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FORM
6-K
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Report
of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant
to Rule 13a - 16 or 15d - 16 of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the
month of November
HSBC
Holdings plc
42nd
Floor, 8 Canada Square, London E14 5HQ, England
(Indicate by check
mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F).
Form
20-F X Form 40-F ......
(Indicate by check
mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained
in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934).
Yes....... No
X
(If
"Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the
registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-
...............).
28
November
2016
HSBC
HOLDINGS PLC
THIRD
INTERIM DIVIDEND FOR 2016
On 3
October 2016, the Directors of HSBC Holdings plc declared the third
interim dividend for 2016 of US$0.10 per ordinary share. The
dividend is payable on 6 December 2016 to holders of record on 21
October 2016 on the Principal Register in the United Kingdom or the
Bermuda Overseas Branch Register and to holders of record on 24
October 20161 on the Hong Kong
Overseas Branch Register. The dividend is payable in cash in United
States dollars, sterling or Hong Kong dollars, or a combination of
these currencies, and with a scrip dividend
alternative.
Dividends payable
in cash in Hong Kong dollars or sterling will be converted from
United States dollars at the forward exchange rates quoted by
HSBC Bank plc in London at or about 11.00 am on 28 November
2016 (US$1=HK$7.755587 and
£1=US$1.243524). Accordingly, the
cash dividend payable on 6 December 2016 will be:
US$0.10
per share;
approximately
HK$0.775559 per share; or
approximately £0.080417 per
share.
For
holders of American Depositary Shares ('ADSs'), each of which
represents five ordinary shares, the cash dividend payable will be
US$0.50 per ADS. It will be paid on 6 December 2016. The dividend
for participants in the dividend reinvestment plan, operated by the
Bank of New York Mellon, will be invested in additional
ADSs.
For and
on behalf of
HSBC Holdings plc
Ben J S
Mathews
Group
Company Secretary
1 Record date on the Hong
Kong Overseas Branch Register changed in accordance with Practice
Note 8 to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The
Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited due to raising of typhoon
signal no.8 in Hong Kong on 21 October 2016.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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HSBC
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By:
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Name:
Ben J S Mathews
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Title:
Group Company Secretary
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Date:
28 November
2016
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