Annual Financial Report - 39 of 41

RNS Number : 8715D

HSBC Holdings PLC

30 March 2011

 



Shareholder information
	Page
Fourth interim dividend for 2010 .........................	371
Interim dividends for 2011 ...................................	371
Stock symbols ......................................................	372
Shareholder profile ...............................................	372
Annual General Meeting .......................................	372
Interim Management Statements and Interim Results .................................................	373

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Shareholder enquiries and communications ...........	373
Investor relations .................................................	374
Where more information about HSBC is available	374
Organisational structure .......................................	375
Taxation of shares and dividends ..........................	376
Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements ......................................................	379
Glossary and Index................................................	380

Fourth interim dividend for 2010

The Directors have declared a fourth interim dividend for 2010 of US$0.12 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 30 March 2011. The timetable for the dividend is:

Announcement ..............................................................................................................................................	28 February 2011
Shares quoted ex-dividend in London, Hong Kong, Paris and Bermuda ...........................................................	16 March 2011
ADSs quoted ex‑dividend in New York ...........................................................................................................	16 March 2011
Record date in Hong Kong .............................................................................................................................	17 March 2011
Record date in London, New York, Paris and Bermuda1 .................................................................................	18 March 2011
Mailing of Annual Report and Accounts 2010 and/or Annual Review 2010, Notice of Annual General Meeting and dividend documentation .......................................................................................................................	30 March 2011
Final date for receipt by registrars of forms of election, Investor Centre electronic instructions and revocations of standing instructions for scrip dividends .................................................................................................	20 April 2011
Exchange rate determined for payment of dividends in sterling and Hong Kong dollars ..................................	27 April 2011
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 2011

1  Removals to and from the Overseas Branch register of shareholders in Hong Kong will not be permitted on this date.

Interim dividends for 2011

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 2011 will be US$0.09 per ordinary share. The proposed timetables for the dividends in respect of 2011 are:

	Interim dividends for 2011
	First		Second		Third		Fourth
Announcement ..........................................	3 May 2011		1 August 2011		7 November 2011		27 February 2012
Shares quoted ex-dividend in London, Hong Kong, Paris and Bermuda ..............	18 May 2011		17 August 2011		23 November 2011		14 March 2012
ADSs quoted ex-dividend in New York .......	18 May 2011		17 August 2011		23 November 2011		14 March 2012
Record date in Hong Kong .........................	19 May 2011		18 August 2011		24 November 2011		15 March 2012
Record date in London, New York, Paris and Bermuda1 ................................................	20 May 2011		19 August 2011		25 November 2011		16 March 2012
Payment date .............................................	6 July 2011		6 October 2011		18 January 2012		2 May 2012

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.

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 2010 the share register recorded the following details:

Ordinary shares held	Number of shareholders		Total    shares held
1-100 ....................................................................................................................................	33,908		1,050,278
101-400 ................................................................................................................................	31,146		7,620,110
401-500 ................................................................................................................................	8,176		3,678,368
501-1,000 .............................................................................................................................	33,298		24,239,122
1,001-5,000 ..........................................................................................................................	73,788		171,912,626
5,001-10,000 ........................................................................................................................	18,775		132,126,979
10,001-20,000 ......................................................................................................................	10,913		151,898,993
20,001-50,000 ......................................................................................................................	6,648		204,466,829
50,001-200,000 ....................................................................................................................	3,223		298,496,753
200,001-500,000 ..................................................................................................................	754		237,056,817
500,001 and above ................................................................................................................	1,104		16,453,609,027
Total .....................................................................................................................................	221,733		17,686,155,902

Annual General Meeting

The 2011 Annual General Meeting will be held at the Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, London EC2 on Friday, 27 May 2011 at 11.00am.

An informal meeting of shareholders will be held at 1 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong on Thursday, 19 May 2011 at 4.30pm.

All resolutions considered at the 2010 Annual General Meeting were passed on a poll as follows:

		Total votes
Resolution		For1		Against		Vote withheld2
1	To receive the Report and Accounts for 2009 ....................................	6,944,544,740		39,714,613		430,598,977
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for 2009 ................	5,730,566,528		856,535,768		820,187,860
3	To re-elect the following as Directors:
	(a).. R A Fairhead ...............................................................................	7,296,815,167		101,823,159		15,277,590
	(b).. M F Geoghegan ...........................................................................	7,334,050,341		32,961,299		47,188,185
	(c).. S K Green ...................................................................................	6,977,475,948		323,769,338		112,927,709
	(d).. G Morgan ...................................................................................	7,268,685,057		130,023,850		15,410,295
	(e).. N R N Murthy ............................................................................	7,378,931,192		19,477,921		15,363,215
	(f)... S M Robertson ............................................................................	7,153,405,009		244,795,070		15,607,399
	(g).. J L Thornton ..............................................................................	6,704,405,938		234,358,448		469,120,496
	(h).. Sir Brian Williamson ...................................................................	7,380,522,401		18,038,078		15,323,823
4	To reappoint the Auditor at remuneration to be determined by the Group Audit Committee ..................................................................	7,359,819,272		18,027,604		36,351,240
5	To authorise the Directors to allot shares ...........................................	7,264,724,799		135,841,801		16,628,621
6	To disapply pre-emption rights (Special Resolution) ..........................	7,319,169,089		79,046,168		18,836,871
7	To alter the Articles of Association (Special Resolution) ....................	7,362,315,126		32,851,046		21,846,012
8	To approve the extension of the term of the Share Incentive Plan and the establishment of new share ownership plans ..............................	7,358,291,988		28,253,519		30,640,176
9	To approve general meetings (other than annual general meetings) being called on a minimum of 14 clear days' notice (Special Resolution) ..	7,050,768,076		322,799,315		43,639,277

1  Includes discretionary votes.

2  A 'Vote Withheld' is not a 'vote' in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes 'For' and 'Against' the resolution.

