Company: HBCYF
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001193125-25-039401
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Company: HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: 424B5
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 HSBC had total assets of
US$3,038,677 million and total shareholders’ equity of US$185,329 million. For the year ended December 31, 2023, HSBC’s operating profit was US$30,541 million. HSBC had a UK CRR common equity Tier 1 ratio (on a transitional basis,
meaning that the transitional provisions set out in Part Ten of the UK CRR (which currently means the phase-in arrangements for the regulatory capital impact of IFRS 9) are applied in calculating the ratio) of
14.8% and a UK CRR common equity Tier 1 ratio (on a non-transitional basis, meaning that the transitional provisions set out in Part Ten of the UK CRR are not applied in calculating the ratio) of 14.8% as of
December 31, 2023.

Headquartered in London, HSBC operates through long-established businesses and has an international network in 62
countries and territories. Within these regions, a comprehensive range of banking and related financial services is offered to personal, commercial, corporate, institutional, investment and private banking clients.

HSBC’s products and services are delivered to clients through three global businesses, Wealth and Personal Banking, Commercial Banking
and Global Banking and Markets.

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RISK FACTORS

You should consider carefully all of the information included, or incorporated by reference, in this document and any risk factors included in the applicable prospectus supplement before you decide to buy securities.

Risks Relating to HSBC’s Business

For information on risks relating to HSBC’s business, you should read the risks described in the 2023
Form 20-F, including the section entitled “Risk factors” on pages 168 through 180 and Note 36 (Legal proceedings and regulatory matters)to the consolidated financial
statements included therein on pages 444 through 447, which is incorporated by reference in this prospectus, and/or similar disclosure in subsequent filings incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

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USE OF PROCEEDS

Unless we otherwise disclose in the accompanying prospectus supplement, we intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of the securities for
general corporate, liability management and refinancing purposes, and to maintain or further strengthen the capital base of HSBC Holdings.

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CONSOLIDATED CAPITALIZATION AND INDEBTEDNESS OF HSBC HOLDINGS PLC The following table shows the share capital position of HSBC Holdings plc and its consolidated capitalization and indebtedness as of December