Re - Second Interim Dividend

HSBC Holdings PLC
23 August 2006


                               HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
                        SECOND INTERIM DIVIDEND FOR 2006
                           SCRIP DIVIDEND ALTERNATIVE

On 31 July 2006, the Directors of HSBC Holdings plc declared a second interim
dividend for 2006 of US$0.15 per ordinary share payable on 4 October 2006 to
shareholders on the Register on 18 August 2006. The dividend is payable in cash
in United States dollars, sterling or Hong Kong dollars, or a combination of
these currencies, with a scrip dividend alternative. The 'Market Value' for the
issue of new shares under the scrip dividend alternative is:

                           US$17.9844 for each new share

The 'Market Value' is the United States dollar equivalent of £9.51 being the
average of the middle market quotations for the ordinary shares on the London
Stock Exchange as derived from the Daily Official List for the five business
days beginning on 16 August 2006 (the day on which the shares were first quoted
ex-dividend).

Dividends payable in cash in sterling or Hong Kong dollars on 4 October 2006
will be converted from United States dollars at the forward exchange rates
quoted by HSBC Bank plc in London at or about 11.00 am on 25 September 2006.
These exchange rates will be announced to the London, Hong Kong, New York, Paris
and Bermuda stock exchanges.

Particulars of the dividend arrangements will be mailed to shareholders on or
about 30 August 2006, and elections must be received by the Registrars by 20
September 2006.

R G Barber
Group Company Secretary
HSBC Holdings plc

23 August 2006


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