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HSBC Finance Corporation - Registration No. 333-130580
Rule 424(b)(3)

Preliminary Pricing Supplement No. 5

Subject to Completion – dated Monday, January 14, 2008

 

CUSIP
Number

Principal Amount

Gross Concession

Net
Proceeds

Coupon Type

Coupon Rate

Coupon Frequency

Day Count Basis

40429XTZ9

 

[----]

0.625%

[----]

Fixed

4.550%

Monthly

30/360

Maturity

Date

1st Coupon Date

1st Coupon Amount

Survivors Option

Product

Ranking

Moody’s Rating

S & P Rating

01/15/2011

02/15/2008

$2.53

Yes

Senior Unsecured Notes

Aa3

AA-

Redemption Information: Non-Callable

 

 

Joint Lead Managers and Lead Agents: Banc of America Securities LLC, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and INCAPITAL, LLC.
Agents: A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., Citigroup, Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P., Fidelity Capital Markets Services, a division of National Financial Services, LLC, Merrill Lynch & Co., Morgan Stanley, RBC Dain Rauscher Inc., UBS Investment Bank and Wachovia Securities.

 

If the maturity date or an interest payment date for any note is not a Business Day (as term is defined in Prospectus), principal, premium, if any, and interest for that note is paid on the next Business Day, and no interest will accrue from, and after, the maturity date or interest payment date.

The notes represent obligations of HSBC Finance Corporation and are not obligations of, nor guaranteed by, HSBC Holdings plc or any of its affiliates.

HSBC Finance Corporation
2700 Sanders Road
Prospect Heights, IL 60070

Offering Dates: Monday, January 14, 2008 through
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Trade Date: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 @ 12:00 PM ET
Settlement Date: Friday, January 25, 2008
Minimum Denomination/Increments: $1,000.00/$1,000.00
Initial trades settle flat and clear SDFS: DTC Book Entry Only
DTC Number: 0235 via RBC Dain Rauscher Inc.
InterNotes® is a registered trademark of
Incapital Holdings LLC
All rights reserved.

HSBC Finance Corporation



HSBC Finance InterNotes

 

Prospectus Supplement dated Nov. 16, 2007 to

Prospectus dated December 21, 2005