Third Interim Dividend

HSBC Holdings PLC
08 January 2007



                               HSBC HOLDINGS PLC

            PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS IN UNITED STATES DOLLARS, STERLING

                              OR HONG KONG DOLLARS

On 6 November 2006, the Directors of HSBC Holdings plc declared a third interim
dividend for 2006 of US$0.15 per ordinary share. The dividend is payable on 18
January 2007 to shareholders on the Principal Register, the Hong Kong Overseas
Branch Register or the Bermuda Overseas Branch Register at close of business on
24 November 2006 in cash in United States dollars, sterling or Hong Kong
dollars, or a combination of these currencies and with a scrip dividend
alternative.

In the absence of instructions to the contrary, shareholders on the Principal
Register will automatically receive dividends in sterling. However, if
shareholders have an address in the United States they will automatically
receive any dividend payable in United States dollars unless they currently
receive payment in one of the other currencies or make an election to do so. In
the absence of instructions to the contrary, shareholders on the Hong Kong
Overseas Branch Register and the Bermuda Overseas Branch Register will
automatically receive dividends in Hong Kong dollars and United States dollars
respectively.

Dividends payable in cash in sterling or Hong Kong dollars will be converted
from United States dollars at the forward exchange rates to 18 January 2007
quoted by HSBC Bank plc in London at 11.00 am on 8 January 2007 (US$1 =
HK$7.7893 and £1 = US$1.93325). Accordingly, the amount payable on 18 January
will be:

           US$0.15 per share;

           approximately HK$1.168395 per share; or

           approximately £0.077590 per share.

The dividend payable to holders of American Depositary Shares ('ADSs'), each of
which represents five ordinary shares, will be US$0.75 per ADS. The dividend
will be paid on 18 January 2007 in cash in United States dollars or in new
shares to those who have elected to receive the scrip dividend alternative. The
cash dividend for participants in the dividend reinvestment plan, operated by
the depositary, will be invested in additional ADSs.



R G Barber

Group Company Secretary

HSBC Holdings plc


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