First Interim and Special Dividend - Exchange Rate

HSBC Holdings PLC

11 June 2024

 

11 June 2024

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC

FIRST INTERIM DIVIDEND FOR 2024 AND SPECIAL DIVIDEND

On 30 April 2024, the Directors of HSBC Holdings plc approved a first interim dividend in respect of the financial year ending 31 December 2024 of US$0.10 per ordinary share and a special dividend of US$0.21 per ordinary share. The combined dividend of US$0.31 per ordinary share (the 'Dividend') is payable on 21 June 2024 to holders of record on 10 May 2024 on the Principal Register in the United Kingdom, 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.

Dividends payable in cash in Hong Kong dollars or sterling were converted from United States dollars at the forward exchange rates quoted by HSBC Bank plc in London at or about 11.00 am on 11 June 2024 (US$1=HK$7.806880 and £1=US$1.273458). Accordingly, the cash Dividend payable on 21 June 2024 will be:

US$0.31 per ordinary share;

approximately HK$2.420133 per ordinary share; or

approximately £0.243432 per ordinary share.

For holders of American Depositary Shares ('ADSs'), each of which represents five ordinary shares, the cash Dividend payable will be US$1.55 per ADS. It will be paid on 21 June 2024.

For and on behalf of

HSBC Holdings plc

Aileen Taylor

Group Company Secretary and Chief Governance Officer

 

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