Document:

EX-4.1

 Exhibit 4.1 
  

 
  

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC, 
 as Issuer 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, LONDON BRANCH, 

as Trustee 
 HSBC BANK USA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 
 as Paying Agent, Registrar and Calculation Agent 

 
  

TWENTY-FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 

Dated as of June 9, 2022 
  

 
 To the Senior
Indenture, dated as of August 26, 2009, 
 among the Issuer, the Trustee and the Paying Agent, Registrar and Exchange Rate Agent 

$1,250,000,000 4.180% Fixed Rate/Floating Rate Senior Unsecured Notes due 2025 

$2,250,000,000 4.755% Fixed Rate/Floating Rate Senior Unsecured Notes due 2028 

 
  

 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

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	 ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS
	  	 	3	 
			
	 SECTION 1.01.
	 	Definition of Terms	  	 	3	 
	 SECTION 1.02.
	 	Supplemental Definitions	  	 	4	 
		
	 ARTICLE 2 THE NOTES
	  	 	13	 
			
	 SECTION 2.01.
	 	Terms Relating to Principal, Interest and Redemption on Each Series of Notes	  	 	13	 
	 SECTION 2.02.
	 	General Terms Applicable to All Notes	  	 	14	 
	 SECTION 2.03.
	 	Make-Whole Redemption	  	 	15	 
	 SECTION 2.04.
	 	Loss Absorption Disqualification Event Redemption	  	 	17	 
		
	 ARTICLE 3 INTEREST CALCULATION IN RESPECT OF THE
NOTES
	  	 	18	 
			
	 SECTION 3.01.
	 	Interest Rate Terms Specific to Each Series of Notes	  	 	18	 
	 SECTION 3.02.
	 	Interest Rate Terms Applicable to All Notes	  	 	18	 
	 SECTION 3.03.
	 	Calculation of the Benchmark	  	 	19	 
	 SECTION 3.04.
	 	Benchmark Transition Provisions	  	 	21	 
		
	 ARTICLE 4 AMENDMENTS TO THE BASE INDENTURE APPLICABLE TO THE
NOTES ONLY
	  	 	23	 
			
	 SECTION 4.01.
	 	Notice of Redemption	  	 	23	 
	 SECTION 4.02.
	 	Par Redemption of Debt Securities	  	 	24	 
	 SECTION 4.03.
	 	Events of Default and Defaults	  	 	25	 
	 SECTION 4.04.
	 	Additional Amounts	  	 	26	 
	 SECTION 4.05.
	 	Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating	  	 	28	 
		
	 ARTICLE 5 MISCELLANEOUS
	  	 	29	 
			
	 SECTION 5.01.
	 	Effect of this Supplemental Indenture; Ratification and Integral Part	  	 	29	 
	 SECTION 5.02.
	 	Priority	  	 	29	 
	 SECTION 5.03.
	 	Successors and Assigns	  	 	29	 
	 SECTION 5.04.
	 	Subsequent Holders’ Agreement	  	 	29	 
	 SECTION 5.05.
	 	Compliance	  	 	29	 
	 SECTION 5.06.
	 	Relation to Calculation Agent Agreement	  	 	29	 
	 SECTION 5.07.
	 	Governing Law	  	 	29	 
	 SECTION 5.08.
	 	Counterparts	  	 	29	 
	 SECTION 5.09.
	 	Entire Agreement	  	 	29	 

 EXHIBIT A – Form of 4.180% Fixed Rate/Floating Rate Global Security 

EXHIBIT B – Form of 4.755% Fixed Rate/Floating Rate Global Security 

  
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 TWENTY-FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of June 9, 2022 (this
“Supplemental Indenture”), by and among HSBC Holdings plc, a public limited company duly organized and existing under the laws of England and Wales (the “Company”), having its principal office at 8 Canada Square,
London E14 5HQ, England, The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the “Trustee”), having its principal corporate trust office at 101 Barclay Street, Floor
7-East, New York, New York 10286, and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Paying Agent, Registrar and Calculation Agent (together, the “Agent”), having its principal office at 452 Fifth
Avenue, New York, New York 10018. 
 W I T N E S S E T H: 

WHEREAS, the Company, the Trustee and the Agent have executed and delivered an indenture dated as of August 26, 2009 (as amended
or supplemented from time to time, the “Base Indenture” and, together with this Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), to provide for the issuance of the Company’s Debt Securities; 

WHEREAS, Section 9.01(5) of the Base Indenture provides that the Company and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture
to establish the forms or terms of the Debt Securities of any series without the consent of the Holders as permitted under Sections 2.01 and 3.01 of the Base Indenture; 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to issue two series of Debt Securities under the Base Indenture (as supplemented and amended by this
Supplemental Indenture), the $1,250,000,000 4.180% Fixed Rate/Floating Rate Senior Unsecured Notes due 2025 (such series of Debt Securities, the “2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes”) and the $2,250,000,000 4.755% Fixed Rate/Floating
Rate Senior Unsecured Notes due 2028 (such series of Debt Securities, the “2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes” and “Notes” shall mean either the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes or the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes, as
applicable), each such series to be issued pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture; 
 WHEREAS, all conditions and requirements
necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid and binding instrument in accordance with the terms of the Base Indenture have been performed and fulfilled and the execution and delivery hereof have been in all respects duly authorized; 

NOW, THEREFORE, each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders.

