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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 February
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-
...............).
8
February 2017
HSBC
HOLDINGS PLC
FINAL
RESULTS AND FOURTH 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 21 February 2017
(the 'Board Meeting') to consider the announcement of the final
results for the year ended 31 December 2016 and the declaration of
a fourth interim dividend for 2016 on the ordinary
shares.
Subject
to the approval and confirmation at the Board Meeting, the fourth
interim dividend for 2016 will be payable on 6 April 2017 to
holders of record on 24 February 2017 on the Principal register in
the United Kingdom, the Hong Kong Overseas Branch register or the
Bermuda Overseas Branch register.
The
ordinary shares will be quoted ex-dividend in London, Hong Kong,
Paris and Bermuda on 23 February 2017. The American Depositary
Shares will be quoted ex-dividend in New York on 22 February
2017.
Any
person who has acquired ordinary shares registered on the Principal
register in the United Kingdom, the Hong Kong Overseas Branch
register or the Bermuda Overseas Branch register but who has not
lodged the share transfer with the Principal registrar, Hong Kong
or Bermuda Overseas Branch registrar should do so before 4.00pm
local time on 24 February 2017 in order to receive the
dividend.
DIVIDEND
ON 6.20% NON-CUMULATIVE US DOLLAR PREFERENCE SHARES, SERIES A
('SERIES A DOLLAR PREFERENCE SHARES')
In
2005, 1,450,000 Series A Dollar Preference Shares were issued for a
consideration of US$1,000 each, and Series A American Depositary
Shares, each of which represents one-fortieth of a Series A Dollar
Preference Share, were listed on the New York Stock
Exchange.
A
non-cumulative fixed-rate dividend of 6.20% per annum is payable on
the Series A Dollar Preference Shares on 15 March, 15 June, 15
September and 15 December 2017 for the quarter then ended at the
sole and absolute discretion of the Board of HSBC Holdings plc.
Accordingly, the Board of HSBC Holdings plc has declared a dividend
of US$0.3875 per Series A American Depositary Share for the quarter
ending 15 March 2017.
The
dividend will be payable on 15 March 2017 to holders of record on
28 February 2017.
Any
person who has acquired Series A American Depositary Shares but who
has not lodged the transfer documentation with the depositary
should do so before 12 noon on 28 February 2017 in order to receive
the dividend.
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†.
† Independent
non-executive Director
Note
to editors:
HSBC
Holdings plc
HSBC
Holdings plc, the parent company of the HSBC Group, is
headquartered in London. The Group serves customers worldwide from
around 4,400 offices in 71 countries and territories in Europe,
Asia, North and Latin America, and the Middle East and North
Africa. With assets of US$2,557bn at 30 September 2016, HSBC is one
of the world's largest banking and financial services
organisations.
ends/all
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:
08 February 2017
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