FORM 2 - Corporate Substantial Shareholder Notice
 
Form Serial No: CS20030407000055
1. Name of listed corporation: Dah Sing Financial Holdings Ltd.  
2. Stock code: 00440
3. Class of shares: Ordinary Shares 
4. Number of issued shares in class: 246,678,802
5. Name of substantial shareholder: HSBC Bank plc 
6. Registered office: 8 Canada Square, London E14 5HQ, Unitied Kingdom
7. Principal place of business in Hong Kong: 1 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong 
13. Exchange on which listed: N/A
14. Name of listed parent and exchange on which parent is listed: HSBC Holdings plc, London Stock Exchange 
15. Date of relevant event: 01/04/2003
(dd/mm/yyyy)
16. Date when the substantial shareholder became aware of the relevant event/ interest in the shares (if later): 01/04/2003
(dd/mm/yyyy)
17. Details of relevant event:
  Relevant event code describing circumstances Code describing capacity in which shares were/are held Number of shares bought/sold or involved Currency of transaction On Exchange Off Exchange
Before relevant event After relevant event Highest price per share Average price per share Average consideration per share Consideration code
Long position 102 205 87,589,236 HKD
18. Total shares immediately before the relevant event:
 Total number of sharesPercentage figure (%)
Long Position87,589,23635.50
19. Total shares immediately after the relevant event:
 Total number of sharesPercentage figure (%)
Long Position00.00
20. Capacity in which interests disclosed in Box 19 are held:
Code describing capacityNumber of shares
Nil 

21. Further information in respect of derivative interests:
Code describing derivativesNumber of shares
Nil 
22. Further information in relation to interests of corporations controlled by substantial shareholder:
Name of controlled corporationAddress and place of incorporationName of controlling shareholder% controlDirect interestNumber of shares
HSBC Bank plc8 Canada Square, London E14 5HQ, United Kingdom (England)HSBC Holdings plc100.00N
Long position0
Midcorp Limited8 Canada Square, London E14 5HQ, United Kingdom (England)HSBC Bank plc100.00N
Long position0
Griffin International Limited8 Canada Square, London E14 5HQ, United Kingdom (England)Midcorp Limited100.00N
Long position0
HSBC Europe BVKarspeldreef 6k, 1101 CJ Amsterdam ZO, The Netherlands (The Netherlands)Griffin International Limited100.00N
Long position0
HSBC Europe (Netherlands) BVKarspeldreef 6k, 1101 CJ Amsterdam ZO, The Netherlands (The Netherlands)HSBC Europe BV100.00N
Long position0
HSBC Private Banking Holdings (Suisse) SAPlace du Lac 2, CH-1211 Geneva 3, Switzerland (Switzerland)HSBC Europe (Nertherlands) BV100.00N
Long position0

23. Further information in relation to interests held by substantial shareholder jointly with another person:
Name of joint shareholderAddressNumber of shares
Nil 
24. Further information from a trustee, or beneficiary of a trust, or a founder of a Discretionary Trust:
Names of TrustAddressStatus codeNumber of shares
Nil  
25. Further information from a party to an agreement under Section 317:
Names of other partiesAddressNumber of shares
Nil 
Total number of shares in which substantial shareholder is interested under section 317 and 318:
26. Details of person(s) in accordance with whose directions the substantial shareholder or its directors are accustomed to act:
NamesAddressRelationship Code%
Nil  
 
27. Date of filing this Form 2: 03/04/2003
(dd/mm/yyyy)
29. Number of attachments: