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HSBC Holdings PLC 22 November 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES Section 198 - Companies Act 1985 The Company was notified on 21 November that Barclays PLC, had a notifiable interest as at 15 November 2006 in 484,637,615 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each in HSBC Holdings plc, representing approximately 4.19% 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, Barclays Compliance, Barclays PLC "Dear Sir Companies Act 1985 ("The Act") - Part VI I hereby inform you that as at 15 November 2006 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed on the attached schedule, has a notifiable interest in the capital of your Company of 4.19%. 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 11,567,218,700 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 7116 2913. Yours faithfully Geoff Smith Enc." Registered Holder Account Designation Holding BANK OF IRELAND 426353 272,803 BANK OF IRELAND 426360 131,030 BANK OF NEW YORK 817,793 Barclays Bank PLC (Singapore) 38,452 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 33,714,475 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 82,989,104 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 19,993,701 Barclays Capital Securities Ltd. 5,546,070 Barclays Capital Securities Ltd. 4,912,575 Barclays Global Investors Canada 862,746 Barclays Trust Co & Others 16,851 BARCLAYS TRUST CO AS EXEC/ADM C 000000000000000000 31,675 Barclays Trust Co DMC69 C 32,604 000000000000000000 Barclays Trust Co E99 C 000000000000000000 3,990 Barclays Trust Co R69 C 000000000000000000 189,849 BNP PARIBAS 476,723 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 5,886,245 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 38,332,232 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 668,282 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 3,853,173 CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 353,135 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 3025101 5,600 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 32349601 6,207 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 32449201 16,545 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 52051801 11,719 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 59419801 941 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 59441401 11,551 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 59553401 3,845 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 59571201 1,646 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 59710301 1,573 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 59732401 5,246 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 59737501 5,081 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 59738301 6,662 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 59744801 3,246 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 60741901 3,000 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 63919101 2,430 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 63921301 1,725 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 64544201 4,709 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 65136101 1,772 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 66860401 1,428 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 67940101 24,471 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 68640801 8,200 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 69108801 2,795 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 69238601 6,099 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 69296301 9,300 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 69340401 3,000 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 69390001 3,191 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 69447801 57,635 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 69451601 2,910 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 69720501 2,000 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 69721301 2,700 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 69732901 16,517 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 69738801 1,341 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 69751501 3,048 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 69771001 58,410 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 69772801 58,410 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 69829501 2,867 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 69830901 10,500 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 70314001 1,659 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 70335301 3,370 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 70339601 2,290 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 70387601 1,631 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 70388401 2,400 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 70391401 1,427 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 80750701 10,509 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 80766301 2,145 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 83011801 2,587 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 86680501 2,432 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 88608301 1,946 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 100146401 500 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 120142001 16,389 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 300000001 2,195 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 310007101 4,422 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 310042001 2,720 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 310092601 6,333 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 310128001 2,987 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 310186801 1,901 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 310205801 1,564 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 310231701 1,776 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 310246501 23,859 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 310254601 3,724 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 310255401 20,741 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 310266001 1,258 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 310311901 2,308 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 310589801 1,300 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 310590101 1,158 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 310594401 2,043 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 700009301 2,320 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 700066201 2,031 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 700083201 1,512 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 700106501 2,026 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0225 59579802 3,534 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0225 67355102 966 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0225 70160102 4,055 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0225 70383302 9,481 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0225 87093402 2,350 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0225 120147102 453 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0225 310594402 560 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0325 70309403 1,877 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0325 