Household Acquisition

HSBC Holdings PLC
27 March 2003

        HOUSEHOLD ACQUISITION: SECOND SUPPLEMENTARY LISTING PARTICULARS

HSBC has today published Second Supplementary Listing Particulars in connection
with its proposed acquisition of Household International, Inc. ("Household").
The Second Supplementary Listing Particulars contain:

(i) The Household Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2002 which was
published and filed on Form 10-K with the SEC on 25 March 2003; and

(ii) an unaudited restatement of Household's income statement and balance sheet
to conform to HSBC's UK GAAP basis of presentation and a report from KPMG Audit
Plc regarding the reconciliations.

Copies of the Second Supplementary Listing Particulars have been submitted to
the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the
UKLA Document Viewing Facility at:

The Financial Services Authority

25 The North Colonnade

Canary Wharf

London E14 5HS

The Second Supplementary Listing Particulars are also available on www.hsbc.com.


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