Company: HBCYF
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001193125-25-034819
Chunk: 156

Company: HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form: 424B5
Chunk 156
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 the offer of the relevant Securities and, if begun, may be ended at any time, but it must end no later than 30 days S-101

after the Issue Date, or no later than 60 days after the date of allotment of the relevant Securities, whichever is the earlier. Neither we nor any of the underwriters makes any representation or
prediction as to the direction or magnitude of any effect that the transactions described above may have on the price of the Securities. In addition, neither we nor any of the underwriters makes any representation that the underwriters will engage
in these transactions or that these transactions, once commenced, will not be discontinued.

Important Notice to CMIs (including private banks) Pursuant to Paragraph 21 of the Hong Kong SFC Code of Conduct

This notice to CMIs (including private banks) is a summary of certain
obligations the SFC Code imposes on CMIs, which require the attention and cooperation of other CMIs (including private banks). Certain CMIs may also be acting as OCs for this offering and are subject to additional requirements under the SFC Code.

Prospective investors who are the directors, employees or major shareholders of the issuer, a CMI or its group companies would be
considered under the SFC Code as having an Association with the issuer, the CMI or the relevant group company. CMIs should specifically disclose whether their investor clients have any Association when submitting orders for the Securities. In
addition, private banks should take all reasonable steps to identify whether their investor clients may have any Associations with the issuer or any CMI (including its group companies) and inform the underwriters accordingly.

CMIs are informed, unless otherwise notified, that the marketing and investor targeting strategy for this offering includes institutional
investors, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, hedge funds, family offices and high net worth individuals, in each case, subject to the selling restrictions and any MiFID II product governance language or any UK MiFIR product governance language
set out elsewhere in this prospectus supplement.

CMIs should ensure that orders placed are bona fide, are not inflated and do not
constitute duplicated orders (i.e., two or more corresponding or identical orders placed via two or more CMIs). CMIs should enquire with their investor clients regarding any orders which appear unusual or irregular. CMIs should disclose the
identities of all investors when submitting orders for the Securities (except for omnibus orders where underlying investor information may need to be provided