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HSBC Market Announcement
Hamilton, Bermuda – 15 October, 2010 - HSBC Holdings plc (the “Company”; Ticker: HSBC.BH) announces that discussions with Old Mutual plc about the possible acquisition of a majority stake in Nedbank Group Limited have not been successfully concluded and have ended. Notwithstanding this, HSBC remains committed to the South African market and to growing its business in South Africa.
Media enquiries to:
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Patrick McGuinness |
+ 852 366 36883 |
patrickmcguinness@hsbc.com |
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Paul Harris |
+44 (0) 20 7992 2045 +44 (0) 7554 113 503 |
paul1.harris@hsbc.com |
The HSBC Group
HSBC Holdings plc, the parent company of the HSBC Group, is headquartered in London. The Group serves customers worldwide from around 8,000 offices in 87 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa. With assets of US$2,418 billion at 30 June 2010, HSBC is one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organisations. HSBC is marketed worldwide as ‘the world’s local bank’.