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HSBC Holdings PLC08 May 2006 HSBC FINANCE CORPORATION AND HSBC USA, INC. - FIRST QUARTER 2006 RESULTS HSBC Finance Corporation and HSBC USA, Inc. will file first quarter resultsstatements at the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday, 12 May 2006. At 2:00pm London time (9:00am US Eastern Standard Time) on 15 May, HSBC willhold a conference call with analysts and investors to present these results. The call will be hosted by: •Bobby Mehta, Chief Executive of HSBC North America Holdings, Inc. and Chairman and Chief Executive of HSBC Finance Corporation•Martin Glynn, Chief Executive of HSBC USA, Inc.•Douglas Flint, Group Finance Director, HSBC Holdings plc•Simon Penney, Chief Financial Officer, HSBC North America Holdings, Inc. Questions on the results will be taken after the presentation. The conference call will be accessible by dialling:UK: +44 (0)20 7947 5061US: +1 866 432 7186Hong Kong: +852 800 933 370 The results filings, including presentation slides, will be made available fordownload ahead of the conference call from www.hsbc.com/financialresults. A recording of the conference call will be made available for a period of sevendays on www.hsbc.com/investorwebcast. For further information, please contact:Investor relations Media relations Patrick McGuinness Richard Lindsay+44 (0)20 7992 1938 +44 (0)20 7992 1555 Craig Thiele Linda Recupero+1 847 564 6775 + 1 212 525 3800 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 2005. Please further be advised that Regulation FDprohibits HSBC representatives from answering certain, specific questions duringthe Q&A session. 2. HSBC Holdings plcHSBC Holdings plc serves over 125 million customers worldwide through some 9,500offices in 76 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, theAmericas, the Middle East and Africa. With assets of US$1,502 billion at 31December 2005, HSBC is one of the world's largest banking and financial servicesorganisations. HSBC is marketed worldwide as 'the world's local bank'. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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