Company: HBCYF
Filing Date: 2025-09-04
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001193125-25-195127
Chunk: 145

Company: HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Filing Date: 2025-09-04
Form: 424B5
Chunk 145
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 to the limitations as set forth, in the contingent capital securities indenture and as described under the section headed “Additional                     
 Amounts,” references to such successor entity’s country of organization will be added to the references to the UK);                                                                                                                                   |

| • |     | the successor entity confirms in such amendment to the contingent capital securities indenture that the successor                                                                                                              
 entity will pay to the holders such additional amounts as provided by, and subject to the limitations set forth in, the contingent capital securities indenture and as described under the section headed “Additional Amounts” 
 (provided, however, that for these purposes such successor entity’s country of organization will be substituted for the references to the UK); and                                                                             |

| • |     | immediately after giving effect to such assumption of obligations, no contingent capital event of default or                                                                                                                        
 default and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become a contingent capital event of default or default with respect to contingent capital securities of such series will have occurred and be continuing. |

Upon any such assumption, the successor entity will succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise all of our rights and powers under the contingent capital securities indenture with respect to the contingent capital securities of such series with the same effect as if the successor entity had been named under the contingent capital securities indenture. 39

For these purposes:

| (a) | “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 they form part of UK domestic law by virtue of the EUWA or as 
 implemented in UK law, as appropriate), in each case as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time.                                                                                                                                              |

| (b) | “CRD” means Directive 2013/36/EU on access to credit institutions and the prudential supervision of                                                        
 credit institutions and