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Shareholder information | ||||
Fourth interim dividend for 2014 | 458 |
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Interim dividends for 2015 | 458 |
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Shareholder profile | 458 |
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2014 Annual General Meeting | 459 |
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Interim Management Statements and Interim Results | 459 |
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Shareholder enquiries and communications | 460 |
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Stock symbols | 461 |
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Investor relations | 461 | |||
Where more information about HSBC is available | 461 | |||
Simplified structure chart | 462 | |||
Taxation of shares and dividends | 463 | |||
Abbreviations | 466 | |||
Glossary and Index | 470 | |||
Fourth interim dividend for 2014
The Directors have declared a fourth interim dividend for 2014 of US$0.20 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 20 March 2015. The timetable for the dividend is:
Announcement | 23 February 2015 | |
ADSs quoted ex-dividend in New York | 4 March 2015 | |
Shares quoted ex-dividend in London, Hong Kong, Paris and Bermuda | 5 March 2015 | |
Record date - London, Hong Kong, New York, Paris, Bermuda1 | 6 March 2015 | |
Mailing of Annual Report and Accounts 2014 and/or Strategic Report 2014, Notice of Annual General Meeting and dividend documentation | 20 March 2015 | |
Final date for receipt by registrars of forms of election, Investor Centre electronic instructions and revocations of standing instructions for scrip dividends | 16 April 2015 | |
Exchange rate determined for payment of dividends in sterling and Hong Kong dollars | 20 April 2015 | |
Payment date: dividend warrants, new share certificates or transaction advices and notional tax vouchers mailed and shares credited to stock accounts in CREST | 30 April 2015 |
1 Removals to and from the Overseas Branch register of shareholders in Hong Kong will not be permitted on this date.
Interim dividends for 2015
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 2015 will be US$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 2014 the share register recorded the following details:
Number of shareholders | Total ordinary shares held | |||
1 ‑ 100 | 37,254 | 1,086,273 | ||
101 ‑ 400 | 28,970 | 7,109,335 | ||
401 ‑ 500 | 7,269 | 3,294,206 | ||
501 ‑ 1,000 | 30,675 | 22,589,447 | ||
1,001 ‑ 5,000 | 70,515 | 166,806,864 | ||
5,001 ‑ 10,000 | 18,455 | 130,271,174 | ||
10,001 ‑ 20,000 | 10,964 | 152,651,126 | ||
20,001 ‑ 50,000 | 6,616 | 203,096,923 | ||
50,001 ‑ 200,000 | 3,229 | 296,665,889 | ||
200,001 ‑ 500,000 | 713 | 223,855,824 | ||
500,001 and above | 1,092 | 18,010,447,199 | ||
Total | 215,752 | 19,217,874,260 |
2014 Annual General Meeting
All resolutions considered at the 2014 Annual General Meeting held at 11.00am on 23 May 2014 at The Barbican Centre, London EC2 were passed on a poll as follows:
Votes | ||||||||||||||||
Resolution | For1 | % | Against | % | Total | %2 | Withheld3 | |||||||||
1 | To receive the Annual Report and Accounts 2013 | 9,757,667,883 | 98.77 | 121,991,215 | 1.23 | 9,879,659,098 | 51.81 | 67,631,467 | ||||||||
2 | To approve the Directors' remuneration policy | 7,762,051,505 | 79.35 | 2,019,902,686 | 20.65 | 9,781,954,191 | 51.29 | 167,509,544 | ||||||||
3 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 8,180,579,271 | 83.95 | 1,563,541,883 | 16.05 | 9,744,121,154 | 51.10 | 205,528,859 | ||||||||
4 | To approve the variable pay cap | 9,722,737,304 | 98.01 | 197,867,631 | 1.99 | 9,920,604,935 | 52.06 | 29,824,365 | ||||||||
5 | To elect or re-elect the following as Directors: | |||||||||||||||
(a) . Kathleen Casey | 9,919,351,912 | 99.90 | 9,703,995 | 0.10 | 9,929,055,907 | 52.07 | 22,579,886 | |||||||||
(b) . Safra Catz | 9,907,586,080 | 99.79 | 21,027,161 | 0.21 | 9,928,613,241 | 52.06 | 22,549,669 | |||||||||
(c) .. Laura Cha | 9,780,982,617 | 99.65 | 34,767,318 | 0.35 | 9,815,749,935 | 51.47 | 134,402,361 | |||||||||
(d) . Marvin Cheung | 9,896,844,476 | 99.68 | 32,093,388 | 0.32 | 9,928,937,864 | 52.07 | 22,444,096 | |||||||||
(e) . Sir Jonathan Evans(now Lord Evans of Weardale) | 9,919,562,434 | 99.90 | 9,445,023 | 0.10 | 9,929,007,457 | 52.07 | 22,647,584 | |||||||||
(f) .. Joachim Faber | 9,777,856,091 | 99.57 | 41,751,739 | 0.43 | 9,819,607,830 | 51.49 | 130,404,838 | |||||||||
