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HSBC Holdings PLC 26 August 2004 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES Section 198 - Companies Act 1985 The Company was notified yesterday that Barclays PLC, had a notifiable interest as at 19 August 2004 in 360,999,650 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each in HSBC Holdings plc, representing approximately 3.26% of the ordinary shares in issue. A copy of the letter of notification, including a list of the registered holders of the shares where known, is quoted below. N S Black Assistant Secretary HSBC Holdings plc Letter to HSBC Holdings plc from Geoff Smith, Manager, Secretarial Services, Group Corporate Secretariat, Barclays PLC "Dear Sir Companies Act 1985 ("The Act") - Part VI I hereby inform you that as at 19 August 2004 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed on the attached schedule, has a notifiable interest in the capital of your Company of 3.26%. Details of this interest, together with a breakdown between registered holders (as required by Section 202(3) of the Act), are enclosed. The issued capital of 11,080,578,495 is the latest figure available to us. If this is incorrect please let me know. If you have any questions arising from this letter, please contact me on 020 7699 2305. Yours faithfully Geoff Smith Manager, Secretarial Services Enc." REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORT HSBC HLDGS SEDOL: 0540528 As at 19 August 2004 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listed below, had a notifiable interest in 360,999,650 ORD USD0.50(UK REG) representing 3.26% of the issued share capital of 11,080,578,495 units. Registered Holder Account Designation Holding Bank of Ireland 1,964,196 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMI 46,458,207 BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LT 3,500,000 Barclays Trust Co & Others 24,000 BARCLAYS TRUST CO AS EXEC/ADM 4,103 Barclays Trust Co DMC69 35,300 Barclays Trust Co E99 24,180 Barclays Trust Co R69 198,012 BNP PARIBAS 502,271 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 6,037,101 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 45,895,754 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 30251 5,600 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 53995 3,000 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 323364 3,476 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 323372 8,365 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 323496 5,300 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 323771 5,440 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 324018 1,466 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 324085 2,582 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 324492 17,293 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 324760 625 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 324794 756 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 400687 2,401 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 479488 2,417 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 486590 23,559 Clydesdale Nominees 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870934 2,275 Clydesdale Nominees HGB1025 837619 13,130 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 74,970 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 2,866,343 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 5,373,275 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 154,063 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 125,437 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 67,056 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 788,913 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 2,938,204 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 16,169,612 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 2,624,009 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 51,460,830 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 624,126 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 18,955,347 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 128,184 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,717,353 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 122,386 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 305,366 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 2,440,381 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 12,336,569 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 306,793 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 2,705,689 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16338 711,588 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 1,650,788 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 7,370,240 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16342 1,349,561 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 494,261 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 834,496 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 80,746,033 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 17011 180,365 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18408 627,224 JPMorgan Chase Bank 115,891 JPMorgan Chase Bank 458,465 JPMorgan Chase Bank 21,473 JPMorgan Chase Bank 457,959 JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,186,539 JPMorgan Chase Bank 103,155 JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,317,505 JPMorgan Chase Bank 89,344 JPMorgan Chase Bank 5,240,556 JPMorgan Chase Bank 360,392 JPMorgan Chase Bank 287,093 JPMorgan Chase Bank 861,036 JPMorgan Chase Bank 45,764 JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,344,922 JPMorgan Chase Bank 61,443 JPMorgan Chase Bank 109,829 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 330,225 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 1,656,508 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 1,505,002 JPMorgan Chase Bank 483,842 JPMorgan Chase Bank 293,265 Master Trust Bank 65,765 Mellon Trust - Boston 1,827,614 MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 1,123,012 Mitsubishi Trust International 63,000 Mitsubishi Trust International 51,459 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 247,573 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 1,519,590 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 714,277 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 728,458 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1 196,068 R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 GP1 897,171 R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 SA1 346,674 State Street 14,430 State Street 232,793 STATE STREET BOSTON 10,332,235 STATE STREET BOSTON 945,642 Sumitomo TB 25,712 Swan Nominees Limited 8,345 Swan Nominees Limited 13,815 ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 3,691,396 Total 360,999,650 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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