HSBC : Notification of major interest in shares - Ping An Asset Management Co Ltd - Announcement made to the HK stock exchange (4-page PDF 185KB)

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HSBC Holdings plc

Overseas Regulatory Announcement

The attached announcement has been released to the other stock exchanges on which HSBC Holdings plc is listed.

The Board of Directors of HSBC Holdings plc as at the date of this announcement comprises: Mark Tucker*, Stuart Gulliver, Phillip Ameen† , Kathleen Casey† , Laura Cha† , Henri de Castries† , Lord Evans of Weardale† , Joachim Faber† , Irene Lee† , John Lipsky† , Iain Mackay, Heidi Miller† , Marc Moses, David Nish† , Jonathan Symonds† , Jackson Tai† and Pauline van der Meer Mohr† .

* Non-executive Group Chairman † Independent non-executive Director

Hong Kong Stock Code: 5

HSBC Holdings plc

Registered Office and Group Head Office:

8 Canada Square, London E14 5HQ, United Kingdom Web:www.hsbc.com

Incorporated in England with limited liability. Registered in England: number 617987

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word for-mat if possible)i

1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights are at-tachedii:

HSBC Holdings plc

1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)

Non-UK issuer

2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify)iii:

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv

Name

City and country of registered office (if applicable)

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v

Name

Ping An Asset Management Co., Ltd. Shanghai, the People's Republic of ChinaXChina Securities Depository and Clearing Corpora-tion Limited

Beijing, the People's Republic of China

City and country of registered office (if applicable)

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi:

6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):

04/12/2017 06/12/2017

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached

Position of previous notification (if applicable)

% of voting rights at-tached to shares (to-tal of 8. A)

5.04%N/A

% of voting rights through financial instru-ments

(total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)

0.00%N/A

Total of both in %

(8.A + 8.B)

5.04%

Total number of voting rights of is-suervii

19,994,674,842

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))

Type of financial in-strument

N/A

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))

N/A

Number of voting rights

Expiration datexExercise/ Conversion PeriodxiSUBTOTAL 8. B 1

that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.

SUBTOTAL 8.B.2

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

% of voting rights

11. Additional informationxvi

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