 ARTICLE 1 

DEFINITIONS 
 SECTION 1.01.
Definition of Terms. For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture: 
 (a) capitalized terms used herein but not
otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Base Indenture; 
 (b) all other terms used herein that are
defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein; 

(c) the singular includes the plural and vice versa; 

(d) the use of “or” is not intended to be exclusive unless expressly indicated otherwise; 

(e) the section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction of this Supplemental Indenture;

  
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 (f) wherever the words “include,” “includes” or
“including” are used in this Supplemental Indenture, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; 

(g) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this
Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and 
 (h) references herein to a
specific Section, Article or Exhibit refer to Sections or Articles of, or an Exhibit to, this Supplemental Indenture, unless otherwise specified. 

SECTION 1.02. Supplemental Definitions. The following definitions shall apply to the Notes only: 

(a) “2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Supplemental
Indenture; 
 (b) “2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Fixed Rate Period” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.01(a)(i); 
 (c) “2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Fixed Rate Period Interest Payment Date”
means June 9 and December 9 of each year during the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Fixed Rate Period, beginning on December 9, 2022; 

(d) “2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Floating Rate Interest Period” means, during the 2025
Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Floating Rate Period, the period beginning on (and including) a 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date and ending on (but excluding) the next succeeding 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes
Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date; provided that the first 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Floating Rate Interest Period will begin on (and include) December 9, 2024 and will end on (but exclude) the first 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes
Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date; 
 (e) “2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Floating Rate Period” has
the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a)(ii); 
 (f) “2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Floating Rate Period
Interest Payment Date” means March 9, 2025, June 9, 2025, September 9, 2025 and December 9, 2025; 

(g) “2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Initial Interest Rate” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.01(a)(i); 
 (h) “2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Interest Payment Date” means any 2025
Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Fixed Rate Period Interest Payment Date or 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date; 

(i) “2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Make-Whole Redemption” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.03(a)(i); 
 (j) “2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Make-Whole Redemption Period” means the
period beginning on (and including) December 9, 2022 (six months following the Issue Date) to (but excluding) the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Par Redemption Date; provided that if any additional notes of the same series are issued after the
Issue Date, the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Make-Whole Redemption Period for such additional notes shall begin on (and include) the date that is six months following the issue date for such additional notes; 

  
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 (k) “2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Margin” has the meaning
set forth in Section 3.01(a)(ii); 
 (l) “2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Maturity Date” means
December 9, 2025; 
 (m) “2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Par Redemption” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.02(a); 
 (n) “2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Par Redemption Date” means December 9,
2024; 
 (o) “2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Supplemental
Indenture; 
 (p) “2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Fixed Rate Period” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.01(b)(i); 
 (q) “2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Fixed Rate Period Interest Payment Date”
means June 9 and December 9 of each year, during the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Fixed Rate Period, beginning on December 9, 2022; 

(r) “2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Floating Rate Interest Period” means, during the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate
Notes Floating Rate Period, the period beginning on (and including) a 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date and ending on (but excluding) the next succeeding 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Floating Rate Period
Interest Payment Date; provided that the first 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Floating Rate Interest Period will begin on (and include) June 9, 2027 and will end on (but exclude) the first 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Floating Rate Period
Interest Payment Date; 
 (s) “2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Floating Rate Period” has the meaning set
forth in Section 3.01(b)(ii); 
 (t) “2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Floating Rate Period Interest Payment
Date” means September 9, 2027, December 9, 2027, March 9, 2028 and June 9, 2028; 
 (u)
“2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Initial Interest Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(b)(i); 

(v) “2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Interest Payment Date” means any 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Fixed Rate
Period Interest Payment Date or 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date; 
 (w)
“2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Make-Whole Redemption” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(b)(i); 

(x) “2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Make-Whole Redemption Period” means the period beginning on (and
including) December 9, 2022 (six months following the Issue Date) to (but excluding) the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Par Redemption Date; provided that if any additional notes of the same series are issued after the Issue Date, the 2028
Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Make-Whole Redemption Period for such additional notes shall begin on (and include) the date that is six months following the issue date for such additional notes; 

  
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 (y) “2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Margin” has the meaning
set forth in Section 3.01(b)(ii); 
 (z) “2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Maturity Date” means
June 9, 2028; 
 (aa) “2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Par Redemption” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.02(b); 
 (bb) “2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Par Redemption Date” means June 9, 2027;

 (cc) “Agent” has the meaning set forth in the introduction to this Supplemental Indenture; 

(dd) “Applicable Currency” means Dollars; 

(ee) “Banking Act” means the UK Banking Act 2009, as amended; 

(ff) “Benchmark” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(a); 

(gg) “Benchmark Replacement” means the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined
by the Company (in consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Company’s designee (in consultation with the Company) as of the Benchmark Replacement Date: 

(i) the sum of: (A) the alternate rate of interest that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body
as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor (if any) and (B) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; 

(ii) the sum of: (A) the ISDA Fallback Rate and (B) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; and 

(iii) the sum of: (A) the alternate rate of interest that has been selected by the Company (in consultation, to the extent
practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Company’s designee (in consultation with the Company) as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to any industry-accepted
rate of interest as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for Dollar-denominated floating rate notes at such time and (B) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; 

(hh) “Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be
determined by the Company (in consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Company’s designee (in consultation with the Company) as of the Benchmark Replacement Date: 

(i) the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been (A) selected or recommended by
the Relevant Governmental Body or (B) determined by the Company (in consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Company’s designee (in consultation with the Company) in accordance with the method for
calculating or determining such spread adjustment that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body, in each case for the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement; 

  
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 (ii) if the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement is equivalent to the
ISDA Fallback Rate, then the ISDA Fallback Adjustment; 
 (iii) the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative
value or zero) that has been selected by the Company (in consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Company’s designee (in consultation with the Company) giving due consideration to industry-accepted spread
adjustments (if any), or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of the then-current Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for Dollar-denominated floating rate notes at such time;

