Press Release

Announcement: HSBC Finance Corporation and HSBC USA, Inc. First Quarter 2005 Results

Results to be filed by Monday, May 16, 2005

9 May 2005

First quarter results for HSBC Finance Corporation and HSBC USA, Inc. are due to be filed at the Securities and Exchange Commission by Monday, 16 May 2005.

Bobby Mehta, Chief Executive of HSBC North America Holdings, Inc. and Chairman and Chief Executive of HSBC Finance Corporation, Douglas Flint, Group Finance Director, HSBC Holdings plc and Simon Penney, Chief Financial Officer, HSBC North America Holdings, Inc. will be hosting a webcast presentation and conference call with analysts and investors to discuss these results on Monday, 16 May 2005 at 2:30 pm local time in London (9:30 am Eastern Daylight Time).

Questions on the results will be taken after the presentation via the conference call.

The webcast presentation will be accessible by following this link:
www.hsbc.com/investorwebcast.

An archived version of the webcast will be available from shortly after the event for a period of seven days by following the same link.

The conference call will be accessible by dialling:

UK:                        +44 (0)20 8515 2304

US:                        +1 416 640 4127

Hong Kong:         +852 3009 3050

 

For further information, please contact:

 

Investor relations

Patrick McGuinness
+44 (0)20 7992 1938  

Craig Thiele
+1 847 564 6775

Media relations

Karen Ng
+44 (0)20 7991 0655

Richard Lindsay
+44 (0)20 7992 1555


Notes to editors:

1. Forward-looking statements

This presentation, including the accompanying slides and subsequent discussion, contains certain forward-looking information with respect to the financial condition, results of operations and business of HSBC Holdings plc, HSBC Finance Corporation, HSBC USA, Inc. and HSBC North America Holdings, Inc. This information represents expectations or beliefs concerning future events and is subject to unknown risks and uncertainties. This information speaks only as of the date on which it is provided.   Additional detailed information concerning important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially is available in the HSBC Holdings plc Annual Report, HSBC Finance Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K, and HSBC USA, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended 31 December 2004. Please further be advised that Regulation FD prohibits HSBC representatives from answering certain, specific questions during the Q&A session.

 

2. The HSBC Group

HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with over 9,800 offices across 77 countries and territories in Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Americas, Middle East and Africa, total assets of US$1,277 billion at 31 December 2004, and more than 110 million customers.