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Dividend Payment or Charge Adjustments on Shares and Spot Stock Indices 9th August– 15th August) and Applicable Leverages (15th August – 19th August) Announcement

Dividend Payment or Charge Adjustments on Shares and Spot Stock Indices 9th August– 15th August) and Applicable Leverages (15th August – 19th August) Announcement

Please be advised that when trading shares and spot stock indices using contracts for difference (CFDs), when a listed company or a listed company (component) of an underlying stock index pays dividend to its shareholders, the value of the corresponding position held in the client’s trading account will be affected after the closing of the market (trading platform / server time). Determined by whether the client’s position is long or short, the trading account will incur a net of tax dividend adjustment, which may be a payment or a charge. (Please note that stock indices futures CFDs do not participate in dividend adjustment. The composition of each Standard Lot referred here may vary significantly from one trading product to another, please refer to Product Guide for details.)

The projected impact of any dividend issued by a component on a stock index is weighted and calculated, and such figures are published and updated on our official website.

Dividend payment received when holding a long position:

Dividend Payment = Component Dividend (weighted, per stock index contract) × Position Size in Standard Lot × Contract Size per Standard Lot Currency Multiplier

Dividend charge deducted when holding a short position:

Dividend Charge = Component Dividend (weighted, per stock index contract) × Position Size in Standard Lot × Contract Size per Standard Lot Currency Multiplier

Please find stock indices dividend figures below for this week:

Symbol 9th Aug 10th Aug 11th Aug 12th Aug 15th Aug Dividend Payout Time
(GMT+1)
GER40
FRA40
US30 10.875 12.621 21:55
NAS100 0.435 0.31 1.625 0.747 21:55
SPX500 0.262 0.178 1.128 0.548 0.131 21:55
ChinaA50
HK50 0.847 2.319 19:45
AUS200 6.896 21:55
SPAIN35
UK100 26.832 21:55
EURO50 0.629 21:55
JAPAN225
GER30min
FRA40min
US30min 10.875 12.621 21:55
NAS100min 0.435 0.31 1.625 0.747 21:55
SPX500min 0.262 0.178 1.128 0.548 0.131 21:55
ChinaA50min
HK50min 0.847 2.319 19:45

For Share CFDs

Dividend payment received when holding a long position:

Dividend Payment = Individual Stock Dividend (per share) × Position Size in Standard Lot × Contract Size per Standard Lot

Dividend charge deducted when holding a short position:

Dividend Charge = Individual Stock Dividend (per share) × Position Size in Standard Lot × Contract Size per Standard Lot

Please find stock dividend figures below for this week:

Symbol 9th Aug 10th Aug 11th Aug 12th Aug 15th Aug Dividend Payout Time
(GMT+1)
IBM 1.65 21:00
SBUX 0.49 21:00
V 0.375 21:00
WMT 0.56 21:00
XOM 0.88 21:00

(Please note that the above information is indicative only, and may be subject to change Dividend payout of an individual stock normally takes place after the close of its last trading session prior to the announced ex-dividend date shown above.)

(Please also note that 2 trading days prior to earnings announcements we’ll amend our leverages across the specific companies’ share CFDs to a maximum of 1:5, reverting to a maximum 1:10 after report publishing. Please ensure that you have sufficient margin required to maintain your open positions during the above mentioned period.)

The amendment of US Share CFDs’ applicable leverages is scheduled as follows (15th August –19th August):

Earnings Announcement Date Symbol Leverage Amendment Time (GMT+1) Amended Leverage Resumed Leverage Time (GMT+1) Resumed Leverage
17th August CSCO 15th August, 21:00 1:5 17th August, 21:00 1:10
23rd August JD 19th August, 21:00 1:5 23rd August, 21:00 1:10