Company: HBCYF
Filing Date: 2025-11-03
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001193125-25-261738
Chunk: 151

Company: HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Filing Date: 2025-11-03
Form: 424B5
Chunk 151
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| • |     | whether we will issue the contingent capital securities wholly or partially as one or more global contingent 
 capital securities;                                                                                          |

| • |     | what conditions must be satisfied before we will issue the contingent capital securities in definitive form 
 (“definitive contingent capital securities”);                                                               |

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| • |     | any reference asset we will use to determine the amount of any payments on the contingent capital securities; |

| • |     | any other or different contingent capital events of default (as defined under “Contingent Capital Events of                                                                                                                        
 Default”), other categories of default or covenants applicable to any of the contingent capital securities, and the relevant terms if they are different from the terms in the applicable contingent capital securities indenture; |

| • |     | any restrictions applicable to the offer, sale and delivery of the contingent capital securities; |

| • |     | whether we will pay contingent capital additional amounts (as defined under “Additional Amounts”) on 
 the contingent capital securities;                                                                   |

| • |     | the record date for any payment of principal, interest or premium; |

| • |     | any listing of the contingent capital securities on a securities exchange; |

| • |     | whether holders of the contingent capital securities may exercise, claim or plead any right of set-off, compensation or retention in respect of any amount owed to them by us arising under, or in connection with, the contingent capital securities; |

| • |     | the names and duties of any co-trustees, depositaries, authenticating 
 agents, paying agents, transfer agents or registrars of any series;   |

| • |     | what we believe are any additional material U.S. federal and UK tax considerations; |

| • |     | provisions relating to the exercise of the UK bail-in power by the 
 relevant UK resolution authority; and                              |

| • |     | any other or different terms of the contingent capital securities. |

Form, Settlement and Clearance General. Unless the relevant prospectus supplement states otherwise, the contingent capital securities initially will be represented by one or more global securities in registered form, without coupons attached, and will be deposited with or on behalf of one or more depositaries, including, without limitation, DTC, Euroclear and/or Clearstream Luxembourg, and will be registered in the name of such depositary or its nominee. Our obligations, as well as the obligations of the trustee and those of any third parties employed by us or the