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HSBC Finance Corporation IFRS Management Basis 8 May 2012 1

Disclosure Statement This presentation, including the accompanying slides and subsequent discussion, may contain certain forward-looking information with respect to the financial condition, results of operations and business of HSBC Finance Corporation. Any forward-looking information represents expectations or beliefs concerning future events and involves known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. Additional detailed information concerning important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially is available in the HSBC Finance Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended 31 December 2011. Please be further advised that Regulation FD prohibits HSBC representatives from answering specific questions. HSBC Holdings plc reports financial results in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (‘IFRSs’) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) and endorsed by the European Union (“EU”). EU-endorsed IFRSs may differ from IFRSs, as issued by the IASB if, at any point in time, new or amended IFRSs have not been endorsed by the EU. At 31 March 2012, there were no unendorsed standards affecting this document and there was no difference between IFRSs endorsed by the EU and IFRSs as issued by the IASB in terms of their application to HSBC. IFRSs comprise accounting standards issued by the International Accounting Standards Board and its predecessor body and interpretations issued by the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee and its predecessor body. This presentation contains certain information regarding HSBC Finance Corporation, including Card and Retail Services, a wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc, and is presented on an IFRS Management Basis, which assumes that the mortgages, credit card loans, private label customer loans, and through August 2010, motor vehicle finance loans transferred to HSBC Bank USA, National Association (‘HSBC Bank USA’), have not been sold and remain on HSBC Finance Corporation’s balance sheet. IFRS Management Basis also assumes that all purchase accounting fair value adjustments relating to the acquisition of HSBC Finance Corporation by HSBC Holdings plc have been ‘pushed down’ to HSBC Finance Corporation. Trends are monitored on an IFRS Management Basis because the loans sold to HSBC Bank USA were conducted primarily to fund prime customer loans more efficiently through bank deposits and such customer loans continue to be managed and serviced by HSBC Finance Corporation without regard to ownership. All amounts are in US$ unless otherwise stated. 2

HSBC Finance Corporation 2012 Financial Results (1) 1Q 2011 1Q 2012 US$m Card and Consumer Card and Consumer Total Total Retail Svcs and Other (2)(3) Retail Svcs and Other (2)(3) Net operating income before loan impairment charges excluding changes 1,359 760 2,119 1,272 814 2,086 in Fair Value of Own Debt due to credit spreads (FVOD) (257) (1,286) (1,543) (209) (853) (1,062) Loan impairment charges and other credit risk provisions Total operating expenses (494) (253) (747) (394) (206) (600) Profit/(Loss) before tax excluding FVOD (4) 608 (779) (171) 669 (245) 424 Net operating income before loan impairment charges for Consumer and Other above includes the effect of non-qualifying hedges (“NQHs”) of a $43m gain in 1Q 2011 and a $208m gain in 1Q 2012. Notes: (1) In August 2011, we agreed to sell our Card and Retail Services businesses to Capital One Financial Group. (2) Consumer and Other represents the run-off businesses of Consumer and Mortgage Lending, as well as our Insurance, Commercial, Corporate and Treasury activities. (3) Included in Consumer and Other is PBT loss of ($791m) in 1Q 2011 and ($211m) in 1Q 2012 related to the RBWM run-off portfolio. (4) Profit/(loss) before tax excluding FVOD can be reconciled to reported IFRS segment results as follows: 1Q 2011 1Q 2012 Card and Retail Consumer and Card and Retail Consumer and Svcs Other Svcs Other Profit/(Loss) before tax excluding FVOD as reported above 608 (779) 669 (245) Adjustments: Changes in FVOD – (157) – (458) (608) 3 Discontinued operations (669) – Management basis adjustments – 10 – (8) Profit/(Loss) from continuing operations before tax as reported – (923) – (711) See Note 12 ‘Business Segments’ of the HSBC Finance Corporation U.S. SEC filings on Form 10-Q for the period ended 31 March 2012 for further information related to business segment results. 3