 (ii) “Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(b); 

(jj) “Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the
then-current Benchmark: 
 (i) in the case of clause (i) or (ii) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition
Event,” the later of (A) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (B) the date on which the administrator of the Benchmark permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide the Benchmark; or

 (ii) in the case of clause (iii) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the date of the public
statement or publication of information referenced therein. 
 For the avoidance of doubt, if the event giving rise to the
Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination; 

(kk) “Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to
the then-current Benchmark: 
 (i) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of
the Benchmark announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide the Benchmark, permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will
continue to provide the Benchmark; 
 (ii) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for
the administrator of the Benchmark, the central bank for the currency of the Benchmark, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for the Benchmark, a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for the
Benchmark or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for the Benchmark, which states that the administrator of the Benchmark has ceased or will cease to provide the Benchmark permanently or
indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the Benchmark; or 

  
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 (iii) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory
supervisor for the administrator of the Benchmark announcing that the Benchmark is no longer representative; 
 (ll)
“Benchmark Transition Provisions” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04; 
 (mm) “Business
Day” means a day on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets settle payments and are open for general business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in London, England, and in the City of New
York, New York; 
 (nn) “Calculation Agent” means HSBC Bank USA, National Association, or its successor
appointed by the Company pursuant to the Calculation Agent Agreement; 
 (oo) “Calculation Agent Agreement”
means the calculation agent agreement dated as of the Issue Date between the Company and the Calculation Agent; 
 (pp)
“Company” has the meaning set forth in the introduction to this Supplemental Indenture; 
 (qq)
“Compounded Daily SOFR” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(b); 
 (rr) “Corresponding
Tenor” with respect to a Benchmark Replacement means a tenor (including overnight) having approximately the same length (disregarding business day adjustments) as the applicable tenor for the then-current Benchmark; 

(ss) “d” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(b); 

(tt) “d0” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.03(b); 
 (uu) “designee” means an Affiliate or any other agent of the Company; 

(vv) “Determination Agent” means an investment bank or financial institution of international standing
selected by the Company (which may be the Calculation Agent or an Affiliate of the Company); 
 (ww) “EUWA”
means the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended; 
 (xx) “Fixed/Floating Rate Notes” has the
meaning set forth in the recitals to this Supplemental Indenture; 
 (yy) “Fixed Rate Period” means either
the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Fixed Rate Period or the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Fixed Rate Period, as applicable; 

(zz) “Fixed Rate Period Interest Payment Date” means either a 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Fixed Rate Period
Interest Payment Date or a 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Fixed Rate Period Interest Payment Date, as applicable. 
 (aaa)
“Floating Rate Interest Period” means either a 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Floating Rate Interest Period or a 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Floating Rate Interest Period, as applicable; 

  
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 (bbb) “Floating Rate Period” means either the 2025
Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Floating Rate Period or the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Floating Rate Period, as applicable; 

(ccc) “Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date” means either a 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Floating Rate
Period Interest Payment Date or a 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date, as applicable; 

(ddd) “HSBC Group” or “HSBC” means the Company together with its subsidiary undertakings;

 (eee) “H.15” means the weekly statistical release designated as such and published by the Board of
Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System, or any successor or replacement publication that establishes yields on actively traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity, and “most recent H.15” means the H.15
published closest in time but prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the applicable Price Determination Date; 
 (fff)
“i” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(b); 
 (ggg) “Initial Interest Rate”
means either the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Initial Interest Rate or the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Initial Interest Rate, as applicable; 

(hhh) “Interest Determination Date” means the third Business Day preceding the applicable Interest Payment
Date; 
 (iii) “Interest Payment Date” means either a 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Interest Payment Date
or a 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Interest Payment Date, as applicable; 
 (jjj) “ISDA Definitions” means
the 2006 ISDA Definitions published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) or any successor thereto, as amended or supplemented from time to time, or any successor definitional booklet for interest rate
derivatives published from time to time; 
 (kkk) “ISDA Fallback Adjustment” means the spread adjustment
(which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that would apply for derivatives transactions referencing the ISDA Definitions to be determined upon the occurrence of an index cessation event with respect to the Benchmark for the applicable
tenor;  
 (lll) “ISDA Fallback Rate” means the rate that would apply for derivatives transactions
referencing the ISDA Definitions to be effective upon the occurrence of an index cessation date with respect to the Benchmark for the applicable tenor excluding the applicable ISDA Fallback Adjustment; 

(mmm) “Issue Date” means June 9, 2022; 

(nnn) “Loss Absorption Disqualification Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(b); 

(ooo) “Loss Absorption Disqualification Event Redemption Option” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.04(a); 

  
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 (ppp) “Loss Absorption Regulations” means, at any time, the
laws, regulations, requirements, guidelines, rules, standards and policies from time to time relating to minimum requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities and/or loss absorbing capacity instruments in effect in the UK and applicable to the
Company from time to time, including, without limitation to the generality of the foregoing, the Banking Act and UK CRR (whether or not such requirements, guidelines or policies are applied generally or specifically to the Company or to the Company
and any of its holding or subsidiary companies or any subsidiary of any such holding company) in each case as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time; 

(qqq) “Make-Whole Redemption” means either the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Make-Whole Redemption or the
2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Make-Whole Redemption, as applicable; 
 (rrr) “Make-Whole Redemption Period”
means either the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Make-Whole Redemption Period or the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Make-Whole Redemption Period, as applicable; 

