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Dividend Payment or Charge Adjustments on Shares and Spot Stock Indices (4th October– 10th October) and Applicable Leverages (10th October – 14th October) Announcement

Dividend Payment or Charge Adjustments on Shares and Spot Stock Indices (4th October– 10th October) and Applicable Leverages (10th October – 14th October) 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 4th Oct 5th Oct 6th Oct 7th Oct 10th Oct Dividend Payout Time
(GMT+1)
GER40
FRA40
US30 2.504 6.591 4.3 21:55
NAS100 3.012 0.296 0.138 21:55
SPX500 0.329 0.366 0.724 0.346 21:55
ChinaA50
HK50
AUS200 0.33 0.119 21:55
SPAIN35
UK100 1.088 21:55
EURO50 0.963 21:55
JAPAN225

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 4th Oct 5th Oct 6th Oct 7th Oct 10th Oct Dividend Payout Time
(GMT+1)
CSCO 0.38 21:00
JPM 1 21:00
MA 0.49 21:00
VZ 0.652 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 (10th October –14th October):

Earnings Announcement Date Symbol Leverage Amendment Time (GMT+1) Amended Leverage Resumed Leverage Time (GMT+1) Resumed Leverage
14th October JPM 12th October, 21:00 1:5 14th October, 21:00 1:10
14th October WFC 12th October, 21:00 1:5 14th October, 21:00 1:10
14th October C 12th October, 21:00 1:5 14th October, 21:00 1:10
18th October IBM 14th October, 21:00 1:5 18th October, 21:00 1:10
18th October JNJ 14th October, 21:00 1:5 18th October, 21:00 1:10