Company: HBCYF
Filing Date: 2025-10-09
Form Type: 6-K
Source: 0001654954-25-011593
Chunk: 19

Company: HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Filing Date: 2025-10-09
Form: 6-K
Chunk 19
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BC Asia Pacific Concert Parties is disclosed on the basis of and subject to the qualifications as disclosed in the section

headed "VI. Shareholding Structure of Hang Seng Bank" above. headed "VI. Shareholding Structure of Hang Seng Bank" above.

The HSBC Asia Pacific Scheme Shares held by HSBC Asia Pacific and all the Hang Seng Bank Shares held by HSBC Asia Pacific Concert Parties will form part of the Scheme Shares and will be cancelled and extinguished upon the Scheme becoming effective.

The Hang Seng Bank Shares held by HSBC Asia Pacific and the HSBC Asia Pacific Concert Parties will not form part of the Code Disinterested Shares for the purposes of vote counting at the Hang Seng Bank Court Meeting in order to comply with the applicable requirements under Rule 2.10 of the Takeovers Code for the Proposal. Accordingly, as at the time of the publication of this announcement, there are 1,875,737,536 Hang Seng Bank Shares in issue, of which 684,880,165 will form the Scheme Shares.

All Hang Seng Bank Shareholders will be entitled to attend the Hang Seng Bank General Meeting and vote on the special resolution(s) to give effect to the reduction of the issued share capital of Hang Seng Bank by cancelling and extinguishing the Scheme Shares and the issue to HSBC Asia Pacific (or its nominee) of such number of new Hang Seng Bank Shares (credited as fully-paid by applying the reserve created as a result of such cancellation, extinguishment and reduction) as is equal to the number of the Scheme Shares cancelled and extinguished on the Scheme Effective Date.**

#### XIV.

#### OTHER DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO THE TAKEOVERS CODE
As at the time of the publication of this announcement:

(a)

save as disclosed in the section headed " VI. Shareholding Structure of Hang Seng Bank" above, neither HSBC Asia Pacific nor any HSBC Asia Pacific Concert Party owns, controls or has direction over any Hang Seng Bank Shares or convertible securities, warrants or options in respect of Hang Seng Bank Shares;

(b)

save as disclosed in the section headed " VI. Shareholding Structure of Hang Seng Bank" above, none of HSBC Asia Pacific or any HSBC Asia Pacific Concert Party has entered into any outstanding derivatives in respect of securities of Hang Seng Bank;

(c)

none of HSBC Asia Pacific or any HSBC Asia Pacific Concert Party has received any irrevocable commitment to vote for or against the Proposal;

(d)