Company: HBCYF
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001193125-25-034819
Chunk: 129

Company: HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form: 424B5
Chunk 129
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“Automatic Conversion Settlement Notice” has the meaning given to such term under “—Automatic Conversion Upon Capital Adequacy Trigger Event—Procedure—Settlement Procedure.”

“Automatic Conversion Settlement Request Notice” has
the meaning given to such term under “—Automatic Conversion Upon Capital Adequacy Trigger Event—Procedure—Settlement Procedure.” “Balance Sheet Condition” has the meaning given to such term under
“—Subordination.”

“Banking Act” means the Banking Act 2009, as amended.

“business day” means a day on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets settle payments and are open for general business
(including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in London, England, and in New York City, United States; and in the case of surrender (or, in the case of part payment only, endorsement) of any Securities in definitive form,
any day on which banks are open for general business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in the place in which the Securities in definitive form are surrendered (or, as the case may be, endorsed).

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“Cancellation Date” means (i) with respect to any Security for which an
Automatic Conversion Settlement Notice is received by the Conversion Shares Depository on or before the Notice Cut-off Date, the applicable Settlement Date and (ii) with respect to any Security for which
an Automatic Conversion Settlement Notice is not received by the Conversion Shares Depository on or before the Notice Cut-off Date, the Final Cancellation Date.

“Capital Adequacy Trigger Event” has the meaning given to such term under “—Automatic Conversion Upon Capital Adequacy Trigger Event—Automatic Conversion.”

“Capital Disqualification Event” has the meaning given to such term under
“—Redemption—Special Event Redemption.”

“Capital Instruments Regulations” means any
regulatory capital rules, regulations or standards which are applicable to us at any time (on a solo or consolidated basis and including any implementation thereof or supplement thereto by the PRA from time to time) as then in effect in the UK, and
which lay down the requirements to be fulfilled by financial instruments for inclusion in our regulatory capital (on a solo or consolidated basis) including as may be required by (i) UK CRR and/or (ii) the Relevant Rules and all other UK
law which implemented CRD, including (for the avoidance of doubt) any delegated acts and implementing acts made by the European Commission (such as regulatory technical standards and implementing technical standards) (in each case as