Annual Financial Report - 55 of 56

RNS Number : 6429S

HSBC Holdings PLC

18 March 2016

 

Fourth interim dividend for 2015	470
Interim dividends for 2016	470
Shareholder profile	470
2015 Annual General Meeting	471
Earnings Releases and Interim Results	472
Shareholder enquiries and communications	472
Stock symbols	473
Investor relations	473
Where more information about HSBC is available		473
Simplified structure chart		474
Taxation of shares and dividends		475
Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements		478
Certain defined terms		478
Abbreviations		479
Glossary		483
Index		491

Fourth interim dividend for 2015

The Directors have declared a fourth interim dividend for 2015 of $0.21 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 18 March 2016. The timetable for the dividend is:

Announcement		22 February 2016
ADSs quoted ex-dividend in New York		2 March 2016
Shares quoted ex-dividend in London, Hong Kong, Paris and Bermuda		3 March 2016
Record date - London, Hong Kong, New York, Paris, Bermuda1		4 March 2016
Mailing of Annual Report and Accounts 2015 and/or Strategic Report 2015, Notice of Annual General Meeting and dividend documentation		18 March 2016
Final date for receipt by registrars of forms of election, Investor Centre electronic instructions and revocations of standing instructions for scrip dividends		7 April 2016
Exchange rate determined for payment of dividends in sterling and Hong Kong dollars		11 April 2016
Payment date: dividend warrants, new share certificates or transaction advices and notional tax vouchers mailed and shares credited to stock accounts in CREST		20 April 2016

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

Interim dividends for 2016

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 2016 will be $0.10 per ordinary share.

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 2015 the share register recorded the following details:

		Number of shareholders		Total ordinary shares held
1 ‑ 100		37,523		1,085,635
101 ‑ 400		28,065		6,881,465
401 ‑ 500		6,920		3,123,382
501 ‑ 1,000		29,735		21,946,539
1,001 ‑ 5,000		69,484		165,002,520
5,001 ‑ 10,000		18,535		131,138,146
10,001 ‑ 20,000		11,071		154,448,067
20,001 ‑ 50,000		6,682		205,478,608
50,001 ‑ 200,000		3,298		302,670,569
200,001 ‑ 500,000		704		222,265,765
500,001 and above		1,037		18,471,056,238
Total		213,054		19,685,096,934

2015 Annual General Meeting

All resolutions considered at the 2015 Annual General Meeting held at 11.00am on 24 April 2015 at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London SW1P 3EE were passed on a poll as follows:

