Company: HBCYF
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001193125-25-039401
Chunk: 126

Company: HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: 424B5
Chunk 126
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, 2023 under the HSBC Holdings plc buy-back program which 
 commenced on November 1, 2023 and concluded on February 16, 2024.                                                                                                                                                                                 |

| (2) | There is one Series A sterling preference share in issue. |

| (3) | Comprises 10 outstanding series of contingent capital securities, each issued by HSBC Holdings. |

| (4) | As of December 31, 2023, HSBC had other liabilities of US$2,611,891 million and contingent liabilities and 
 contractual commitments of US$1,009,071 million (including guarantees of US$111,286 million).              |

| (5) | On January 25, 2024, HSBC Holdings issued a notice of redemption for the outstanding US$2,500,000,000 3.803%                                                                    
 Fixed Rate/Floating Rate Senior Unsecured Notes due 2025 and US$500,000,000 Floating Rate Senior Unsecured Notes due 2025, which are expected to be redeemed on March 11, 2024. |

Save as disclosed in the above notes, there has been no material change in the issued share capital of HSBC Holdings, or its consolidated capitalization and indebtedness, since December 31, 2023. The following exchange rate as of December 31, 2023 has been used in the notes above: £1.00 = US$1.27525. 10

DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES Debt securities offered through this prospectus will be issued under one of three indentures among HSBC Holdings, as issuer, The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as paying agent, registrar and exchange rate agent, as heretofore supplemented and amended. The dated subordinated debt securities will be issued under the indenture for dated subordinated debt securities, the undated subordinated debt securities will be issued under the indenture for undated subordinated debt securities and the senior debt securities will be issued under the indenture for senior debt securities. The following summary of certain provisions of the debt securities and the indentures and any such summary in any prospectus supplement do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and are qualified by reference to, all the provisions of the debt securities and the relevant indenture. Defined terms used in this section but not otherwise defined in this prospectus have the meanings assigned to them in the relevant indenture. General