Company: HBCYF
Filing Date: 2025-05-12
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001193125-25-117014
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Company: HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Filing Date: 2025-05-12
Form: 424B5
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 Hamilton LLP, that there is doubt as to enforceability in the English courts, in original actions or in
actions for enforcement of judgments of U.S. courts, of liabilities predicated solely upon the federal securities laws of the United States. In addition, awards of punitive damages in actions brought in the United States or elsewhere may not be
enforceable in the UK. The enforceability of any judgment in the UK will depend on the particular facts of the case in effect at the time.

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING 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 senior 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; the UK’s relationship with the EU; and changes in government policy and regulation, including trade and tariff policies, 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 the 2024 Form 20-F and in the Form 6-Kfurnished to the SEC on April 29, 2025 (furn