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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 FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus and the
documents incorporated by reference herein contain both historical and forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may be
identified by the use of terms such as “believes”, “expects”, “estimate”, “may”, “intends”, “plan”, “will”, “should”, “potential”,
“seek”, “reasonably possible” or “anticipates” or the negative thereof or similar expressions, or by discussions of strategy.

These forward-looking statements include statements relating to: the implementation and exercise of the UK
bail-in powers; our plan to issue additional subordinated debt securities; listing of the Notes; occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event and related consequences; changes in the general economic conditions
in the markets in which the HSBC Group operates, such as new, continuing or deepening recessions and prolonged inflationary pressures; the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war and the conflict in the Middle East (including the continuation or escalation
thereof) on the global markets generally and the HSBC Group in particular; geopolitical tensions in the countries in which we operate, including those arising as a result of the Russia-Ukraine war and the conflict in the Middle East (including the
continuation or escalation thereof); the UK’s relationship with the EU; and changes in government policy and regulation, including trade and tariff policies (such as the trade policies announced by the United States and potential
countermeasures that may be adopted by countries, including in the markets where the HSBC Group operates), as well as monetary, interest rate and other policies of central banks and other regulatory authorities in the principal markets in which we
operate and the consequences thereof. We have based the forward-looking statements on current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us, as
described under “Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements” contained in each of the

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2024 Form 20-F, the Form 6-Kfurnished to the SEC on April 29, 2025 (furnishing the earnings release for the three-month period ended March 31, 2025) (the “2025 Q1 Earnings Release”) and the 2025 Interim Report. We undertake no obligation
to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of