1st Quarter - Report

HSBC TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES USA INC. for HSBC TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES USA INC.

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$1,000,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

4 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Banking BAN

Restoring America's Financial Stability Act: Chairman's Mark (Dodd draft passed by Senate Banking Committee) S 1691 - Comprehensive Derivatives Regulation Act HR 2382 - Credit Card Interchange Fees Act of 2009 S 1927 - Credit Card Rate Freeze Act of 2009 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) and Regulation of GG rules

Foreign entity interest: As the parent of HSBC-North America, HSBC Holdings, PLC, has interests in the issues above.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MONIQUE FRAZIER —
J DENIS O'TOOLE —
THOMAS ROSENKOETTER —
JANET G ST AMAND —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2382 (111th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

S 1153 and HR 2625 - Tax Equity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act HR 1083 - The Business Activity Tax Simplification Act Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) provisions of HR 2847 (now PL111-147) Administration proposed "bank fee" to repay TARP funds

Foreign entity interest: As the parent of HSBC-North America, HSBC Holdings, plc, has interests in the issues above.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MONIQUE FRAZIER —
J DENIS O'TOOLE —
THOMAS ROSENKOETTER —
JANET G ST AMAND —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2625 (111th), H.R. 1083 (111th), H.R. 2847 (111th)

Retirement RET

Proposals to make pension contributions more manageable in the short term (such as smoothing) and to help avoid benefit restrictions that hurt plan participants (such as requiring withdrawals) Proposals permitting companies to make new interest rate elections for plan years beginning in 2010, delaying funding regulations, and extending the amortization schedule

Foreign entity interest: As the parent of HSBC-North America, HSBC Holdings plc, has interests in the issues above.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MONIQUE FRAZIER —
J DENIS O'TOOLE —
THOMAS ROSENKOETTER —
JANET G ST AMAND —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Health Issues HCR

HR 3590 - the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (now PL 111-148), provisions affecting ERISA, employer mandates, public option plan and minimum benefits package.

Foreign entity interest: As the parent of HSBC-North America, HSBC Holdings, plc, has interests in the issues above.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
J DENIS O'TOOLE —
JANET G ST AMAND —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3590 (111th)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.