Company: HBCYF
Filing Date: 2025-06-02
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001193125-25-132352
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Company: HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Filing Date: 2025-06-02
Form: 424B5
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 relevant persons. Any investment or investment activity to which this document relates is available only to relevant persons and will be engaged in only with relevant persons.

Important Notice to Prospective Investors Pursuant to Paragraph 21 of the Hong Kong SFC Code of Conduct

Prospective investors should be aware that certain intermediaries in the context of certain offerings of securities contemplated by this
prospectus as completed by the applicable prospectus supplement (each such offering, a “CMI Offering”), including certain underwriters, are “capital market intermediaries” (“CMIs”) subject to Paragraph 21 of the Code of
Conduct for Persons Licensed by or Registered with the Securities and Futures Commission (the “SFC Code”). This notice to prospective investors is a summary of certain obligations the SFC Code imposes on such CMIs, which require the
attention and cooperation of prospective investors.

Certain CMIs may also be acting as “overall coordinators” (“OCs”) for a CMI
Offering and are subject to additional requirements under the SFC Code. The application of these obligations will depend on the role(s) undertaken by the relevant underwriter(s) in respect of each CMI Offering.

Prospective investors who are the directors, employees or major shareholders of HSBC Holdings, a CMI or its group companies would be
considered under the SFC Code as having an association (“Association”) with HSBC Holdings, the CMI or the relevant group company. Prospective investors associated with HSBC Holdings or any CMI (including its group companies) should
specifically disclose this when placing an order for the relevant securities and should disclose, at the same time, if such orders may negatively impact the price discovery process in relation to the relevant CMI Offering. Prospective investors who
do not disclose their Associations are hereby deemed not to be so associated. Where prospective investors disclose their Associations but do not disclose that such order may negatively impact the price discovery process in relation to the relevant
CMI Offering, such order is hereby deemed not to negatively impact the price discovery process in relation to the relevant CMI Offering.

Prospective investors should ensure, and by placing an order prospective investors are deemed to confirm, that orders placed are bona fide,
are not inflated and do not constitute duplicated orders (i.e. two or more corresponding or identical orders placed via two or more CMIs). If a prospective investor is an asset management arm affiliated with any relevant underwriter, such
prospective investor should indicate when placing an order if it is for a fund