(g) . Rona Fairhead | 9,850,526,539 | 99.23 | 75,986,608 | 0.77 | 9,926,513,147 | 52.05 | 23,410,104 | |||||||||
(h) . Renato Fassbind | 8,877,803,961 | 89.45 | 1,047,345,520 | 10.55 | 9,925,149,481 | 52.05 | 26,491,483 | |||||||||
(i) .. Douglas Flint | 9,648,640,713 | 97.44 | 253,257,525 | 2.56 | 9,901,898,238 | 51.92 | 49,764,237 | |||||||||
(j) .. Stuart Gulliver | 9,901,917,449 | 99.73 | 27,013,216 | 0.27 | 9,928,930,665 | 52.07 | 22,318,409 | |||||||||
(k) . Sam Laidlaw | 9,905,841,880 | 99.76 | 23,398,827 | 0.24 | 9,929,240,707 | 52.07 | 22,425,383 | |||||||||
(l) .. John Lipsky | 9,916,726,269 | 99.88 | 11,952,583 | 0.12 | 9,928,678,852 | 52.06 | 22,478,974 | |||||||||
(m) Rachel Lomax | 9,907,427,658 | 99.78 | 21,476,877 | 0.22 | 9,928,904,535 | 52.07 | 22,307,009 | |||||||||
(n) . Iain Mackay | 9,896,296,230 | 99.67 | 32,591,433 | 0.33 | 9,928,887,663 | 52.06 | 22,328,752 | |||||||||
(o) . Marc Moses | 9,903,345,079 | 99.76 | 24,023,003 | 0.24 | 9,927,368,082 | 52.06 | 22,605,039 | |||||||||
(p) . Sir Simon Robertson | 8,879,523,428 | 89.43 | 1,049,218,853 | 10.57 | 9,928,742,281 | 52.06 | 22,459,665 | |||||||||
(q) . Jonathan Symonds | 9,909,069,564 | 99.80 | 19,845,278 | 0.20 | 9,928,914,842 | 52.07 | 22,747,741 | |||||||||
6 | To reappoint KPMG Audit Plc as auditor to the Company | 9,858,281,428 | 99.29 | 70,691,207 | 0.71 | 9,928,972,635 | 52.07 | 22,181,297 | ||||||||
7 | To authorise the Group Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration | 9,899,311,128 | 99.70 | 30,047,667 | 0.30 | 9,929,358,795 | 52.07 | 22,178,082 | ||||||||
8 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 8,960,671,117 | 90.89 | 898,368,702 | 9.11 | 9,859,039,819 | 51.70 | 92,477,179 | ||||||||
9 | To disapply pre-emption rights | 9,782,952,816 | 98.97 | 101,914,263 | 1.03 | 9,884,867,079 | 51.83 | 66,129,918 | ||||||||
10 | To authorise the Directors to allot repurchased shares | 9,397,626,368 | 95.18 | 475,964,720 | 4.82 | 9,873,591,088 | 51.77 | 77,459,228 | ||||||||
11 | To authorise the Company topurchase its own ordinary shares | 9,785,002,326 | 99.58 | 41,076,933 | 0.42 | 9,826,079,259 | 51.53 | 123,932,000 | ||||||||
12 | To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities in relation to Contingent Convertible Securities | 9,558,599,010 | 97.49 | 246,293,361 | 2.51 | 9,804,892,371 | 51.41 | 142,376,638 | ||||||||
13 | To disapply pre-emption rights in relation to the issue of Contingent Convertible Securities | 8,915,406,730 | 89.85 | 1,007,452,174 | 10.15 | 9,922,858,904 | 52.03 | 25,542,467 | ||||||||
14 | To approve general meetings (other than annual general meetings) being called on a minimum of 14 clear days' notice | 8,798,744,951 | 88.64 | 1,127,707,377 | 11.36 | 9,926,452,328 | 52.05 | 23,437,179 | ||||||||
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.
Interim Management Statements and Interim Results
Interim Management Statements are expected to be issued on or around 5 May 2015 and 2 November 2015. The Interim Results for the six months to 30 June 2015 are expected to be issued on 3 August 2015.
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.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 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 2014 may be obtained by writing to the following departments:
For those in Europe, the Middle Eastand 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 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 2014 is available upon request after 20 March 2015 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 | SVP Investor Relations HSBC North America Holdings Inc. 26525 N Riverwoods Boulevard, Suite 100 Mettawa, Illinois 60045 USA | Head of Investor Relations, Asia The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited 1 Queen's Road Central Hong Kong | ||
Telephone: 44 (0) 20 7991 3643 44 020 7991 8041 | 1 224 880 8008 | 852 2822 4908 | ||
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 2014, 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).
HM Treasury has transposed the requirements set out under CRD IV and issued the Capital Requirements Country-by-Country Reporting Regulations 2013, effective 1 January 2014. The legislation will require HSBC Holdings to publish additional information, in respect of the year ended 31 December 2014, by 31 December 2015. This information will be available at the time on HSBC's website: www.hsbc.com.