EX-24 14 hsbc_ex24.txt SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, HSBC Holdings plc certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized, in London, England, on June 28, 2002. HSBC HOLDINGS PLC By: /s/ Ralph G Barber Name: Ralph G Barber Title: Secretary Know all persons by these presents that each officer or director whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of the directors named below and the secretary named above, jointly and severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full and several power of substitution, for and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and supplements to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intends and purposes as they or he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 28, 2002. By: /s/ Sir John Bond Name: Sir John Bond Title: Group Chairman and Director By: /s/ The Baroness Dunn, DBE Name: The Baroness Dunn, DBE Title: Deputy Chairman and senior non-executive Director By: /s/ Sir Brian Moffat, OBE Name: Sir Brian Moffat, OBE Title: Deputy Chairman and senior independent non-executive Director By: /s/ Sir Keith Whitson Name: Sir Keith Whitson Title: Group Chief Executive and Director By: /s/ D J Flint Name: D J Flint Title: Group Finance Director and Director By: /s/ The Lord Butler, GCB, CVO Name: The Lord Butler, GCB, CVO Title: Director By: Name: R K F Ch'ien, CBE Title: Director By: Name: C F W de Croisset Title: Director By: Name: W R P Dalton Title: Director By: /s/ D G Eldon Name: D G Eldon Title: Director By: Name: W K L Fung, OBE Title: Director By: /s/ S K Green Name: S K Green Title: Director By: /s/ S Hintze Name: S Hintze Title: Director By: /s/ A W Jebson Name: A W Jebson Title: Director By: Name: Sir John Kemp-Welch Title: Director By: /s/ The Lord Marshall Name: The Lord Marshall Title: Director By: /s/ Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, KCMG Name: Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, KCMG Title: Director By: /s/ H Sohmen, OBE Name: H Sohmen, OBE Title: Director By: Name: H Sohmen, OBE Title: Director By: /s/ Phil Toohey Name: Title: Authorized Representative in the United States: (Attorney-in-fact)