Company: HBCYF
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: 6-K
Source: 0001654954-25-002015
Chunk: 2

Company: HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: 6-K
Chunk 2
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 Securities) or approve an invitation or inducement to participate in, acquire or underwrite the Securities (or any beneficial interests therein) where that invitation or inducement is addressed to or disseminated in such a way that it is likely to be received by a retail client in the UK.

d. In selling or offering Securities or making or approving communications relating to the Securities, each prospective investor may not rely on the limited exemptions set out in COBS.

e. Potential investors in the Securities should also 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).

The obligations set out above are in addition to the need to comply at all times with other applicable laws, regulations and regulatory guidance (whether inside or outside the European Economic Area (' EEA ') or the UK) relating to the promotion, offering, distribution and/or sale of the Securities (or any beneficial interests therein), whether or not specifically mentioned in the prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus for the issuance of the Securities including (without limitation) any requirements under MiFID II or the UK FCA Handbook as to determining the appropriateness and/or suitability of an investment in the Securities (or any beneficial interests therein) for investors in any relevant jurisdiction. By purchasing, or making or accepting an offer to purchase, any Securities (or a beneficial interest in such Securities) from the Company and/or the underwriters each prospective investor represents, warrants, agrees with and undertakes to the Company that it will comply at all times with all such other applicable laws, regulations and regulatory guidance.

Where acting as agent on behalf of a disclosed or undisclosed client when purchasing, or making or accepting an offer to purchase, any Securities (or any beneficial interests therein) from the Company and/or the underwriters the foregoing representations, warranties, agreements and undertakings will be given by and be binding upon both the agent and its underlying client.

PRIIPS Regulation-Prohibition of sales to EEA retail investors - The Securities are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the EEA. For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/97, where that