TIDM57HB

RNS Number : 0788A

Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp Ld

21 March 2017

24 Liabilities under insurance contracts

 
                                                         2016                                           2015 
                                            -------------------------------  ------------------------------- 
                                                      Reinsurers'                      Reinsurers' 
                                               Gross     Share(2)       Net     Gross     Share(2)       Net 
                                                HK$m         HK$m      HK$m      HK$m         HK$m      HK$m 
 
Non-linked insurance contracts(1) 
At 1 January 
 .......................................     298,576      (7,151)   291,425   265,743      (4,182)   261,561 
Claims and benefits paid 
 .....................                      (19,099)          319  (18,780)  (21,216)          318  (20,898) 
Increase in liabilities 
 to policyholders .                           63,473      (3,514)    59,959    53,950      (3,214)    50,736 
Foreign exchange and other 
 movements                                     (816)          269     (547)        99         (73)        26 
                                            --------  -----------  --------  --------  -----------  -------- 
 
At 31 December 
 .................................           342,134     (10,077)   332,057   298,576      (7,151)   291,425 
 
Linked insurance contracts 
At 1 January 
 .......................................      42,244      (1,392)    40,852    44,439      (1,441)    42,998 
Claims and benefits paid 
 .....................                       (2,395)           80   (2,315)   (3,285)          445   (2,840) 
Increase in liabilities 
 to policyholders..                            4,472          155     4,627     1,577          118     1,695 
Foreign exchange and other 
 movements                                     (285)        (134)     (419)     (487)        (514)   (1,001) 
                                            --------  -----------  --------  --------  -----------  -------- 
 
At 31 December 
 .................................            44,036      (1,291)    42,745    42,244      (1,392)    40,852 
                                            --------  -----------  --------  --------  -----------  -------- 
 
Total liabilities to policyholders 
 .........                                   386,170     (11,368)   374,802   340,820      (8,543)   332,277 
                                            --------  -----------  --------  --------  -----------  -------- 
 
   1    Includes liabilities under non-life insurance contracts. 

2 Amounts recoverable from reinsurance of liabilities under insurance contracts are included in the consolidated balance sheet in 'Prepayment, accrued income and other assets'.

25 Provisions for liabilities and charges

 
                                                             2016                           2015 
                                                 -----------------------------  ---------------------------- 
                                                 Restructuring                  Restructuring 
                                                         costs  Others   Total          costs  Others  Total 
                                                          HK$m    HK$m    HK$m           HK$m    HK$m   HK$m 
 
At 1 January 
 ....................................                      801     402   1,203            113   1,028  1,141 
New provisions/increase 
 in provisions 
 .............................................. 
 .........                                                 647     171     818            840     374  1,214 
Provisions used 
 ................................                        (200)    (68)   (268)          (109)   (204)  (313) 
Amounts reversed 
 ............................                            (438)    (97)   (535)           (30)   (175)  (205) 
Exchange and 
 other movements 
 ......                                                   (24)    (27)    (51)           (13)   (621)  (634) 
                                                 -------------  ------  ------  -------------  ------  ----- 
 
At 31 December 
 ...............................                           786     381   1,167            801     402  1,203 
                                                 -------------  ------  ------  -------------  ------  ----- 
 
 

26 Subordinated liabilities

Subordinated liabilities consist of undated primary capital notes and other loan capital having an original term to maturity of five years or more.

 
                                                                           2016   2015 
                                                                           HK$m   HK$m 
 
          Undated floating rate primary 
US$400m    capital notes(1) ...........................................   3,102  6,204 
          Fixed rate (4.35%) subordinated 
           bonds due 2022, callable from 
MYR500m    2017(2) ......                                                   865    897 
          Fixed rate (5.05%) subordinated 
           bonds due 2027, callable from 
MYR500m    2022(3) ......                                                   869    902 
                                                                          -----  ----- 
 
                                                                          4,836  8,003 
                                                                          -----  ----- 
 

1 In February 2016, the group redeemed US$400m undated floating rate primary capital notes at par.

2 The interest rate on the MYR500m 4.35% callable subordinated bonds due 2022 will increase by 1% from June 2017.

3 The interest rate on the MYR500m 5.05% callable subordinated bonds due 2027 will increase by 1% from November 2022.

Subordinated liabilities issued to Group entities are not included in the above.

