Scrip Dividend - Exchange Rate

RNS Number : 6344A

HSBC Holdings PLC

27 March 2017

 

27 March 2017                

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC

FOURTH INTERIM DIVIDEND FOR 2016

On 21 February 2017, the Directors of HSBC Holdings plc declared the fourth interim dividend for 2016 of US$0.21 per ordinary share. The dividend is payable on 6 April 2017 to holders of record on 24 February 2017 on the Principal Register in the United Kingdom or the Hong Kong Overseas Branch Register or the Bermuda Overseas Branch Register. The dividend is payable in cash in United States dollars, sterling or Hong Kong dollars, or a combination of these currencies, and with a scrip dividend alternative.

Dividends payable in cash in Hong Kong dollars or sterling will be converted from United States dollars at the forward exchange rates quoted by HSBC Bank plc in London at or about 11.00 am on 27 March 2017 (US$1=HK$7.766814 and £1=US$1.259319). Accordingly, the cash dividend payable on 6 April 2017 will be:

US$0.21 per share;

approximately HK$1.631031 per share; or

approximately £0.166757 per share.

For holders of American Depositary Shares ('ADSs'), each of which represents five ordinary shares, the cash dividend payable will be US$1.05 per ADS. It will be paid on 6 April 2017. The dividend for participants in the dividend reinvestment plan, operated by the Bank of New York Mellon, will be invested in additional ADSs.

For and on behalf of

HSBC Holdings plc

Ben J S Mathews

Group Company Secretary

 

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