Trinkaus & Burkhardt Sec 25

HSBC Holdings PLC
02 December 2005

The following text is the English translation of a news release issued in
Germany by HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt KGaA

  "NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 25 SUBSEC. 1 WPHG (SECURITIES TRADING ACT)

HSBC Holdings plc, 8 Canada Square, London E14 5HQ, acting in accordance with
Section 24 WpHG also on behalf of its 100 per cent subsidiaries HSBC Bank plc, 8
Canada Square, London E14 5HQ, and HSBC Germany Holdings GmbH, Koenigsallee 
21/23, 40212 Duesseldorf, has informed us in accordance with Sections 21 
Subsec.1; Section 22 Subsec. 1 No. 1 WpHG that:

1. HSBC Germany Holdings GmbH has increased its voting rights of 73.47 per cent
in HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt KGaA and has by such increase exceeded on 30.
November 2005 the threshold amount of 75 per cent of the voting rights;

2. HSBC Germany Holdings GmbH controls since 30. November 2005 an aggregate
amount of now 77.84 per cent of the voting rights in HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt
KGaA;

3. the aggregate sum of voting rights in HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt KGaA,
attributed to HSBC Holdings plc pursuant to Section 22 Subsec. 1 No. 1 WpHG now
amounts to 77.84 per cent.

Duesseldorf, 1 December 2005

HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt KGaA

The General Partners"

The consideration for the shares acquired was EUR99.9 million.

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