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HSBC Announces Board Change

16 16 2005

Hamilton, Bermuda: 16 March 2005 - Carole Taylor, an independent non-executive Director since 2002, has retired from the Board of HSBC Holdings plc with effect from 14 March 2005. Her retirement follows her decision to stand as a candidate for the provincial
Legislature of British Columbia.

Ms Taylor, Chair of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, will also step down as a non-executive Director of HSBC North America Holdings Inc. She previously served on the Boards of HSBC Bank Canada, HSBC Bank USA, N.A. and HSBC USA Inc.

Sir John Bond, Group Chairman of HSBC Holdings plc said: "Carole Taylor has been an outstanding Director of HSBC and we are extremely grateful for her contribution. We wish her every success as, once again, she turns her considerable talents to contributing to public life in Canada. HSBC's loss is British Columbia's gain."

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The HSBC Group

HSBC Holdings plc is headquartered in the UK. The HSBC Group serves over 110 million customers worldwide from over 9,800 offices in 77 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa. With assets of US$1,277 billion at 31 December 2004, HSBC is one of the world's largest banking and financial services organisations. HSBC is marketed worldwide as 'the world's local bank'.

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