Total Voting Rights

HSBC Holdings PLC
30 April 2007


HSBC Holdings plc

Voting Rights and Capital

The following notification is made in accordance with the UK Financial Services
Authority Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6.1.

On 27 April 2007, the issued share capital of HSBC Holdings plc with voting
rights is 11,588,039,512 ordinary shares of US$0.50.  No shares are held in
Treasury.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in HSBC Holdings plc is
11,588,039,512.

The above figure for the total number of voting rights may be used by
shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will
determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their
interest in, HSBC Holdings plc under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency
Rules.

Nicola Black
Assistant Secretary
0207 991 2652


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