Company: HBCYF
Filing Date: 2025-03-24
Form Type: 6-K
Source: 0001654954-25-003195
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Company: HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Filing Date: 2025-03-24
Form: 6-K
Chunk 1
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 permit a public offering of the Securities where such action is required. The offer and sale of the Securities may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions.

The Securities are not deposit liabilities of the Company and are not covered by the United Kingdom Financial Services Compensation Scheme or insured by the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency of the United Kingdom, the United States or any other jurisdiction.

The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the ' Securities Act ') and may not be offered, sold or delivered within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, US persons, as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act, except pursuant to an exemption from or in a transaction not subject to the registration requirements under the Securities Act.

The Securities are complex financial instruments. They are not a suitable or appropriate investment for all investors, especially retail investors. In some jurisdictions, regulatory authorities have adopted or published laws, regulations or guidance with respect to the offer or sale of securities such as the Securities. Potential investors in the Securities should inform themselves of, and comply with, any applicable laws, regulations or regulatory guidance with respect to any resale of the Securities (or any beneficial interests therein).

a. In the United Kingdom (' UK '), the Financial Conduct Authority (' FCA ') Conduct of Business Sourcebook (' COBS ') requires, in summary, that the Securities should not be offered or sold to retail clients (as defined in COBS 3.4 and each a ' retail client ') in the UK.

b. By purchasing, or making or accepting an offer to purchase, any Securities (or a beneficial interest in such Securities) from the Company and/or each of the Managers, each prospective investor represents, warrants, agrees with and undertakes to the Company and each of the Managers that:

i. it is not a retail client in the UK; and

ii. it will not (A) sell or offer the Securities (or any beneficial interests therein) to retail clients in the UK or (B) communicate (including the distribution of the the offering memorandum dated 27 March 2024 relating to the Company's US$50,000,000,000 Programme for Issuance of Perpetual Subordinated Contingent Capital Securities and the supplements thereto dated 1 May 2024, 1 August 2024, 30 October 2024 and 21 February 2025 and the pricing supplement relating to the Securities dated 20 March 2025