(sss) “Margin” means either the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Margin or the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes
Margin, as applicable; 
 (ttt) “Maturity Date” means either the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Maturity
Date or the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Maturity Date, as applicable; 
 (uuu) “ni” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(b); 
 (vvv)
“Notes” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Supplemental Indenture; 
 (www) “NY
Federal Reserve’s Website” means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York at http://www.newyorkfed.org (or any successor website); 

(xxx) “Observation Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(b); 

(yyy) “Par Redemption” means either the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Par Redemption or the 2028
Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Par Redemption, as applicable; 
 (zzz) “Par Redemption Date” means either the
2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Par Redemption Date or the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Par Redemption Date, as applicable; 

(aaaa) “PRA” means the UK Prudential Regulation Authority or any successor entity; 

(bbbb) “Price Determination Date” means the third Business Day preceding the applicable Redemption Date; 

(cccc) “Reference Time” means (i) if the Benchmark is Compounded Daily SOFR, for each USGS Business Day,
3:00 p.m. (New York time) on the next succeeding USGS Business Day, and (ii) if the Benchmark is not Compounded Daily SOFR, the time determined by the Company (in consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the
Company’s designee (in consultation with the Company) in accordance with the Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes; 

(dddd) “Reference Treasury” means, with respect to any Price Determination Date, the U.S. Treasury security or
securities selected by the Company (in consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Determination Agent) (i) with an actual or interpolated maturity comparable with the remaining term to the applicable Par Redemption Date and
(ii) that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities denominated in U.S. Dollars and a maturity comparable to the remaining term to the
applicable Par Redemption Date; 

  
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 (eeee) “Reference Treasury Dealer” means, with respect to
any Price Determination Date, each of up to five banks selected by the Company (in consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Determination Agent), or the Affiliates of such banks, which are (i) primary U.S. Treasury securities dealers,
and their respective successors, or (ii) market makers in pricing corporate bond issues denominated in U.S Dollars; 

(ffff) “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any
Price Determination Date, the arithmetic average, as determined by the Determination Agent, of the bid and offered prices for the applicable Reference Treasury, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted by the applicable
Reference Treasury Dealer at 11:00 a.m. (New York City time), on such Price Determination Date; 
 (gggg) “Reference
Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Price Determination Date, (i) the arithmetic average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Price Determination Date, after excluding the highest quotation (or, in the event of
more than one highest quotation, one of the highest) and lowest quotation (or, in the event of more than one lowest quotation, one of the lowest), or (ii) if fewer than five but more than one such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations are
received, the arithmetic average of all such quotations, or (iii) if only one such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is received, then such quotation; each as quoted in writing to the Determination Agent by a Reference Treasury Dealer; 

(hhhh) “Reference Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Price Determination Date, the rate per annum equal
to: 
 (i) the yield, which represents the average for the week immediately prior to the Price Determination Date appearing
in the most recent “H.15” under the caption “Treasury constant maturities,” for the maturity most closely corresponding to the applicable Par Redemption Date; provided that if no maturity is within three months before or
after the applicable Par Redemption Date, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Reference Treasury shall be determined and the Reference Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a
straight-line basis, rounding to the nearest month; or 
 (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not published
during the week immediately prior to the Price Determination Date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Reference Treasury, calculated using a price for the Reference
Treasury (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Reference Treasury Price for the applicable Price Determination Date; provided that, if the period from the applicable Redemption Date to the applicable Par Redemption
Date is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used. 

(iiii) “Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
(“NY Federal Reserve”), or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve and/or the NY Federal Reserve or any successor thereto; 

  
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 (jjjj) “Relevant Regulator” means the PRA or any successor
entity or other entity primarily responsible for the prudential supervision of the Company; 
 (kkkk) “Relevant
Supervisory Consent” means, in relation to any redemption or purchase of the Notes, any required permission of the Relevant Regulator applicable to the Company or the Relevant UK Resolution Authority (as applicable). For the avoidance of
doubt, Relevant Supervisory Consent will not be required if either (i) none of the Notes qualify as part of the Company’s regulatory capital, or own funds and eligible liabilities or loss absorbing capacity instruments, as the case may be,
each pursuant to the Loss Absorption Regulations, (ii) the relevant Notes are repurchased for market-making purposes in accordance with any permission given by the Relevant Regulator pursuant to the Loss Absorption Regulations within the limits
prescribed in such permission or (iii) the relevant Notes are being redeemed or repurchased pursuant to any general prior permission granted by the Relevant Regulator or the Relevant UK Resolution Authority (as applicable) pursuant to the Loss
Absorption Regulations within the limits prescribed in such permission; 
 (llll) “Relevant UK Resolution
Authority” means any authority with the ability to exercise a UK Bail-in Power; 

(mmmm) “SOFR” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(b); 

(nnnn) “SOFRi” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.03(b); 
 (oooo) “Trustee” has the meaning set forth in the introduction to this Supplemental
Indenture; 
 (pppp) “UK Bail-in Legislation” means Part I of the
Banking Act and any other law or regulation applicable in the UK relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (otherwise than through liquidation, administration or
other insolvency proceedings); 
 (qqqq) “UK Bail-in Power” means
the powers under the UK Bail-in Legislation to cancel, transfer or dilute shares issued by a person that is a bank or investment firm or affiliate of a bank or investment firm, to cancel, write-down, transfer,
reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of such a person or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to
provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability; 

(rrrr) “UK CRR” means Regulation (EU) No. 575/2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and
investment firms of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, as amended or supplemented from time to time, as it forms part of domestic law in the UK by virtue of the EUWA; 

(ssss) “Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the Benchmark Replacement excluding the Benchmark Replacement
Adjustment; and 
 (tttt) “USGS Business Day” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(b). 

