HSBC Further Increases Support for UK Businesses

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HSBC Further Increases Support for UK Businesses PR Newswire LONDON, July 31, 2012 LONDON, July 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bank sees a significant increase in the number of business banking customers trading internationally A strong performance from HSBC's UK Commercial Banking division during the first half of 2012 has seen the bank significantly increase its support for businesses.

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HSBC Further Increases Support for UK Businesses

PR Newswire LONDON, July 31, 2012

LONDON,July 31, 2012/PRNewswire/ --Bank sees a significant increase in the number of business bankingcustomers trading internationally A strong performance from HSBC's UK Commercial Banking division during the first half of 2012 has seen the bank significantly increase its support for businesses.

Key Half-Year highlights:

. HSBC providedGBP15.1 billionof gross new lending to UK businesses, an increase of circa 5% (GBP700m) compared to the same period for 2011. . GBP6.3bn of gross new lending was provided to Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), an 8% year on year increase, whilst approving more than 81% of all small business lending applications. . Commercial customer deposits increased by more than 17% year on year. With UK businesses depositing an additionalGBP4.4 billionwith HSBC since December 2011. . The number of companies that decided to switch their business to HSBC in H1 2012 increased by 50% compared to same period last year.

International growth:

[1] . GBP2.7 billion of HSBC'sGBP4 billionInternational SME Fundhas already been made available to UK businesses that trade or aspire to trade internationally - over 30% ahead of plan. . HSBC continues to expand its International Commercial Manager proposition. The bank has increased by more than 50% its population of International Commercial Managers and has now over 200 experts located throughout its UK network of commercial banking centres, providing dedicated expertise to businesses that are looking to expand in new markets.

Jacques-Emmanuel Blanchet, Deputy Head of HSBC Commercial Banking Europe and Head of Commercial Banking UK, said:

"HSBC is increasing the support it provides to UK businesses, Corporate and SMEs, and our data for the first six months of 2012 highlight this. We are on track to lend much more to UK SMEs in 2012 than we did in 2011 and ourGBP4 billionInternational SME Fund, which we established to support UK businesses that trade or are looking to trade internationally, is well ahead of plan." Jacques-Emmanuel adds:"We have seen an increase in the number of customers trading internationally and we expect this to continue as UK

businesses look to access growing markets around the world. With the amount of international activity carried out by UK companies set to increase by 66% [2] over the next 15 yearswe expect demand for a truly international banking partner to increase, and HSBC has the expertise, products and global footprint that businesses need to take advantage of future opportunities across the world."

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. HSBC International SME Fund - Launched in February, HSBC's fund will provide at leastGBP4billionof lending during 2012 to SMEs with a turnover of up to GBP25millionthat trade or are looking to trade internationally. . Source: HSBC Global Connections trade forecast:June 2012 For the latest updates, visit theUKPress Office social media newsroom: http://www.hsbc.co.uk/newsroom http://twitter.com/hsbc_uk_press HSBC Bank plc:HSBC serves 16.1 million customers in the UK and employs approximately 52,000 people.In the UK, HSBC offers a complete range of personal, premier and private banking services including bank accounts and mortgages. It also provides commercial banking for small to medium businesses and corporate and institutional banking services. HSBC Bank plc is a wholly owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc. The HSBC Group:HSBC Holdings plc, the parent company of the HSBC Group, is headquartered inLondon. The Group serves customers worldwide from around 7,500 offices in over 80 countries and territories inEurope, theAsia-Pacificregion, North andLatin America, and theMiddle EastandAfrica. With assets ofUS$2,556bnat31 December 2011, HSBC is one of the world's largest banking and financial services organisations.