Holding(s) in Company

HSBC Holdings PLC
18 March 2003

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company
HSBC Holdings plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest
Barclays PLC

3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18
In respect of shareholder and subsidiaries

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them

Bank of Ireland                                                                    2,613,529
Barclays Capital Nominees Limited                                                 11,846,032
Barclays Global Investors Japan                                                       30,172
Barclays Trust Co & Others (various accounts)                                        322,563
Boston Safe Deposit And Trust                                                      2,337,016
Chase Manhattan Bank (various accounts)                                           75,823,100
Chase Nominees Limited (various accounts)                                        152,970,708
Clydesdale Nominees (various accounts)                                               698,703
Investors Bank And Trust Co (various accounts)                                     9,262,803
JPMorgan Chase Bank (various accounts)                                            12,222,352
Mitsubishi Trust International (various accounts)                                    168,625
Northern Trust Bank - Bgi Sepa (various accounts)                                    955,882
Nutraco Nominees Limited                                                           1,417,093
State Street (various accounts)                                                      335,259
State Street Bank - Custodian                                                         29,560
State Street Bank And Trust                                                        9,642,914
Sumitomo TB (various accounts)                                                       119,169
Swan Nominees Limited (various accounts)                                             203,208
Zeban Nominees Limited                                                             3,507,244

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired
Total holding at 14 March 2003 - 284,505,932 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each

6. Percentage of issued class
3.00 per cent

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed


8. Percentage of issued class


9. Class of security
Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each

10. Date of transaction
14 March 2003

11. Date company informed
18 March 2003

12. Total holding following this notification
284,505,932 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
3.00 per cent

14. Any additional information


15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Robert Musgrove, Assistant Secretary - 020 7992 1504

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification
Robert Musgrove, Assistant Secretary

Date of notification
18 March 2003


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