Securities administration - China
Income collection
Books close date | Basis for entitlement | Standard interest calculation rule |
Equities (B-shares and A-Shares) | ||
Record date | B-shares: | Shanghai: The entitlement will first be calculated according to the investors' holdings as of record date. For cash dividend, entitlement of each client is rounding calculated. Shenzhen: The entitlement will first be calculated according to the investors' holdings as of record date. For cash dividend, entitlement of each client is truncated calculated. |
CIBM bonds | ||
Record date | Settled position on record-date | Accrued interest = (Actual/365 or 366) * interest |
Equities
Dividends from B-shares in the Shanghai market are paid in USD.
Dividends from B-shares in the Shenzhen market are paid in HKD.
A-share dividends are paid in RMB.
There are no specific regulations for income payments. The market practice for each CSDCC branch applies.
Fixed income securities
All interest payments are in RMB.
Corporate actions
The most common types of corporate events are bonus and rights issues, cash dividends and proxy voting.
For CIBM bonds, the most common types of corporate events are income payments and redemptions.
Organisation of AGM/EGMs
All AGMs and EGMs are announced by the listed company in local securities newspapers.
The date of the meeting is usually one month after the announcement date. AGMs are held once a year, normally during the second quarter of the year.
Trading in the company’s stock is suspended from the date of the meeting until the results of the meeting are announced. Trading resumes one hour after the market opening on the day on which the results are announced.
Share blocking is not practised. If trading in the shares is normal either before or after the meeting, no shares will be blocked.
Proxy voting services are available for equities, however it's not applicable for the the China Interbank Bond Market.