At the annual general meeting of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (“HKEx”) held on 20 April 2011, shareholders of HKEx (“Shareholders”) approved the payment of a final dividend of HK$2.31 per share of HK$1.00 each in HKEx’s capital (“Share(s)”), as recommended by the Board of Directors of HKEx (“Board”), for the year ended 31 December 2010 (“Final Dividend”) to Shareholders whose names appeared on HKEx’s register of members at the close of business on Wednesday, 20 April 2011 (“Record Date”). The Board is offering such Shareholders the right to elect to receive the Final Dividend in cash only, or wholly or partly in the form of new Shares credited as fully paid (“New Share(s)”) instead of in cash (“Scrip Dividend Scheme”) in accordance with the provisions of the Scrip Dividend Scheme.
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