Company: HBCYF
Filing Date: 2025-09-04
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001193125-25-195127
Chunk: 149

Company: HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Filing Date: 2025-09-04
Form: 424B5
Chunk 149
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 contingent capital securities indenture and the contingent capital securities of each series will be governed by,
and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. See “Subordination” and “No Right of Set-Offby Holders.”

Jurisdiction; Consent to Service

We have
consented to the jurisdiction of any state or federal court in the City of New York with respect to any suit or proceeding arising out of, or relating to, the contingent capital securities indenture or the contingent capital securities of any series
and have appointed HSBC North America Holdings Inc. as agent for service of process.

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DESCRIPTION OF ORDINARY SHARES

HSBC Holdings’ ordinary shares of nominal value $0.50 each (the “ordinary shares”) will be offered solely in connection with
the offer of any contingent capital securities (which may be converted into ordinary shares pursuant to the terms of such contingent capital securities).

The following is a summary of the material terms of the ordinary shares, as set out in the Articles of Association and relevant provisions of
the Companies Act 2006. Holders of ordinary shares are encouraged to read the Articles of Association and shareholders’ resolutions passed at HSBC Holdings’ Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) relating to the authority of our
board of directors (the “board”) to allot shares. A copy of the Articles of Association has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

General

At the 2023 AGM, the holders of
ordinary shares passed an ordinary resolution granting the board the general and unconditional authority pursuant to, and for the purposes of, section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 to exercise all the powers of HSBC Holdings to allot ordinary shares
and to grant rights to subscribe for, or to convert any security into, ordinary shares up to a specified aggregate nominal amount.

Subject to certain specified limitations described below, the board was given the authority to allot ordinary shares and to grant rights to
subscribe for, or to convert any security into, shares in the HSBC Holdings (a) up to an aggregate nominal amount of $1,997,127,937, (b) up to an aggregate nominal amount of $3,328,546,562 in connection with an offer or invitation to
(x) holders of ordinary shares, in proportion to the respective number of ordinary shares held by them, and (y) holders of other securities, bonds, debentures or warrants which, in accordance with the rights attaching thereto