  
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 ARTICLE 2 

THE NOTES 
 SECTION 2.01.
Terms Relating to Principal, Interest and Redemption on Each Series of Notes. 
 (a) The following terms
relating to principal, interest and redemption of the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes are hereby established: 
 (i) the title
of the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes shall be “4.180% Fixed Rate/Floating Rate Senior Unsecured Notes due 2025”; 

(ii) the aggregate principal amount of the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under the
Indenture shall not initially exceed $1,250,000,000 (except as otherwise provided in the Indenture); 
 (iii) the principal
on the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes shall be payable on the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Maturity Date; 
 (iv) during
the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Fixed Rate Period, interest on the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes shall be payable at the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Initial Interest Rate and semi-annually in arrear on each 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes
Fixed Rate Period Interest Payment Date. During the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Floating Rate Period, interest on the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes shall be payable at a rate per annum determined in accordance with Article Three and
quarterly in arrear on each 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date. Accrual and computation of interest on the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes shall be determined in accordance with Article Three; and 

(v) the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes shall not be redeemable except as provided in Section 2.03, Section 2.04 or
Article Eleven of the Base Indenture, as amended by Sections 4.01 and 4.02. The 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes shall not be redeemable at the option of the Holders at any time. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture or the 2025
Fixed/Floating Rate Notes, including Section 11.01 of the Base Indenture, the Company may only redeem or repurchase the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes prior to the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Maturity Date pursuant to Section 2.03,
Section 2.04 or Article Eleven of the Base Indenture, as amended by Sections 4.01 and 4.02, if the Company has obtained any Relevant Supervisory Consent. 

(b) The following terms relating to principal, interest and redemption of the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes are hereby
established: 
 (i) the title of the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes shall be “4.755% Fixed Rate/Floating Rate Senior
Unsecured Notes due 2028”; 
 (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes that may be
authenticated and delivered under the Indenture shall not initially exceed $2,250,000,000 (except as otherwise provided in the Indenture); 

(iii) the principal on the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes shall be payable on the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Maturity Date;

  
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 (iv) during the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Fixed Rate Period, interest
on the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes shall be payable at the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Initial Interest Rate and semi-annually in arrear on each 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Fixed Rate Period Interest Payment Date. During the 2028
Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Floating Rate Period, interest on the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes shall be payable at a rate per annum determined in accordance with Article Three and quarterly in arrear on each 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes
Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date. Accrual and computation of interest on the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes shall be determined in accordance with Article Three; and 

(v) the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes shall not be redeemable except as provided in Section 2.03, Section 2.04 or
Article Eleven of the Base Indenture, as amended by Sections 4.01 and 4.02. The 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes shall not be redeemable at the option of the Holders at any time. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture or the 2028
Fixed/Floating Rate Notes, including Section 11.01 of the Base Indenture, the Company may only redeem or repurchase the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes prior to the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Maturity Date pursuant to Section 2.03,
Section 2.04 or Article Eleven of the Base Indenture, as amended by Sections 4.01 and 4.02, if the Company has obtained any Relevant Supervisory Consent. 

SECTION 2.02. General Terms Applicable to All Notes 

The following terms relating to each series of Notes are hereby established: 

(a) the Notes shall be issued on the Issue Date; 

(b) principal of, and any interest on, the Notes shall be paid to the Holder through the Agent in its capacity as Paying Agent,
having offices in New York City, New York; 
 (c) the Notes are not issued as Discount Debt Securities or as Indexed
Securities and payment obligations under the Notes are not subject to a solvency condition that the Company is able to make such payment and remain able to pay its debts as they fall due and that its assets continue to exceed its liabilities (other
than subordinated liabilities); 
 (d) the Company shall have no obligation to redeem or purchase the Notes pursuant to any
sinking fund or analogous provision; 
 (e) the Notes shall be issued only in denominations of $200,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; 
 (f) the Notes shall be denominated in the Applicable Currency; 

(g) the payment of principal of, and interest on, the Notes shall be payable only in the coin or currency in which the Notes
are denominated which, pursuant to clause (f) above, shall be in the Applicable Currency; 
 (h) the Notes shall not be
converted into or exchanged at the option of the Company or otherwise for stock or other securities of the Company pursuant to Article Twelve of the Base Indenture; 

  
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 (i) the Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more global securities
in registered form, without coupons attached, and the initial Holder with respect to each such global security shall be Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC; 

(j) except in limited circumstances, the Notes will not be issued in definitive form; 

(k) the Notes shall be evidenced by one or more global securities in registered form substantially in the form of Exhibit A or
Exhibit B, as applicable; 
 (l) to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Holders and the Trustee, in
respect of any claims of such Holders to payment of any principal, premium or interest in respect of the Notes, by their acceptance of the Notes, shall be deemed to have waived any right of set-off or
counterclaim that such Holders or, as the case may be, the Trustee in such respect, might otherwise have; 
 (m) members of
the HSBC Group other than the Company may purchase or otherwise acquire any of the Notes then Outstanding at the same or differing prices in the open market, negotiated transactions or otherwise without giving prior notice to or obtaining any
consent from Holders, in accordance with the Loss Absorption Regulations and, if required, subject to obtaining any Relevant Supervisory Consent; and 

(n) the Regular Record Dates for the Notes will be the 15th calendar day preceding each Interest Payment Date, whether or not a
Business Day. 
 SECTION 2.03. Make-Whole Redemption 

(a) 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Make-Whole Redemption 

(i) Subject to the provisions of Article Eleven of the Base Indenture (as amended by Sections 4.01 and 4.02), the Company may,
in its sole discretion, redeem the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes during the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Make-Whole Redemption Period, in whole at any time during such period or in part from time to time during such period, at a Redemption Price
equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the principal amount of the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes to be redeemed; and (ii) as determined by the Determination Agent, the sum of the present values of (A) the principal amount of the 2025
Fixed/Floating Rate Notes to be redeemed (discounted from the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Par Redemption Date) and (B) the remaining payments of interest to be made on any scheduled Interest Payment Date to (and including) the 2025
Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Par Redemption Date for the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes to be redeemed (not including accrued and unpaid interest to (but excluding) the applicable Redemption Date, if any, on the principal amount of the 2025
Fixed/Floating Rate Notes), discounted to the applicable Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30 day months) at the Reference Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points,
in each case, plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes to be redeemed to (but excluding) the applicable Redemption Date (each, a “2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Make-Whole Redemption”). 

