Company: HBCYF
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001193125-25-034819
Chunk: 141

Company: HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form: 424B5
Chunk 141
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 has the meaning given to such term under
“—Qualifying Takeover Event.”

“Takeover Event Notice” has the meaning given to such term under
“—Qualifying Takeover Event.”

“Takeover Person” includes any individual, company, corporation, firm,
partnership, joint venture, undertaking, association, organization, trust, state or agency of a state (in each case whether or not being a separate legal entity) or other legal entity.

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

“Taxing Jurisdiction” means the UK or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein having the power to tax.

“Tradable Amount” means the denomination of each book-entry interest in a Security.

“Trust Indenture Act” has the meaning given to such term in the third paragraph of this “Description of the Securities.”

“UK bail-in power” has the meaning given to such term under
“—Agreement with Respect to the Exercise of UK Bail-inPower.”

“UK CRR” means Regulation (EU) No. 575/2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, as amended or supplemented, as it forms part of domestic law in the UK by virtue of the EUWA.

“Volume Weighted Average Price” means, in respect of one of our ordinary shares, an Approved Entity Share or, as applicable, a
security on any Exchange Business Day, the order book volume-weighted average price of such ordinary share, Approved Entity Share or security published by or derived from the principal stock exchange or
securities market on which such ordinary share, Approved Entity Share or security are then listed or quoted or dealt in, if any or, in any such case, such other source as will be determined to be appropriate by an Independent Financial Adviser on
such Exchange Business Day; providedthat if on any such Exchange Business Day such price is not available or cannot otherwise be determined as provided above, the Volume Weighted Average Price of one of our ordinary shares, an Approved
Entity Share or a security, as the case may be, in respect of such Exchange Business Day will be the Volume Weighted Average Price, determined as provided above, on the immediately preceding Exchange Business Day on which the same can be so
determined or as an Independent Financial Adviser might otherwise determine to be appropriate.

“Winding-up Event” has the meaning given