Circular Available at UKLA

HSBC Holdings PLC
21 September 2007


A Discloseable Transaction Circular dated 21 September 2007 relating to the
agreement to acquire a majority shareholding in Korea Exchange Bank has been
sent to shareholders today.

Copies of the circular have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority, and will
shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document
Viewing Facility at the address shown below:

UK Listing Authority, Document Viewing Facility:

Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London E14 5HS

Tel. no. (0)20 7676 1000

Please click on the link below to view the circular:

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/2754e_-2007-9-21.pdf



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