(ii) The Reference Treasury Rate shall be calculated by the Determination Agent on the Price Determination Date. 

  
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 (iii) If the Company determines, in its sole discretion, that the inclusion
of the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Make-Whole Redemption provisions in the terms of the Indenture and the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes could reasonably be expected to prejudice the qualification of the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes as eligible
liabilities or loss absorbing capacity instruments for the purposes of the Loss Absorption Regulations, then the provisions relating to the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Make-Whole Redemption shall be deemed not to apply for all purposes relating
to the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes and the Company shall not have any right to redeem the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes pursuant to a 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Make-Whole Redemption. In such circumstances, the Company shall promptly provide
notice to the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Calculation Agent and the Holders that the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Make-Whole Redemption does not apply; provided that failure to provide such notice will have no impact on the effectiveness of, or
otherwise invalidate, any such determination. No action taken in accordance with this paragraph shall be deemed to be an amendment requiring the consent of Holders under Section 9.02 of the Base Indenture. 

(b) 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Make-Whole Redemption 

(i) Subject to the provisions of Article Eleven of the Base Indenture (as amended by Sections 4.01 and 4.02), the Company may,
in its sole discretion, redeem the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes during the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Make-Whole Redemption Period, in whole at any time during such period or in part from time to time during such period, at a Redemption Price
equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the principal amount of the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes to be redeemed; and (ii) as determined by the Determination Agent, the sum of the present values of (A) the principal amount of the 2028
Fixed/Floating Rate Notes to be redeemed (discounted from the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Par Redemption Date) and (B) the remaining payments of interest to be made on any scheduled Interest Payment Date to (and including) the 2028
Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Par Redemption Date for the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes to be redeemed (not including accrued and unpaid interest to (but excluding) the applicable Redemption Date, if any, on the principal amount of the 2028
Fixed/Floating Rate Notes), discounted to the applicable Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30 day months) at the Reference Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points,
in each case, plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes to be redeemed to (but excluding) the applicable Redemption Date (each, a “2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Make-Whole Redemption”). 

(ii) The Reference Treasury Rate shall be calculated by the Determination Agent on the Price Determination Date. 

(iii) If the Company determines, in its sole discretion, that the inclusion of the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Make-Whole
Redemption provisions in the terms of the Indenture and the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes could reasonably be expected to prejudice the qualification of the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes as eligible liabilities or loss absorbing capacity
instruments for the purposes of the Loss Absorption Regulations, then the provisions relating to the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Make-Whole Redemption shall be deemed not to apply for all purposes relating to the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes
and the Company shall not have any right to redeem the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes pursuant to a 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Make-Whole 

  
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Redemption. In such circumstances, the Company shall promptly provide notice to the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Calculation Agent and the Holders that the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes
Make-Whole Redemption does not apply; provided that failure to provide such notice will have no impact on the effectiveness of, or otherwise invalidate, any such determination. No action taken in accordance with this paragraph shall be deemed to be
an amendment requiring the consent of Holders under Section 9.02 of the Base Indenture. 
 SECTION 2.04. Loss Absorption
Disqualification Event Redemption 
 (a) Following the occurrence of a Loss Absorption Disqualification Event, the
Company may, within 90 days of the occurrence of the relevant Loss Absorption Disqualification Event, in its sole discretion, redeem the Notes in whole, but not in part (such option to redeem being referred to herein as a “Loss Absorption
Disqualification Event Redemption Option”), at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to (but excluding) the applicable Redemption Date. 

(b) A “Loss Absorption Disqualification Event” shall be deemed to have occurred if the Notes become fully or
partially ineligible to meet the Company’s minimum requirements for (A) eligible liabilities and/ or (B) loss absorbing capacity instruments, in each case as determined in accordance with and pursuant to the relevant Loss Absorption
Regulations applicable to the Company, as a result of any: (a) Loss Absorption Regulation becoming effective after the Issue Date; or (b) amendment to, or change in, any Loss Absorption Regulation, or any change in the application or
official interpretation of any Loss Absorption Regulation, in any such case becoming effective on or after the Issue Date, provided, however, that a Loss Absorption Disqualification Event shall not occur where the exclusion of the Notes from the
relevant minimum requirement(s) is due to the remaining maturity of the Notes being less than any period prescribed by any applicable eligibility criteria for such minimum requirement(s) under the relevant Loss Absorption Regulations effective with
respect to the Company on the Issue Date. 
 (c) If the Company determines, in its sole discretion, that the inclusion of the
Loss Absorption Disqualification Event Redemption Option provisions in the terms of the Indenture and either series of Notes could reasonably be expected to cause a Loss Absorption Disqualification Event to occur, then the provisions relating to the
Loss Absorption Disqualification Event Redemption Option shall be deemed not to apply for all purposes relating to such Notes and the Company shall not have any right to redeem such Notes pursuant to a Loss Absorption Disqualification Event
Redemption Option. In such circumstances, the Company shall promptly provide notice to the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Calculation Agent and the Holders of such Notes that the Loss Absorption Disqualification Event Redemption Option does not
apply; provided that failure to provide such notice will have no impact on the effectiveness of, or otherwise invalidate, any such determination. No action taken in accordance with this paragraph shall be deemed to be an amendment requiring the
consent of Holders under Section 9.02 of the Base Indenture. 