HSBC Finance Corporation Continued reduction of balance sheet in the US Customer loans (1), (3), (4) , US$bn 108.2 102.0 93.5 91.3 86.0 83.2 81.0 80.3 75.9 1Q10 2Q10 3Q10 4Q10 1Q11 2Q11 3Q11 4Q11 1Q12 2+ Delinquency (1), (2), (3), (4) , US$bn 15 25% 12.1 11.1 11.0 10.4 20% 9.9 9.6 9.0 9.3 8.7 10 15% 10% 12.3% 12.2% 5 11.8% 11.8% 11.4% 11.2% 10.9% 10.5% 10.5% 5% 0 0% 1Q10 2Q10 3Q10 4Q10 1Q11 2Q11 3Q11 4Q11 1Q12 Notes: (1) Excludes reverse repo balances for all periods presented. 4 (2) 2+ Delinquency ratio as a percentage of end-of-period customer loans. (3) During 3Q10, we sold the remainder of our Vehicle Finance loan portfolio to Santander Consumer, USA Inc. (4) During 3Q11, the credit card and private label portfolios, included above, were moved to other assets pending the sale to Capital One Financial Group.

HSBC Finance Corporation US customer loans – Run-off portfolio and Credit Card and Private Label Customer loans (1), (2) Run-off portfolio, US$bn 73.3 68.8 61.3 58.4 9.8 55.7 8.8 53.5 51.5 49.5 7.1 47.5 8.1 6.5 7.5 6.8 4.9 6.3 5.8 4.3 6.0 5.6 5.3 5.4 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.5 4.2 51.5 49.2 47.2 45.3 43.6 42.2 40.9 39.6 38.3 1Q10 2Q10 3Q10 4Q10 1Q11 2Q11 3Q11 4Q11 1Q12 Real Estate Secured 1st Lien Vehicle Finance Real Estate Secured 2nd Lien Unsecured Personal Credit and Other Customer loans (1), (3) Credit Card and Private Label, US$bn 34.9 33.2 32.9 32.2 30.3 30.8 29.7 29.5 28.4 14.0 13.2 12.9 13.6 12.4 12.9 12.0 11.9 11.6 20.9 20.0 19.3 19.3 17.9 17.7 17.6 17.9 16.8 1Q10 2Q10 3Q10 4Q10 1Q11 2Q11 3Q11 4Q11 1Q12 Credit Cards Private Label Notes: (1) Excludes reverse repo balances. 5 (2) During 3Q10, we sold the remainder of our Vehicle Finance loan portfolio to Santander Consumer, USA Inc. (3) During 3Q11, the credit card and private label portfolios were moved to other assets pending the sale to Capital One Financial Group.

HSBC Finance Corporation US Mortgages: Continuing to shrink the Consumer & Mortgage Lending portfolio Consumer & Mortgage Lending Real Estate Secured loans, US$bn 58.6 55.7 53.2 50.9 48.9 7.1 47.2 6.5 45.7 44.1 6.0 42.5 5.6 5.3 5.0 4.8 4.5 4.2 51.5 49.2 47.2 45.3 43.6 42.2 40.9 39.6 38.3 1Q10 2Q10 3Q10 4Q10 1Q11 2Q11 3Q11 4Q11 1Q12 Real Estate Secured 1st Lien Real Estate Secured 2nd Lien Consumer & Mortgage Lending 2+ Delinquency (1) , US$bn 20.0% 20.0% 25 18.5% 20% 16.7% 16.8% 16.2% 15.6% 15.3% 15.4% 20 15% 12.3% 11.9% 11.2% 11.7% 11.7% 11.1% 15 10.0% 9.6% 9.2% 10% 8.7 8.6 8.4 10 8.4 8.3 8.2 8.1 7.3 7.3 0.8 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.5 5% 5 7.9 7.8 7.9 7.7 7.6 7.6 7.6 6.8 6.8 0 0% 1Q10 2Q10 3Q10 4Q10 1Q11 2Q11 3Q11 4Q11 1Q12 2+ 1st Lien(%) 2+ 2nd Lien (%) Notes: (1) 2+ Delinquency ratio as a percentage of end-of-period customer loans. 6

HSBC Finance Corporation Impairment allowance Consumer & Mortgage Lending Real Estate Secured (1) , US$m 1,638 5,132 863 730 4,949 113 100 1,198 91 997 769 4,610 1,079 924 5 97 108 5 10 831 778 767 1,498 873 830 1,045 1,230 0 C C C C 1 C C C r C r 2 O r O r O r O r O r O r O O e e e e e e e e 1 I I I I 1 I I I I 1 / / / / / / / / L h L h L h L h L h L h L h L h - W W W W - W W W W - r r r t t t t t t t t a a a Q O Q O Q O Q O Q O Q O Q O Q O M Q Q Q Q M Q Q Q Q M 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 Notes: (1) Other is related to the discount unwind. 7