Annual Financial Report - 46 of 48

RNS Number : 3959B
HSBC Holdings PLC
03 April 2013
 



Shareholder Information


Page

Fourth interim dividend for 2012 ........................

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

 


 


Page

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

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

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.

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: 44 (0) 870 702 0137

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: 852 2862 8555

Email: hsbc.ecom@computershare.com.hk


Investors Relations Team

HSBC Bank Bermuda Limited

6 Front Street

Hamilton HM 11

Bermuda

Telephone: 1 441 299 6737

Email: hbbm.shareholder.services@hsbc.bm

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: shrrelations@bnymellon.com

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: 33 1 40 70 22 56

Email: ost-agence-des-titres-hsbc-reims.hbfr-do@hsbc.fr

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:      investorrelations@hsbc.com


investor.relations.usa@us.hsbc.com


investorrelations@hsbc.com.hk

 


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 PublicInfo@sec.gov. Investors should call the Commission at (202) 551 8090 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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