07 November 2006
HSBC Finance Corporation and HSBC USA Inc. will file third quarter results statements at the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, 13 November 2006.
At 2:00pm London time (9:00am US Eastern Standard Time) on 14 November, HSBC will hold a conference call with analysts and investors to present these results.
The call will be hosted by:
Questions on the results will be taken after the presentation.
The conference call will be accessible by dialling:
UK: +44 (0)20 7947 5061
US: +1 866 432 7186
Hong Kong: +852 800 933 370
The results filings, including presentation slides, will be made available for download ahead of the conference call from www.hsbc.com/financialresults.
A recording of the conference call will be made available for a period of seven days on www.hsbc.com/investorwebcast.
For further information:
Investor relations
Danielle Neben
+44 (0)20 7992 1938
Jack McGinnis
+1 847 564 7795
Media relations
Karen Ng
+44 (0)20 7991 0655
Linda Recupero
+ 1 212 525 3800
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 2005. Please further be advised that Regulation FD prohibits HSBC representatives from answering certain, specific questions during the Q&A session.
2. HSBC Holdings plc
HSBC Holdings plc serves over 125 million customers worldwide through some 9,500 offices in 76 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa. With assets of US$1,738 billion at 30 June 2006, HSBC is one of the world's largest banking and financial services organisations. HSBC is marketed worldwide as 'the world's local bank'.