Company: HBCYF
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001193125-25-034819
Chunk: 227

Company: HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form: 424B5
Chunk 227
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 the board was
given the authority to allot ordinary shares up to an aggregate nominal amount of $1,997,127,937 in relation to any issue by HSBC Holdings of contingent convertible securities that automatically convert into or are exchanged for ordinary shares in
prescribed circumstances. See “Description of Contingent Capital Securities.”

These authorities will expire at the
earlier of the conclusion of the 2024 AGM or at the close of business on June 30, 2024, following which we will need to seek a new general authority to allot shares.

HSBC Holdings maintains a principal share register in London and overseas branch share registers in Bermuda and Hong Kong.

Voting

Unless otherwise required by the
Companies Act 2006 or the Articles of Association, the holders of ordinary shares vote by ordinary resolution (such as for the election of directors, the declaration of a dividend, the appointment of auditors or the grant of authority to allot
shares) at general meetings.

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For the purposes of determining which persons are entitled to attend or vote at a meeting
and how many votes such persons may cast, HSBC Holdings may, pursuant to the UK Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001 (as amended) (the “Regulations”), specify in the notice of the meeting a time, not more than 48 hours before the
time fixed for the meeting, by which a person must be entered on the register of members of HSBC Holdings kept pursuant to the Companies Act 2006 (the “Principal Register”) or a register of members resident in Hong Kong (the “Hong
Kong Branch Register”) or a register of members resident in any such other countries or territories that the board may from time to time, in its sole discretion, determine (together with the Hong Kong Branch Register, the “Overseas Branch
Registers”) in order to have the right to attend or vote at the meeting.

Subject to the restrictions referred to under
“Restrictions on Voting” and any special voting rights or restrictions attached to any class of shares, ordinary resolutions will be decided on a show of hands by a simple majority of holders of ordinary shares present and voting at
the meeting where each holder of ordinary shares has one vote, regardless of the number of ordinary shares held, unless a poll is demanded. On a poll, every holder who is present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote will have one vote for each
ordinary share held. Holders of record of ordinary shares may appoint a proxy to attend and