Annual Financial Report - 46 of 48

RNS Number : 3959B

HSBC Holdings PLC

03 April 2013

 



Shareholder Information

	Page
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.

Shareholder profile

At 31 December 2012 the share register recorded the following details:

Ordinary shares held	Number of shareholders		Total    shares held
1-100 ....................................................................................................................................	35,872		1,075,355
101-400 ................................................................................................................................	30,307		7,425,370
401-500 ................................................................................................................................	7,833		3,538,962
501-1,000 .............................................................................................................................	31,490		23,056,605
1,001-5,000 ..........................................................................................................................	72,523		170,851,837
5,001-10,000 ........................................................................................................................	18,840		133,212,606
10,001-20,000 ......................................................................................................................	10,978		153,114,553
20,001-50,000 ......................................................................................................................	6,673		204,789,957
50,001-200,000 ....................................................................................................................	3,271		301,012,906
200,001-500,000 ..................................................................................................................	721		223,700,082
500,001 and above ................................................................................................................	1,050		17,254,230,431
Total .....................................................................................................................................	219,558		18,476,008,664

2012 Annual General Meeting

All Directors listed on pages 302 to 307 attended the 2012 Annual General Meeting with the exception of G Morgan who was unable to attend and R Fassbind and J Comey who were appointed Directors on 1 January 2013 and 4 March 2013, respectively. G Morgan ceased to be a Director from the conclusion of the 2012 Annual General Meeting.

All resolutions considered at the 2012 Annual General Meeting held at 11.00am on 25 May 2012 at The Barbican Centre, London EC2 were passed on a poll as follows:

		Total votes
Resolution		For1		Against		Vote withheld2
1	To receive the Report and Accounts for 2011 .....................................	8,674,241,734		135,201,316		7,347,647
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for 2011 ..................	7,603,837,582		863,308,512		342,947,482
3	To elect or re-elect the following as Directors:
	(a).. S A Catz .......................................................................................	8,804,928,221		9,610,127		5,875,570
	(b).. L M L Cha ...................................................................................	8,648,658,349		47,870,917		123,714,457
	(c).. M K T Cheung .............................................................................	8,802,099,054		12,615,523		5,630,308
	(d).. J D Coombe .................................................................................	8,628,180,910		186,062,475		5,852,946
	(e).. J Faber .........................................................................................	8,796,984,821		17,580,853		5,861,373
	(f)... R A Fairhead ................................................................................	8,743,788,851		118,900,468		5,802,585
	(g).. D J Flint .......................................................................................	8,619,018,008		168,004,948		33,368,432
	(h).. A A Flockhart ..............................................................................	8,774,240,102		40,569,601		5,687,412
	(i)... S T Gulliver ..................................................................................	8,775,424,304		39,522,674		5,558,005
	(j)... J W J Hughes-Hallett ....................................................................	8,771,227,801		43,514,682		5,732,794
	(k).. W S H Laidlaw .............................................................................	8,749,103,878		65,588,171		5,762,796
	(l)... J P Lipsky ....................................................................................	8,804,822,657		9,552,202		5,949,328
	(m). J R Lomax ...................................................................................	8,694,903,617		21,801,654		103,551,962
	(n).. I J Mackay ...................................................................................	8,780,813,350		33,915,545		5,752,704
	(o).. N R N Murthy ..............................................................................	8,799,839,273		14,888,406		5,752,109
	(p).. Sir Simon Robertson .....................................................................	8,637,007,606		48,054,956		123,743,083
	(q).. J L Thornton ...............................................................................	8,248,542,395		336,922,956		233,310,057
4	To reappoint the Auditor at remuneration to be determined by the Group Audit Committee ...................................................................	8,658,879,219		145,175,480		16,773,808
5	To authorise the Directors to allot shares ............................................	8,598,678,631		214,223,057		6,232,394
6	To disapply pre-emption rights (Special Resolution) ............................	8,613,126,301		195,480,323		12,092,143
7	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares .........................	8,775,533,630		39,890,867		5,250,428
8	To authorise the Directors to offer a scrip dividend alternative............	8,805,094,483		5,763,369		9,412,655
9	To approve general meetings (other than annual general meetings) being called on 14 clear days' notice (Special Resolution) ..........................	7,876,386,438		937,298,004		6,966,206

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 7 May 2013 and 4 November 2013. The Interim Results for the six months to 30 June 2013 are expected to be issued on 5 August 2013.

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:

The Bank of New York Mellon

Depositary Receipts

PO Box 43006

Providence, RI 02940-3006

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 NYSE 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 for all matters relating to your investment remains 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 2012 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:
Global Communications HSBC Holdings plc 8 Canada Square London E14 5HQ United Kingdom		Communications (Asia) The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited 1 Queen's Road Central Hong Kong		Global Publishing Services 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 2012 is available upon request after 3 April 2013 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.

Stock symbols

HSBC Holdings ordinary shares trade under the following stock symbols:

London Stock Exchange	HSBA	Euronext Paris	HSB
Hong Kong Stock Exchange	5	Bermuda Stock Exchange	HSBC
New York Stock Exchange (ADS)	HBC

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:              44 020 7991 8041		1 224 880 8008		852 2822 4908
Facsimile:  44 0845 587 0225		1 847 383 3331		852 3418 4469
Email:      [e-mail]		[e-mail]		[e-mail]

Where more information about HSBC is available

This Annual Report and Accounts 2012, 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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