Listing Particulars

HSBC Holdings PLC
27 June 2005




FORMAL NOTICE FOR SPECIALIST SECURITIES
PUBLICATION DATE:              27th June 2005
Applications have been made for the following debt securities to be admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing
Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange plc.
DETAILS OF ISSUE:              EUR 700,000,000 3.625 per cent. Callable Subordinated Notes due 2020 issued under the
                               Issuers Debt Issuance Programme
ISSUER:                        HSBC Holdings plc
INCORPORATED IN:               England and Wales
Particulars relating to the issue may be obtained during usual business hours for fourteen days from the date of this
formal notice from:
HSBC Holdings plc                                            HSBC Bank plc

8 Canada Square                                              8 Canada Square

London                                                       London

E14 5HQ                                                      E14 5HQ
In addition, a copy of the Particulars is available for inspection at the Document Viewing Facility at the Financial
Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, London E14 5HS from the two business days following the date of this formal
notice.




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