Household Acquisition

HSBC Holdings PLC
05 March 2003

            Household acquisition: Supplementary Listing Particulars

HSBC has today published Supplementary Listing Particulars in connection with
its proposed acquisition of Household International. The Supplementary Listing
Particulars contain the announcement made on 28 February 2003 relating to Senior
Appointments and the announcement made on 3 March 2003 of HSBC's Annual Results
for 2002. Copies of the Supplementary Listing Particulars have been submitted to
the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the
UKLA Document Viewing Facility at:

The Financial Services Authority

25 The North Colonnade

Canary Wharf

London E14 5HS

Tel: [phone]

The Supplementary Listing Particulars are also available on www.hsbc.com.


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