09:00     HSBC HOLDINGS<00005> - 1st Interim Dividend                         

    HSBC Holdings plc announced on 3/5/2005:                                  
    (stock code: 5)                                                           
    Year end date: 31/12/2005                                                 
    Currency: USD                                                             
                                                                              
                                                                              
    First Interim Dividend per Share         : US$0.14                        
    (Specify if with other options)          : (Scrip, Hong Kong Dollar       
                                               and Sterling options)          
    B/C Date for First Interim                                                
      Dividend                               : 20/05/2005                     
    Payable Date                             : 06/07/2005                     
                                                                              
    Remark:                                                                   
                                                                              
    The 2005 first interim dividend will, where required, be converted into   
    Hong Kong dollars or Sterling at the exchange rates on 27 June 2005.      
                                                                              
    For more details, please refer to the press announcement today.