Board Meeting

RNS Number : 1002N

HSBC Holdings PLC

23 July 2014

The following is the text of an announcement released to The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited on 23 July 2014 pursuant to rule 13.43 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited:

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23 July 2014

(Hong Kong Stock Code: 5)

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC

INTERIM RESULTS AND SECOND INTERIM DIVIDEND FOR 2014

Pursuant to Rule 13.43 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, notice is given that a meeting of Directors of HSBC Holdings plc will be held on Monday, 4 August 2014 to consider the announcement of the interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2014 and the declaration of a second interim dividend for 2014.

By order of the Board

Ben J S Mathews

Group Company Secretary

The Board of Directors of HSBC Holdings plc as at the date of this announcement are: Douglas Flint,
Stuart Gulliver, Kathleen Casey^†, Safra Catz^†, Laura Cha^†, Marvin Cheung^†, Sir Jonathan Evans^†,
Joachim Faber^†, Rona Fairhead^†, Renato Fassbind^†, Sam Laidlaw^†, John Lipsky^†, Rachel Lomax^†, Iain Mackay, Marc Moses, Sir Simon Robertson^†and Jonathan Symonds^†.