Company: HBCYF
Filing Date: 2025-09-04
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001193125-25-195127
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Company: HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Filing Date: 2025-09-04
Form: 424B5
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 Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions (“NI 45-106”) or subsection 73.3(1) of the Securities Act (Ontario)) that are also permitted clients (as defined in National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations (“NI 31-103”))and that are not a person created or used solely to purchase or hold securities as an accredited investor as
described in paragraph (m) of the definition of “accredited investor.” Any resale of the Notes must be made in accordance with an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the prospectus requirements of applicable
securities laws.

Securities legislation in certain provinces or territories of Canada may provide a purchaser with remedies for
rescission or damages if this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus (including any amendment hereto or thereto) contains a misrepresentation; providedthat the remedies for rescission or damages are exercised by the purchaser
within the time limit prescribed by the securities legislation of the purchaser’s province or territory. The purchaser should refer to any applicable provisions of the securities legislation of the purchaser’s province or territory for
particulars of these rights or consult with a legal adviser.

Canadian purchasers are advised that this document has been prepared in
reliance on section 3A.3 of National Instrument 33-105 Underwriting Conflicts (“NI 33-105”). Pursuant to section 3A.3 of NI 33-105, this document is exempt from the requirement that the issuer provide Canadian investors with certain conflicts of interest disclosure as would otherwise be required pursuant to subsection 2.1(1) of NI 33-105.

We are not a member institution of the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation. The liability
incurred by us through the issuance and sale of the Notes is not a deposit. We are not regulated as a financial institution in Canada.

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Each Canadian investor confirms its express wish that all documents evidencing or relating
to the sale of the Notes and all other contracts and related documents be drafted in the English language. Chaque investisseur canadien confirme sa volonté expresse que tous les documents attestant de la vente des titres ou s’y rapportant ainsi que tous les autres contrats et documents s’y rattachant soient rédigés en langue anglaise.

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