Fees and Charges
| Fee item | Service | Charging time | Normal fee amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. Trade service | |||
| Commission | -- | On or before settlement due date | Ordinary trade： 0.25% Min.HK$100 |
| Stamp duty | -- | On or before settlement due date | 0.1% of transaction amount; (Round up to nearest dollar) |
| Trading fee | -- | On or before settlement due date | 0.00565% |
| Transaction levy | -- | On or before settlement due date | 0.0027% |
| FRC Transaction levy | -- | On or before settlement due date | 0.00015% |
| B. Scrip handling and settlement service | |||
| Settlement fee | -- | On or before settlement due date | 0.005% of transaction amount; Min.HK$5 |
| Physical scrip deposit fee | -- | -- | Free of charge |
| Physical scrip withdrawal fee | Withdrawal from CCASS | Date of application | HK$8 per board lot; Min. HK$100 |
| Settlement instruction fee | Withdrawal via SI | Date of application | HK$8 per board lot; Min. HK$100 |
| Investor settlement instruction fee | Deposit/withdrawal via ISI | Date of application | $100 per transaction |
| Stock segregated account service fee | -- | Date of application | HK$240 per year, plus transaction fee HK$10 per stock transfer instruction |
| Default fee on overdue position | -- | On or before settlement due date | 0.5% multiplied by the market value; maximum HK$100,000 for each position |
| C. Nominee and corporate action service | |||
| Share registration and transfer: share registration and transfer from street name to HKSCC nominees (script fee) | -- | 1. Dividend payout date 2. Corporate event action date |
HK$3 per board lot |
| Share registration and transfer: for delisted stock owing to liquidation / expiry / not involving issue of stock instruments | -- | -- | Free of charge |
| Share registration and transfer: share registration and transfer from CCASS to clients’ own names | -- | Date of application | HK$10 per share scrip; min. HK$50 |
| Dividend/coupon collection fee | Dividend collection from CCASS on behalf of clients (including scrip dividend) | Deducted from Dividend Proceed or Collected from Clients on payout date | HK$0.5% per share scrip; Min. HK$50 |
| Warrant exercise | -- | Date of application | HK$100 Per application |
| Shareholding issue: handling share subdivision, consolidation and restructure | -- | -- | Free of charge |
| Shareholding issue: handling rights issue, privatization and acquisition | -- | Event effective date | HK$2 per board lot, plus handling fee HK$10 |
| Unclaimed benefit entitlement: claiming unclaimed dividend and related benefits (irrespective of successful or not); per each stock | -- | Date of application | HK$800 for initial claim HK$200 for each subsequent claim |
| Redemption fee of Hong Kong government bond | -- | Redemption date | $60 |
| D. Online coding service | |||
| N/A | |||
| E. Other service | |||
| Mail statement | -- | -- | $20 per month |
| Email statement | -- | -- | Free of charge |
| Retrieve monthly statement (within 3 months) | -- | -- | $100 |
| Retrieve monthly statement (within 4-12 months) | -- | -- | $200 |
| Retrieve monthly statement (over 12 months) | -- | -- | 500 |
| IPO application | Form filling and e-IPO application | -- | $50 |
| Consult cheque record (per transaction) | -- | -- | $100 |
| Consult dividend record (per period) | -- | -- | $100 |
| Return cheque (per cheque) | -- | -- | $100 |
| Telegraphic transfer (per transaction) | -- | -- | $200 |
| Reference letter/audit conformation | -- | -- | $120 |
| Reference letter/audit conformation | -- | -- | $200 |