X0303 4 2009-03-31 1 0000354964 HSBC Finance Corp HFC PrB 0001332406 Menezes Walter G 26525 NORTH RIVERWOODS BLVD. METTAWA IL 60045 0 1 0 0 President-Card&Retail and Auto No longer an officer of HSBC Finance Corporation /s/ Mick Forde, Sr. V.P., General Counsel-Treasury of HSBC Finance Corporation and Attorney-In-Fact for Walter G. Menezes 2009-04-01