  
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 ARTICLE 3 

INTEREST CALCULATION IN RESPECT OF THE NOTES 

SECTION 3.01. Interest Rate Terms Specific to Each Series of Notes. 

(a) The following terms relating to the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes are hereby established: 

(i) From (and including) the Issue Date to (but excluding) December 9, 2024 (the “2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes
Fixed Rate Period”), interest on the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes will be payable at a rate of 4.180% per annum (the “2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Initial Interest Rate”). During the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Fixed
Rate Period, interest on the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes will be payable semi-annually in arrear on each 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Fixed Rate Period Interest Payment Date. 

(ii) From (and including) December 9, 2024 to (but excluding) the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Maturity Date (the
“2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Floating Rate Period”), the interest rate on the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes will be equal to the Benchmark plus 1.510% per annum (the “2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Margin”).
During the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Floating Rate Period, interest on the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes will be payable quarterly in arrear on each 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date. The interest rate
on the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes will be calculated quarterly on each applicable Interest Determination Date. 
 (b) The
following terms relating to the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes are hereby established: 
 (i) From (and including) the Issue
Date to (but excluding) June 9, 2027 (the “2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Fixed Rate Period”), interest on the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes will be payable at a rate of 4.755% per annum (the “2028 Fixed/Floating Rate
Notes Initial Interest Rate”). During the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Fixed Rate Period, interest on the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes will be payable semi-annually in arrear on each 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Fixed Rate Period
Interest Payment Date. 
 (ii) From (and including) June 9, 2027 to (but excluding) the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes
Maturity Date (the “2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Floating Rate Period”), the interest rate on the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes will be equal to the Benchmark plus 2.110% per annum (the “2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes
Margin”). During the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Floating Rate Period, interest on the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes will be payable quarterly in arrear on each 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date.
The interest rate on the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes will be calculated quarterly on each applicable Interest Determination Date. 

SECTION 3.02. Interest Rate Terms Applicable to All Notes  

(a) During the applicable Fixed Rate Period: 

(i) Interest on the Notes will be calculated on the basis of twelve 30-day months or,
in the case of an incomplete month, the actual number of days elapsed, in each case assuming a 360-day year. 

(ii) If any scheduled Fixed Rate Period Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, such Fixed Rate Period Interest Payment
Date will be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day, but interest on that payment will not accrue during the period from and after the scheduled Fixed Rate Period Interest Payment Date. 

  
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 (b) During the applicable Floating Rate Period: 

(i) Notwithstanding Section 3.10 of the Base Indenture, interest on the Notes will be calculated on the basis of the
actual number of days in each Floating Rate Interest Period, assuming a 360-day year. 

(ii) Notwithstanding Section 1.13 of the Base Indenture, if any scheduled Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date
(other than the Maturity Date), is not a Business Day, such Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date will be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day; provided that if that Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar
month, such Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date will be the immediately preceding Business Day. If any such Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date (other than the Maturity Date), is postponed or brought forward as described above, the
payment of interest due on such postponed or brought forward Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date will include interest accrued to but excluding such postponed or brought forward Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date. 

(iii) If the Maturity Date or date of redemption or repayment of the Notes is not a Business Day, the Company may pay interest
and principal on the next succeeding Business Day, but interest on that payment will not accrue during the period from and after the Maturity Date or date of redemption or repayment of the Notes. 

(iv) If a date of redemption or repayment of the Notes falls within the applicable Floating Rate Period but does not occur on a
Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date, (A) the related Interest Determination Date shall be deemed to be the date that is three Business Days prior to such date of redemption or repayment, (B) the related Observation Period shall be
deemed to end on (but exclude) the date which is five USGS Business Days prior to such date of redemption or repayment, (C) the Floating Rate Interest Period will be deemed to be shortened accordingly and (D) corresponding adjustments will
be deemed to be made to the Compounded Daily SOFR formula. 
 (v) The interest rate on the Notes during the applicable
Floating Rate Interest Period will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by law or lower than 0% per annum. 

SECTION 3.03. Calculation of the Benchmark. 

(a) The “Benchmark” means, initially, Compounded Daily SOFR; provided that if a Benchmark Transition
Event and related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to SOFR or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement. 

(b) “Compounded Daily SOFR” means, in relation to a Floating Rate Interest Period, the rate of return of a
daily compound interest investment (with SOFR as reference rate for the calculation of interest) during the related Observation Period and will be calculated by the Calculation Agent on the related Interest Determination Date as follows: 

 
 

 

  
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 Where: 

“d” means, in relation to any Observation Period, the number of calendar days in such Observation Period; 

“d0” means, in relation to any Observation Period, the number
of USGS Business Days in such Observation Period; 
 “i” means, in relation to any Observation Period, a series of whole
numbers from one to d0, each representing the relevant USGS Business Day in chronological order from (and including) the first USGS Business Day in such Observation Period; 

“ni” means, in relation to any USGS Business Day “i”
in the relevant Observation Period, the number of calendar days from (and including) such USGS Business Day “i” up to (but excluding) the following USGS Business Day; 

