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HSBC Holdings plc

HSBC HQ in London
HSBC headquarters in London

HSBC Holdings plc (LSE: HSBA, NYSE: HBC) is one of the largest financial services companies in the world. It serves over 95 million customers through an international network of more than 7,500 offices in 88 countries. HSBC operates in five regions: Europe; Asia, including the Middle East; Africa; North America and South America. As of December 31, 2010, HSBC was the largest company listed on the London Stock Exchange, with a market capitalisation of US$180 billion. HSBC remains one of the world's most strongly capitalised and liquid banks with a tier one capital ratio of 12.1% and a loan to deposit ratio of 78.1% (12/2010). As of 31 December 2010, HSBC Group had total assets of US$2.455 trillion and made an underlying pre-tax profit of US$19.04 billion.

HSBC Bank USA is a subsidiary of HSBC North America Holdings, one of the ten largest banking companies in the United States. HSBC Bank USA serves almost 4 million clients through a network of nearly 500 branches throughout the United States. There are 375 in New York state as well as branches in Connecticut, Washington, D.C., Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, California, Delaware, Illinois and Oregon. As of 31 December 2009, HSBC Bank USA had total assets of $171 billion.

 Key financials (at 31 December)

2010 $m 2009 $m 2008 $m 2007 $m 2006 $m
Total assets 2,454,689 2,364,452 2,527,465 2,354,266 1,860,758
Loans and advances to banks 208,271 179,781 153,766 237,366 185,205
Loans and advances to customers 958,366 896,231 932,868 981,548 868,133
Financial investments 400,755 369,158 300,235 283 204,806
Deposits by banks 110,584 124,872 130,084 132,181 99,694
Customer accounts 1,227,725 1,159,034 1,115,327 1,096,140 896,834
Total equity 154,915 135,661 100,229 135,416 114,928
Profit for the year 14,191 6,694 6,498 20,455 16,871
Tier 1 ratio (%) 12.1 10.8 8.3 9.3 9.4
Total capital ratio (%) 15.2 13.7 11.4 13.6 13.5
Basic earnings per share ($) 0.73 0.34 0.41 1.44 1.22
Dividends per share1 ($) 0.34 0.34 0.93 0.87 0.76

Head office address:
8 Canada Square
London E14 5HQ
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0)20 7991 8888
Website: www.hsbc.com, www.hsbc.co.uk, www.hsbc.fr

HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
1800 Tysons Blvd.
Suite 50 Mclean
Virginia 22101
Tel: 1 800 975 HSBC (4722)
Outside the U.S. and International: +1 716 841 7212
Website: www.us.hsbc.com

HSBC North America
452 5th Avenue
New York
NY 10018

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