Annual Financial Report - 41 of 44

RNS Number : 2123A

HSBC Holdings PLC

27 March 2012

 



The ' Annual Financial Report - 41 of 44' announcement released on 27 March at 16.59 under RNS No 1646A should have been issued under the Company name of HSBC Holdings PLC and not under the Company name of HSBC Bank plc. The announcement text is unchanged and is reproduced in full below.

Shareholder information
Fourth interim dividend for 2011 .........................	414
Interim dividends for 2012 ...................................	414
Shareholder profile ...............................................	415
Annual General Meeting .......................................	415
Interim Management Statements and Interim Results .................................................	416
Shareholder enquiries and communications ...........	416

Stock symbols ......................................................	417
Investor relations .................................................	417
Where more information about HSBC is available	417
Simplified structure chart......................................	418
Taxation of shares and dividends ..........................	419
Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements ........................................................................	422
Glossary and Index ...............................................	423

Fourth interim dividend for 2011

The Directors have declared a fourth interim dividend for 2011 of US$0.14 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 27 March 2012. The timetable for the dividend is:

Announcement .............................................................................................................................................	27 February 2012
Shares quoted ex-dividend in London, Hong Kong, Paris and Bermuda ..........................................................	14 March 2012
ADSs quoted ex‑dividend in New York ..........................................................................................................	14 March 2012
Record date in Hong Kong ............................................................................................................................	15 March 2012
Record date in London, New York, Paris and Bermuda1 ................................................................................	16 March 2012
Mailing of Annual Report and Accounts 2011 and/or Annual Review 2011, Notice of Annual General Meeting and dividend documentation ......................................................................................................................	27 March 2012
Final date for receipt by registrars of forms of election, Investor Centre electronic instructions and revocations of standing instructions for scrip dividends ................................................................................................	19 April 2012
Exchange rate determined for payment of dividends in sterling and Hong Kong dollars ................................	23 April 2012
Payment date: dividend warrants, new share certificates or transaction advices and notional tax vouchers mailed and shares credited to stock accounts in CREST ........................................................................................	2 May 2012

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

Interim dividends for 2012

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 2012 will be US$0.09 per ordinary share. The proposed timetables for the dividends in respect of 2012 are:

	Interim dividends for 2012
	First		Second		Third		Fourth
Announcement ..........................................	30 April 2012		30 July 2012		9 October 2012		4 March 2013
Shares quoted ex-dividend in London, Hong Kong, Paris and Bermuda ..............	16 May 2012		15 August 2012		24 October 2012		20 March 2013
ADSs quoted ex-dividend in New York .......	16 May 2012		15 August 2012		24 October 2012		20 March 2013
Record date in Hong Kong .........................	17 May 2012		16 August 2012		25 October 2012		21 March 2013
Record date in London, New York, Paris and Bermuda1 ................................................	18 May 2012		17 August 2012		26 October 2012		22 March 2013
Payment date .............................................	5 July 2012		4 October 2012		12 December 2012		8 May 2013

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 2011 the share register recorded the following details:

Ordinary shares held	Number of shareholders		Total    shares held
1-100 ....................................................................................................................................	34,733		1,067,341
101-400 ................................................................................................................................	30,943		7,573,632
401-500 ................................................................................................................................	8,040		3,622,372
501-1,000 .............................................................................................................................	32,597		23,768,949
1,001-5,000 ..........................................................................................................................	72,770		170,449,966
5,001-10,000 ........................................................................................................................	18,839		132,925,448
10,001-20,000 ......................................................................................................................	10,923		152,501,184
20,001-50,000 ......................................................................................................................	6,638		203,900,430
50,001-200,000 ....................................................................................................................	3,239		300,236,172
200,001-500,000 ..................................................................................................................	728		226,085,756
500,001 and above ................................................................................................................	1,054		16,645,954,396
Total .....................................................................................................................................	220,504		17,868,085,646

Annual General Meeting

The 2012 Annual General Meeting will be held at the Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, London EC2 on Friday, 25 May 2012 at 11.00am.

An informal meeting of shareholders will be held at 1 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong on Monday, 21 May 2012 at 4.30pm.

All resolutions considered at the 2011 Annual General Meeting were passed on a poll as follows:

		Total votes
Resolution		For1		Against		Vote withheld2
1	To receive the Report and Accounts for 2010 .....................................	8,402,552,510		121,753,797		8,933,799
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for 2010 ..................	6,652,053,048		1,533,867,244		345,803,377
3	To re-elect the following as Directors:
	(a).. S A Catz .......................................................................................	8,486,056,759		42,942,731		4,216,052
	(b).. L M L Cha ...................................................................................	8,504,179,153		24,913,796		4,042,906
	(c).. M K T Cheung .............................................................................	8,483,733,987		45,080,957		4,016,464
	(d).. J D Coombe .................................................................................	8,422,716,423		106,361,370		4,171,828
	(e).. R A Fairhead ................................................................................	8,409,921,019		28,560,255		94,165,150
	(f)... D J Flint .......................................................................................	7,652,721,692		782,284,813		97,589,253
	(g).. A A Flockhart ..............................................................................	8,510,224,707		19,041,066		3,951,542
	(h).. S T Gulliver ..................................................................................	8,508,743,721		19,690,410		4,068,563
	(i)... J W J Hughes-Hallett ....................................................................	8,471,725,040		57,260,985		4,166,213
	(j)... W S H Laidlaw .............................................................................	8,422,582,981		106,557,176		4,082,503
	(k).. J R Lomax ...................................................................................	8,485,476,787		43,437,834		4,288,262
	(l)... I J Mackay ...................................................................................	8,514,104,374		14,924,509		4,046,710
	(m). G Morgan .....................................................................................	7,528,102,732		1,000,850,178		4,176,157
	(n).. N R N Murthy ..............................................................................	8,485,387,759		43,412,993		4,414,399
	(o).. Sir Simon Robertson .....................................................................	8,509,368,189		18,917,076		4,756,190
	(p).. J L Thornton ...............................................................................	7,811,758,522		639,498,922		80,247,625
	(q).. Sir Brian Williamson ....................................................................	8,502,895,120		25,794,017		4,326,166
4	To reappoint the Auditor at remuneration to be determined by the Group Audit Committee ...................................................................	8,471,110,207		34,535,501		27,595,572
5	To authorise the Directors to allot shares ............................................	8,361,978,479		164,736,911		6,526,785
6	To disapply pre-emption rights (Special Resolution) ............................	8,410,136,124		114,104,282		9,000,469
7	To approve the HSBC Share Plan 2011 …............................................	7,232,592,954		1,139,440,811		157,713,821
8	To approve fees payable to non-executive Directors ...........................	8,339,832,648		49,875,814		142,372,789
9	To approve general meetings (other than annual general meetings) being called on 14 clear days' notice (Special Resolution) ..........................	7,757,094,552		769,200,534		6,472,597

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 8 May 2012 and 5 November 2012. The Interim Results for the six months to 30 June 2012 are expected to be issued on 30 July 2012.

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

PO Box 358516

Pittsburgh, PA 15252-8516

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 in terms of your investment remains as it was (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 2011 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:
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		Employee Communications 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 2011 is available upon request after 27 March 2012 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 (0)20 7991 8041		1 224 544 4400		852 2822 4908
Facsimile: 44 (0)845 587 0225		1 224 552 4400		852 3418 4469
Email:      [e-mail]		[e-mail]		[e-mail]

Where more information about HSBC is available

This Annual Report and Accounts 2011, 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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