27 Preference shares

 
                                                                                                        2016    2015 
                                                                                                        HK$m    HK$m 
Issued and fully paid 
Redeemable preference shares 
 .................................................................................... 
 ............                                                                                              -   8,138 
Irredeemable preference shares 
 .................................................................................... 
 ..........                                                                                           26,879  28,415 
 
                                                                                                      26,879  36,553 
                                                                                       ---------------------  ------ 
 

The preference shares were issued at the then nominal value, and may be redeemed or cancelled subject to 30 days' notice in writing to shareholders and with the prior consent of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. In the event of cancellation, holders of the shares shall be entitled to receive the issue price of US$1 per share held together with any unpaid dividends for the period since the annual dividend payment date immediately preceding the date of cancellation, subject to the Bank having sufficient distributable profits. The holders of the preference shares are entitled to one vote per share at shareholders' meetings of the Bank.

1,050m cumulative redeemable preference shares were issued in 2009, and were fully redeemed in 2016 at the issue price of US$1 per share.

The number of issued non-cumulative irredeemable preference shares at 31 December 2016 was 3,253m (2015: 3,253m). No non-cumulative irredeemable preference shares were issued during the year (2015: nil).

The number of issued cumulative irredeemable preference shares at 31 December 2016 was 200m (2015: 400m) and 200m were cancelled during the year. No cumulative irredeemable preference shares were issued during the year

(2015: nil).

There was INR870m (2015: INR870m) of authorised preference share capital, comprising 8.7m compulsorily convertible preference shares ('CCPS') of INR100 each in the share capital of a subsidiary, HSBC InvestDirect Securities (India) Private Limited ('HSBC InvestDirect'). The CCPS were issued and fully paid in 2009 at a nominal value of INR100 each. These shares may be converted into fully paid equity shares of HSBC InvestDirect at any time after one year to ten years from the date of allotment of the CCPS by written notice. The conversion shall be made at par or premium as may be determined by the Board of HSBC InvestDirect at the time of the conversion. The CCPS shall carry a fixed dividend of 0.001% of the face value per annum. After ten years following the allotment of the CCPS, all outstanding CCPS shall be converted at par or premium as may be determined by the Board of HSBC InvestDirect at the time of the conversion. HSBC InvestDirect did not convert any CCPS during 2016 (2015: nil). The number of issued CCPS at 31 December 2016 was 8.7m (2015: 8.7m). No CCPS were issued during the year (2015: nil).

28 Share capital

Issued and fully paid

 
                                                                                                        2016    2015 
                                                                                                        HK$m    HK$m 
 
Ordinary share capital 
 ................................................................................... 
 .........................                                                                           114,359  96,052 
                                                                                      ----------------------  ------ 
 
 
                                                                                               2016             2015 
Number of ordinary shares 
At 1 January 
 ................................................................................. 
 .........................................                                           38,420,982,901   38,420,982,901 
Issued during the 
 year............................................................................. 
 .................................                                                    7,322,508,897                - 
 
At 31 
 December......................................................................... 
 ............................................                                        45,743,491,798   38,420,982,901 
                                                                                    ---------------  --------------- 
 

7,323m new ordinary shares were issued during 2016 (2015: nil) at an issue price of HK$2.5 each for general corporate purposes and to further strengthen the capital base.

The holders of the ordinary shares are entitled to receive dividends as declared from time to time, rank equally with regard to the Bank's residual assets and are entitled to one vote per share at shareholder meetings of the Bank.

29 Other equity instruments

Other equity instruments comprise additional tier 1 capital instruments in issue which are accounted for in equity.

 
                                      2016    2015 
                                      HK$m    HK$m 
 
US$1,000m Floating rate perpetual 
 subordinated loan, callable from 
 Dec 2019(1) .... 
 ...............                     7,756   7,756 
US$900m Floating rate perpetual 
 subordinated loan, callable from 
 Dec 2019(1) ..... 
 ..............                      6,981   6,981 
                                    ------  ------ 
 
                                    14,737  14,737 
                                    ------  ------ 
 

1 Interest rate at one year US dollar LIBOR plus 3.84%.

The additional tier 1 capital instruments are perpetual subordinated loans on which coupon payments may be cancelled at the sole discretion of the Bank. The subordinated loans will be written down at the point of non-viability on the occurrence of a trigger event as defined in the Banking (Capital) Rules. They rank higher than ordinary shares in the event of a wind-up.

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