9th May 2005 14:31
HSBC Holdings PLC09 May 2005 HSBC FINANCE CORPORATION AND HSBC USA, INC. FIRST QUARTER 2005 RESULTS First quarter results for HSBC Finance Corporation and HSBC USA, Inc. are due tobe filed at the Securities and Exchange Commission by Monday, 16 May 2005. Bobby Mehta, Chief Executive of HSBC North America Holdings, Inc. and Chairmanand Chief Executive of HSBC Finance Corporation, Douglas Flint, Group FinanceDirector, HSBC Holdings plc and Simon Penney, Chief Financial Officer, HSBCNorth America Holdings, Inc. will be hosting a webcast presentation andconference 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 Standard Time). Questions on the results will be taken after the presentation via the conferencecall. The webcast presentation will be accessible by following this link: www.hsbc.com/investorwebcast An archived version of the webcast will be available from shortly after theevent for a period of seven days by following the same link. The conference call will be accessible by dialling:UK:+44 (0)20 8515 2304US:+1 416 640 4127Hong Kong:+852 3009 3050 Notes to editors: 1. Forward-looking statementsThis presentation, including the accompanying slides and subsequent discussion,contains certain forward-looking information with respect to the financialcondition, results of operations and business of HSBC Holdings plc, HSBC FinanceCorporation, HSBC USA, Inc. and HSBC North America Holdings, Inc. Thisinformation represents expectations or beliefs concerning future events and issubject to unknown risks and uncertainties. This information speaks only as ofthe date on which it is provided. Additional detailed information concerningimportant factors that could cause actual results to differ materially isavailable in the HSBC Holdings plc Annual Report, HSBC Finance CorporationAnnual Report on Form 10-K, and HSBC USA, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K forthe year ended 31 December 2004. Please further be advised that Regulation FDprohibits HSBC representatives from answering certain, specific questions duringthe Q&A session. 2. The HSBC GroupHSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in theworld, with over 9,800 offices across 77 countries and territories in Europe,Asia-Pacific, the Americas, Middle East and Africa, total assets of US$1,277billion at 31 December 2004, and more than 110 million customers. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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