report1.............................................................................................................................
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334
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Statement of Directors’ Responsibilities .................................................................................................................
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349
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Independent Auditor’s Report ....................................................................................................................................
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350
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Financial Statements1..................................................................................................................................................
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352
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Notes on the Financial Statements ............................................................................................................................
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365
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Shareholder Information .............................................................................................................................................
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472
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Enforceability of judgements made in the US ..............
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472
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Memorandum and Articles of Association ..................
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476
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Limitations affecting equity security holders ..............
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472
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Annual General Meeting .............................................
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477
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Fourth interim dividend for 2008 ...............................
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472
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Interim Management Statements and Interim Results .
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478
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Fourth interim dividend for 2009 ...............................
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472
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Shareholder enquiries and communications .................
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478
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Interim dividends for 2010 .........................................
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473
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Investor relations .......................................................
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479
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Dividends on ordinary shares of HSBC Holdings .........
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473
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Where more information about HSBC is available ......
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480
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American Depositary Shares .......................................
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474
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Taxation of shares and dividends ................................
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480
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Nature of trading market ............................................
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475
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History and development of HSBC .............................
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482
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Shareholder profile .....................................................
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476
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Organisational structure ..............................................
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484
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Glossary and Index .......................................................................................................................................................
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485
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