Interim Management Statements and Interim Results

Interim Management Statements are expected to be issued on or around 12 May 2011 and 9 November 2011. The Interim Results for the six months to 30 June 2011 are expected to be issued on 1 August 2011.

Shareholder enquiries and communications

Enquiries

Any enquiries relating to shareholdings on the share register, for example transfers of shares, change of name or address, lost share certificates or dividend cheques, should be sent to the Registrars at the address given below. The Registrars offer an online facility, Investor Centre, which enables shareholders to manage their shareholding electronically.

Principal Register:		Hong Kong Overseas Branch Register:		Bermuda Overseas Branch Register:
Computershare Investor Services PLC The Pavilions Bridgwater Road Bristol BS99 6ZZ United Kingdom Telephone: [phone] Email via website: www.investorcentre.co.uk/contactus		Computershare Hong Kong Investor    Services Limited Rooms 1712-1716, 17th Floor Hopewell Centre 183 Queen's Road East Hong Kong Telephone: [phone] Email: [e-mail]		Investors Relations Team HSBC Bank Bermuda Limited 6 Front Street Hamilton HM 11 Bermuda Telephone: [phone] Email: [e-mail]
Investor Centre: www.investorcentre.co.uk		Investor Centre: www.computershare.com/hk/investors		Investor Centre: www.computershare.com/investor/bm

Any enquiries relating to ADSs should be sent to the depositary:

BNY Mellon Shareowner Services

PO Box 358516

Pittsburgh, PA 15252-8516

USA

Telephone (US): 1 877 283 5786

Telephone (International): 1 201 680 6825

Email: [e-mail]

Website: www.bnymellon.com/shareowner

Any enquiries relating to shares held through Euroclear France, the settlement and central depositary system for Euronext Paris, should be sent to the paying agent:

HSBC France

103, avenue des Champs Elysées

75419 Paris Cedex 08

France

Telephone: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Website: www.hsbc.fr

If you have been nominated to receive general shareholder communications directly from HSBC Holdings, it is important to remember that your main contact in terms of your investment remains as it was (the registered shareholder, or perhaps custodian or broker, who administers the investment on your behalf). Therefore any changes or queries relating to your personal details and holding (including any administration thereof) must continue to be directed to your existing contact at your investment manager or custodian. HSBC Holdings cannot guarantee dealing with matters directed to it in error.

Further copies of this Annual Report and Accounts 2010 may be obtained by writing to the following departments:

For those in Europe, the Middle East and Africa:		For those in Asia-Pacific:		For those in the Americas:
Group Communications HSBC Holdings plc 8 Canada Square London E14 5HQ United Kingdom		Group Communications (Asia) The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited 1 Queen's Road Central Hong Kong		Internal Communications HSBC - North America 26525 N Riverwoods Boulevard Mettawa, Illinois 60045 USA

Electronic communications

Shareholders may at any time choose to receive corporate communications in printed form or to receive a notification of their availability on HSBC's website. To receive future notifications of the availability of a corporate communication on HSBC's website by email, or revoke or amend an instruction to receive such notifications by email, go to www.hsbc.com/ecomms. If you provide an email address to receive electronic communications from HSBC, we will also send notifications of your dividend entitlements by email. If you received a notification of the availability of this document on HSBC's website and would like to receive a printed copy of it, or if you would like to receive future corporate communications in printed form, please write or send an email to the appropriate Registrars at the address given above. Printed copies will be provided without charge.

Chinese translation

A Chinese translation of this Annual Report and Accounts 2010 is available upon request after 30 March 2011 from the Registrars:

Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited Rooms 1712-1716, 17th Floor Hopewell Centre 183 Queen's Road East Hong Kong

Computershare Investor Services PLC The Pavilions Bridgwater Road Bristol BS99 6ZZ United Kingdom

Please also contact the Registrars if you wish to receive Chinese translations of future documents or if you have received a Chinese translation of this document and do not wish to receive such translations in future.

Investor relations

Enquiries relating to HSBC's strategy or operations may be directed to:

Manager Investor Relations HSBC Holdings plc 8 Canada Square London E14 5HQ United Kingdom		SVP Investor Relations HSBC North America Holdings Inc. 26525 N Riverwoods Boulevard Mettawa, Illinois 60045 USA		Head of Investor Relations, Asia-Pacific The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited 1 Queen's Road Central Hong Kong
Telephone:              44 (0)20 7991 8041		1 224 544 4400		852 2822 4908
Facsimile: 44 (0)845 587 0225		1 224 552 4400		852 2537 5109
Email:      [e-mail]		[e-mail]		[e-mail]

Where more information about HSBC is available

This Annual Report and Accounts 2010, and other information on HSBC, may be viewed on HSBC's website: www.hsbc.com.

Reports, statements and information that HSBC Holdings files with the Securities and Exchange Commission are available at www.sec.gov. Investors can also request hard copies of these documents upon payment of a duplicating fee, by writing to the SEC at the Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, 100 F Street N.E., Washington, DC 20549-0123 or by emailing [e-mail]. Investors should call the Commission at [phone] if they require further assistance. Investors may also obtain the reports and other information that HSBC Holdings files at www.nyse.com (telephone number (1) 212 656 3000).

 

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