Overseas Regulatory Announcement - Board Meeting

RNS Number : 5612K

HSBC Holdings PLC

22 September 2016

The following is the text of an announcement released to the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited on 21 September 2016 pursuant to rule 13.43 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited:

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21 September 2016

(Hong Kong Stock Code: 5)

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC

THIRD INTERIM DIVIDEND FOR 2016

Pursuant to Rule 13.43 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, notice is given that a meeting of Directors of HSBC Holdings plc will be held on 3 October 2016 to consider the declaration of a third interim dividend for 2016.

For and on behalf of

HSBC Holdings plc

Ben J S Mathews

Group Company Secretary

The Board of Directors of HSBC Holdings plc as at the date of this announcement are: Douglas Flint, Stuart Gulliver, Phillip Ameen^†, Kathleen Casey^†, Laura Cha^†, Henri de Castries^†, Lord Evans of Weardale^†, Joachim Faber^†, Sam Laidlaw^†, Irene Lee^†, John Lipsky^†, Rachel Lomax^†, Iain Mackay, Heidi Miller^†, Marc Moses, David Nish^†, Jonathan Symonds^†, Jackson Tai^†, Pauline van der Meer Mohr^† and Paul Walsh^†.