Company: HBCYF
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001193125-25-039401
Chunk: 118

Company: HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: 424B5
Chunk 118
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ates will be a manufacturer for the purpose of the UK MIFIR Product Governance Rules.

This document is for distribution only to
persons who (i) have professional experience in matters relating to investments and who fall within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended, the “Financial Promotion
Order”), (ii) fall within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) (“high net worth companies, unincorporated associations etc.”) of the Financial Promotion Order, (iii) are outside the UK or (iv) are persons to whom an invitation or
inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of the FSMA) in connection with the issue or sale of any securities may otherwise lawfully be communicated or caused to be communicated (all such persons together being
referred to as “relevant persons”). This document is directed only at relevant persons and must not be acted on or relied on by persons

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who are not 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