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The following is the text of an announcement released to the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited on 18 April 2024 pursuant to rule 13.43 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited:

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18 April 2024

(Hong Kong Stock Code: 5)

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC

EARNINGS RELEASE FOR FIRST QUARTER 2024 AND CONSIDERATION OF PAYMENT OF FIRST INTERIM DIVIDEND FOR 2024 AND SPECIAL DIVIDEND

Pursuant to Rule 13.43 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, notice is given that a meeting of a committee of the Board of Directors of HSBC Holdings plc will be held on 30 April 2024 (the "Board Meeting") to consider the announcement of the Earnings Release for the First Quarter 2024 (the "Results") and to consider (i) the payment of a first interim dividend for 2024 on the ordinary shares; and (ii) the payment of a special dividend on the ordinary shares (together the "Dividend").

Subject to the approval and confirmation at the Board Meeting, the Dividend will be payable on 21 June 2024 to holders of record on 10 May 2024 on the Principal register in the United Kingdom, the Hong Kong Overseas Branch register, the Bermuda Overseas Branch register and for holders of American Depositary Shares in New York.

Further details of the Dividend will be detailed in the Results announcement if approved at the Board Meeting.

For and on behalf of

HSBC Holdings plc

Aileen Taylor

Group Company Secretary and Chief Governance Officer

The Board of Directors of HSBC Holdings plc as at the date of this announcement comprises:

Mark Edward Tucker*, Noel Paul Quinn, Geraldine Joyce Buckingham^†, Rachel Duan^†, Georges Bahjat Elhedery, Dame Carolyn Julie Fairbairn^†, James Anthony Forese^†, Ann Frances Godbehere^†, Steven Craig Guggenheimer^†, Dr José Antonio Meade Kuribreña^†, Kalpana Jaisingh Morparia^†, Eileen K Murray^†, Brendan Robert Nelson^†, David Thomas Nish^† and Swee Lian Teo^†.

* Non-executive Group Chairman

^†    Independent non-executive Director