			Votes
Resolution			For1		%		Against		%		Total		%2		Withheld3
1	To receive the Annual Report and Accounts 2014		9,340,160,307		98.80		113,682,546		1.20		9,453,842,853		49.04		41,294,402
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report		6,720,428,674		76.29		2,088,530,798		23.71		8,808,959,472		45.70		677,821,869
3	To elect or re-elect the following as Directors:
	(a).. Phillip Ameen		9,459,023,817		99.90		9,012,480		0.10		9,468,036,297		49.12		32,680,294
	(b).. Heidi Miller		9,443,905,977		99.75		23,496,531		0.25		9,467,402,508		49.11		32,543,484
	(c) .. Kathleen Casey		9,458,891,803		99.91		8,547,866		0.09		9,467,439,669		49.11		32,438,260
	(d) . Safra Catz		9,455,583,709		99.88		11,671,079		0.12		9,467,254,788		49.11		32,567,538
	(e) . Laura Cha		9,303,056,308		99.10		84,065,631		0.90		9,387,121,939		48.70		111,291,419
	(f) .. Lord Evans of Weardale		9,455,524,737		99.87		11,874,993		0.13		9,467,399,730		49.11		32,622,299
	(g) . Joachim Faber		9,452,953,492		99.85		14,364,873		0.15		9,467,318,365		49.11		32,561,965
	(h) . Rona Fairhead		9,144,120,186		96.59		322,607,648		3.41		9,466,727,834		49.11		33,199,339
	(i) .. Douglas Flint		9,067,875,368		95.90		387,864,445		4.10		9,455,739,813		49.05		36,832,078
	(j) .. Stuart Gulliver		9,438,909,453		99.69		29,360,384		0.31		9,468,269,837		49.12		31,483,615
	(k) . Sam Laidlaw		8,317,803,050		87.86		1,149,583,204		12.14		9,467,386,254		49.11		32,573,081
	(l) .. John Lipsky		8,335,050,210		88.04		1,132,173,688		11.96		9,467,223,898		49.11		32,614,861
	(m) Rachel Lomax		9,458,328,102		99.90		9,132,745		0.10		9,467,460,847		49.11		32,443,782
	(n)   Iain Mackay		9,436,045,734		99.67		31,438,641		0.33		9,467,484,375		49.11		32,469,588
	(o) . Marc Moses		9,442,355,344		99.73		25,127,084		0.27		9,467,482,428		49.11		32,464,337
	(p) . Sir Simon Robertson		8,191,676,916		87.13		1,209,918,157		12.87		9,401,595,073		48.77		97,700,820
	(q).. Jonathan Symonds		9,451,337,959		99.83		16,111,584		0.17		9,467,449,543		49.11		32,484,172
4	To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor to the Company		9,443,723,129		99.73		25,734,330		0.27		9,469,457,459		49.12		30,213,375
5	To authorise the Group Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration		9,454,699,721		99.85		14,212,868		0.15		9,468,912,589		49.12		30,815,356
6	To authorise the Directors to allot shares		8,747,667,960		92.46		713,487,303		7.54		9,461,155,263		49.08		38,420,820
7	To disapply pre-emption rights		8,729,514,669		92.32		726,423,494		7.68		9,455,938,163		49.05		43,771,078
8	To authorise the Directors to allot repurchased shares		9,154,217,028		96.74		308,482,870		3.26		9,462,699,898		49.09		34,698,581
9	To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares		9,348,078,869		99.49		47,795,315		0.51		9,395,874,184		48.74		102,258,468
10	To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities in relation to Contingent Convertible Securities		9,149,392,011		96.80		302,391,205		3.20		9,451,783,216		49.03		45,584,992
11	To disapply pre-emption rights in relation to the issue of Contingent Convertible Securities		8,570,088,097		90.69		879,490,094		9.31		9,449,578,191		49.02		45,737,225
12	To extend the final date on which options may be granted under UK Sharesave		9,373,459,127		99.02		92,544,476		0.98		9,466,003,603		49.11		33,019,920
13	To approve general meetings other than annual general meetings being called on a minimum of 14 clear days' notice		8,386,696,695		88.59		1,080,639,157		11.41		9,467,335,852		49.11		31,742,417

1   Includes discretionary votes.

2   Percentage of Issued Share Capital voted.

3   A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes 'For' and 'Against' the resolution.

Earnings Releases and Interim Results

Earnings Releases are expected to be issued on or around 3 May 2016 and 7 November 2016. The Interim Results for the six months to 30 June 2016 are expected to be issued on 5 August 2016.

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.investorcentre.com/hk		Investor Centre: www.investorcentre.com/bm

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

The Bank of New York Mellon

Depositary Receipts

PO Box 30170

College Station, TX 77842-3170

USA

Telephone (US): 1 877 283 5786

Telephone (International): 1 201 680 6825

Email: [e-mail]

Website: www.computershare.com/us/contact/Pages/default.aspx

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 elected 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 2015 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:
Public Affairs 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 SC1 Level, 452 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10018 USA

Electronic communications

Shareholders may at any time choose to receive corporate communications in printed form or to receive notifications 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 or, if you would like to receive future corporate communications in printed form, please write or send an email (quoting your shareholder reference number) 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 2015 is available upon request after 18 March 2016 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.BH
New York Stock Exchange (ADS)	HSBC

Investor relations

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

Senior Manager Investor Relations HSBC Holdings plc 8 Canada Square London E14 5HQ United Kingdom		Head of Investor Relations Asia-Pacific The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited 1 Queen's Road Central Hong Kong
Telephone: [phone]        44 020 7991 8041		852 2822 4908
Email: [e-mail]		[e-mail]

Where more information about HSBC is available

This Annual Report and Accounts 2015, 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 20549-0213 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).

HM Treasury has transposed the requirements set out under CRD IV and issued the Capital Requirements Country-by-Country Reporting Regulations 2013. The legislation requires HSBC Holdings to publish additional information in respect of the year ended 31 December 2015 by 31 December 2016. This information will be available at the time on HSBC's website: www.hsbc.com.

 

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