Result of AGM

HSBC Holdings PLC
25 May 2007

HSBC Holdings plc

Annual General Meeting 25 May 2007

At the Annual General Meeting of HSBC Holdings plc held on 25 May 2007, all
resolutions were passed on a poll.

The following table shows the votes cast on each resolution:

Resolution                                    Total Votes For*   Total Votes Against    Votes Withheld+
                                                    (%)                  (%)

1. To receive the Report and Accounts for      3,864,479,235          8,919,383            9,697,178
   2006                                           (99.77)               (0.23)
                                                  
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration      3,689,326,342          97,555,034          96,172,523
   Report for 2006                                (97.42)               (2.58)
                                                  
3. (a)  To re-elect The Lord Butler a          3,821,854,383          54,773,594           6,390,274
        Director                                  (98.59)               (1.41)
                                                  
   (b)  To re-elect The Baroness Dunn a        3,811,429,682          65,186,829           6,411,316
        Director                                  (98.32)               (1.68)
                                                  
   (c)  To re-elect R A Fairhead a             3,868,782,235          9,708,695            4,535,972
        Director                                  (99.75)               (0.25)
                                                  
   (d)  To re-elect W K L Fung a               3,816,457,837          59,990,498           6,580,256
        Director                                  (98.45)               (1.55)
                                                  
   (e)  To re-elect Sir Brian Moffat a         3,816,081,722          60,292,153           6,650,750
        Director                                  (98.44)               (1.56)
                                                  
   (f)  To re-elect G Morgan a Director        3,834,697,821          42,204,988           6,079,276
                                                  (98.91)               (1.09)
                                                  
4. To reappoint the Auditor at                 3,839,835,491          10,313,830          32,872,395
   remuneration to be determined by the Group     
   Audit Committee                                (99.73)               (0.27)

5. To authorise the Directors to allot         3,849,690,002          26,121,717           7,134,352
   shares                                         (99.33)               (0.67)
                                                  
6. To disapply pre-emption rights              3,846,012,397          26,934,800          10,064,563
   (Special Resolution)                           (99.30)               (0.70)
                                                  
7. To authorise the Company to purchase        3,870,162,901          10,921,090           1,871,381
   its own Ordinary Shares                        (99.72)               (0.28)
                                                  
8. To authorise the Directors to offer a       3,870,471,683          6,786,564            5,753,519
   scrip dividend alternative                     (99.82)               (0.18)
                                                  
9. To authorise the Company to make            3,753,329,722          88,666,544          41,001,817
   political donations and incur political        (97.69)               (2.31)
   expenditure                                    

10.  To authorise HSBC Bank plc to make         3,752,489,533          89,386,605          41,095,387
     political donations and incur political
     expenditure                                  (97.67)               (2.33)

11.  To authorise electronic communications     3,872,910,676          5,680,069            4,378,887
     with shareholders in accordance with the
     Companies Act 2006                           (99.85)               (0.15)

12.  To alter the Articles of Association       3,868,543,551          7,036,072            7,398,915
     (Special Resolution)                         (99.82)               (0.18)
                                               
*   Includes discretionary votes

+   A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
    calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against the resolution

The total number of ordinary shares of US$0.50 each eligible to be voted at the
Annual General Meeting was 11,710,790,084.  The scrutineers of the poll were
Electoral Reform Services Limited and Computershare Investor Services PLC.

At the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting, R K F Ch'ien, S Hintze and H
Sohmen retired as Directors.  There are no matters relating to the retirements
of R K F Ch'ien, S Hintze and H Sohmen that need to be brought to the attention
of the shareholders of the Company.  At the conclusion of the Annual General
Meeting, Lord Butler, W K L Fung and Sir Brian Moffat have each served on the
Board for more than nine years and, in that respect only, do not meet the usual
criteria for independence set out in the UK Combined Code on corporate
governance.

As announced on 2 January 2007, from the conclusion of the Annual General
Meeting Lord Butler ceased to be a member of the Nomination Committee, W K L
Fung ceased to be a member of the Remuneration Committee and Sir Brian Moffat
ceased to be Senior Independent Non-Executive Director, a member and Chairman of
the Group Audit Committee and Chairman of the Nomination Committee.

Also as announced on 2 January 2007, the following appointments became effective
from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting:

Simon Robertson, an independent non-executive Director since January 2006,
became Senior Independent Non-Executive Director and a member of the Nomination
Committee;

Sir Brian Williamson, an independent non-executive Director since 2002, became
chairman of the Nomination Committee;

James Hughes-Hallett, an independent non-executive Director since 2005, became a
member of the Nomination Committee;

Gwyn Morgan, an independent non-executive Director since October 2006, became a
member of the Remuneration Committee;

Rona Fairhead, an independent non-executive Director since 2004, became chairman
of the Group Audit Committee; and

Stewart Newton, an independent non-executive Director since 2002, became a
member of the Group Audit Committee.




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