87093403 1,283 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0625 100376906 5,000 Gerrard Nominees Limited 602133 1,250 Gerrard Nominees Limited 602394 3,300 Gerrard Nominees Limited 603216 1,000 Gerrard Nominees Limited 603856 1,250 Gerrard Nominees Limited 607205 1,200 Gerrard Nominees Limited 608459 300 Gerrard Nominees Limited 610720 1,000 Gerrard Nominees Limited 615411 1,000 Gerrard Nominees Limited 620404 600 Gerrard Nominees Limited 622124 1,500 Gerrard Nominees Limited 630871 1,000 Gerrard Nominees Limited 631118 17,200 Gerrard Nominees Limited 633484 1,200 Gerrard Nominees Limited 635860 1,800 Gerrard Nominees Limited 637739 600 Gerrard Nominees Limited 639311 2,000 Gerrard Nominees Limited 639353 900 Gerrard Nominees Limited 640824 7,900 Gerrard Nominees Limited 642367 5,500 Gerrard Nominees Limited 642686 600 Gerrard Nominees Limited 643975 4,500 Gerrard Nominees Limited 647291 2,300 Gerrard Nominees Limited 650668 4,000 Gerrard Nominees Limited 652198 10,800 Gerrard Nominees Limited 653035 3,300 Gerrard Nominees Limited 654151 2,000 Gerrard Nominees Limited 658574 2,500 Gerrard Nominees Limited 658729 1,400 Gerrard Nominees Limited 659442 1,750 Gerrard Nominees Limited 659792 1,370 Gerrard Nominees Limited 660137 1,640 Gerrard Nominees Limited 660302 3,500 Gerrard Nominees Limited 660318 48,000 Gerrard Nominees Limited 660430 1,520 Gerrard Nominees Limited 660632 2,100 Gerrard Nominees Limited 660758 16,500 Gerrard Nominees Limited 660851 14,000 Gerrard Nominees Limited 660968 9,630 Gerrard Nominees Limited 768557 10,300 Gerrard Nominees Limited 770101 21,590 Gerrard Nominees Limited 774160 1,400 Gerrard Nominees Limited 781271 7,000 Greig Middleton Nominees Limited (GM1) 1,311,059 Greig Middleton Nominees Ltd (GM3) 126066DA 4,140 Greig Middleton Nominees Ltd (GM3) 220805DN 208,683 Greig Middleton Nominees Ltd (GM3) 523475DN 220,000 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,097,096 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 3,144,771 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 3,567,871 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 785,232 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 31,237,998 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 327,658 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 501,354 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 90,181 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 195,039 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 94,955 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,212,457 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 7,755,200 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 2,928,482 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 627,933 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 18,974,111 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 2,509,107 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 61,549 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 50,842,728 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,968,012 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 3,874,868 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,074,545 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 11,728,176 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 575,928 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 2,823,595 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16338 681,086 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 1,550,643 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 6,272,131 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16342 1,510,891 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 527,399 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 882,396 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 70,619,448 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 17011 196,540 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18408 910,985 JPMorgan Chase Bank 157,166 JPMorgan Chase Bank 588,999 JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,145,781 JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,566,577 JPMorgan Chase Bank 6,320,066 JPMorgan Chase Bank 11,714 JPMorgan Chase Bank 55,450 JPMorgan Chase Bank 310,227 JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,246,152 JPMorgan Chase Bank 95,329 JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,679,917 JPMorgan Chase Bank 58,973 JPMorgan Chase Bank 65,525 JPMorgan Chase Bank 698,014 JPMorgan Chase Bank 113,392 JPMorgan Chase Bank 80,097 JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,138,731 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 3,011,502 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 990,665 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 379,336 Master Trust Bank 71,561 Master Trust Bank 49,572 Master Trust Bank 567,605 Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN / 820,954 Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN / 445,235 MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 486,369 Mitsui Asset 201,404 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 1,010,901 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 1,235,723 R C Greig Nominees Limited 9,513,096 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 3,000,275 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 616,281 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 RES 465 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1 300,374 R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 859,121 R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 474,827 Reflex Nominees Limited 6,413 Reflex Nominees Limited 7,977 STATE STREET BANK & TRUST - WI 383,861 STATE STREET BANK & TRUST - WI 897,801 STATE STREET BOSTON 5,412,696 STATE STREET BOSTON 880,081 STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA - 836,171 The Northern Trust Company - U 587,540 Trust & Custody Services Bank 1,233,836 Trust & Custody Services Bank 7,536 Trust & Custody Services Bank 91,733 Trust & Custody Services Bank 89,613 ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 2,059,684 Total 484,637,615 Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held Barclays Private Bank Ltd 2,059,684 0.0178 Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 19,542,064 0.1692 Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 4,002,167 0.0346 Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 274,969 0.0024 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 116,152,743 1.0054 Barclays Global Investors Canada Ltd 862,746 0.0075 Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd 10,600 0.0001 Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 107,895,380 0.9339 Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 118,961,662 1.0297 Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd 524,742 0.0045 Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd 38,452 0.0003 Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 4,408,619 0.0382 Gerrard Ltd 16,730,521 0.1448 Barclays Global Fund Advisors 40,661,980 0.3520 Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd 14,390 0.0001 Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & 13,236,351 0.1146 Banking Barclays Capital Inc 39,260,545 0.3398 Group Holding 484,637,615 4.1949 This information is provided by 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