“Observation Period” means, in respect of each Floating Rate Interest Period, the period from (and including) the date which
is five USGS Business Days prior to the first day of such Floating Rate Interest Period to (but excluding) the date which is five USGS Business Days prior to the Interest Payment Date for such Floating Rate Interest Period; provided that the first
Observation Period shall commence on (and include) the date which is five USGS Business Days prior to (i) with respect to the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes, the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Par Redemption Date, and (ii) with respect to
the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes, the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Par Redemption Date; 
 “SOFR” means, in relation to
any day, the rate determined by the Calculation Agent in accordance with the following provisions: 
 (i) the daily Secured Overnight
Financing Rate for trades made on such day, available at or around the Reference Time on the NY Federal Reserve’s Website; 
 (ii) if
the rate specified in (i) above is not available at or around the Reference Time for such day (and a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have not occurred), the daily Secured Overnight Financing Rate in respect
of the last USGS Business Day for which such rate was published on the NY Federal Reserve’s Website; 
 “SOFRi” means, in relation to any USGS Business Day “i” in the relevant Observation Period, SOFR in respect of such USGS Business Day; and 

“USGS Business Day” means any day except for a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial
Markets Association or any successor thereto (“SIFMA”) recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in U.S. government securities. 

Notwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii) of the definition of “SOFR” above, if the Company (in consultation, to the extent
practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Company’s designee (in consultation with the Company) determines on or prior to the relevant Interest Determination Date that a Benchmark Transition Event and related Benchmark Replacement Date
have occurred with respect to SOFR, then the “Benchmark Transition Provisions” set forth below will thereafter apply to all determinations of the rate of interest payable on the Notes during the applicable Floating Rate Period. 

  
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 In accordance with and subject to the Benchmark Transition Provisions, after a Benchmark
Transition Event and related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred, the amount of interest that will be payable for each interest period on the Notes during the applicable Floating Rate Period will be determined by reference to a rate per annum
equal to the Benchmark Replacement plus the applicable Margin. 
 SECTION 3.04. Benchmark Transition Provisions  

(a) If the Company (in consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Company’s designee (in
consultation with the Company) determines that a Benchmark Transition Event and related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to the applicable Reference Time in respect of any determination of the Benchmark on any date, the applicable
Benchmark Replacement will replace the then-current Benchmark for all purposes relating to the Notes during the applicable Floating Rate Period in respect of such determination on such date and all determinations on all subsequent dates;
provided that, if the Company (in consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Company’s designee (in consultation with the Company) is unable to or does not determine a Benchmark Replacement in
accordance with the provisions below prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on the relevant Interest Determination Date, the interest rate for the related Floating Rate Interest Period will be equal to the interest rate in effect for the immediately
preceding Floating Rate Interest Period or, in the case of the Interest Determination Date prior to the first Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date, the applicable Initial Interest Rate. 

(b) In connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Company (in consultation, to the extent practicable,
with the Calculation Agent) or the Company’s designee (in consultation with the Company) will have the right to make changes to (i) any Interest Determination Date, Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date, Reference Time, business day
convention or Floating Rate Interest Period, (ii) the manner, timing and frequency of determining the rate and amounts of interest that are payable on the Notes during the applicable Floating Rate Period and the conventions relating to such
determination and calculations with respect to interest, (iii) rounding conventions, (iv) tenors and (v) any other terms or provisions of the Notes during the applicable Floating Rate Period, in each case that the Company (in
consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Company’s designee (in consultation with the Company) determines, from time to time, to be appropriate to reflect the determination and implementation of such Benchmark
Replacement in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Company (in consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Company’s designee (in consultation with the Company) decides that
implementation of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or determine that no market practice for use of the Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner as the Company (in consultation, to the extent practicable,
with the Calculation Agent) or the Company’s designee (in consultation with the Company) determines is appropriate (acting in good faith)) (the “Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes”). Any Benchmark Replacement Conforming
Changes will apply to the Notes for all future Floating Rate Interest Periods. 
 (c) The Company will promptly give notice
of the determination of the Benchmark Replacement, the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment and any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes to the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Calculation Agent and the Holders, provided that failure to
provide such notice will have no impact on the effectiveness of, or otherwise invalidate, any such determination. 

  
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 (d) All percentages resulting from any calculation in connection with any
interest rate on the Notes shall be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upward (for example, 9.876545% (or
0.09876545) would be rounded to 9.87655% (or 0.0987655)), and all Applicable Currency amounts would be rounded to the nearest cent, with one-half cent being rounded upward. 

(e) All determinations, decisions, elections and any calculations made by the Company, the Calculation Agent or the
Company’s designee for the purposes of calculating the applicable interest on the Notes will be conclusive and binding on the Holders, the Company, the Trustee and the Paying Agent, absent manifest error. If made by the Company, such
determinations, decisions, elections and calculations will be made in consultation with the Calculation Agent, to the extent practicable. If made by the Company’s designee, such determinations, decisions, elections and calculations will be made
after consulting with the Company, and the Company’s designee will not make any such determination, decision, election or calculation to which the Company objects. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture or the Notes, any
determinations, decisions, calculations or elections made in accordance with this provision will become effective without consent from the Holders or any other party. 

(f) Any determination, decision or election relating to the Benchmark not made by the Calculation Agent will be made on the
basis described above. The Calculation Agent shall have no liability for not making any such determination, decision or election. In addition, the Company may designate an entity (which may be the Company’s Affiliate) to make any determination,
decision or election that the Company has the right to make in connection with the determination of the Benchmark. 
 (g)
Notwithstanding any other provision of “Benchmark Transition Provisions” set forth above, no Benchmark Replacement will be adopted, nor will the applicable Benchmark Replacement Adjustment be applied, nor will any Benchmark Replacement
Conforming Changes be made, if in the Company’s determination, the same could reasonably be expected to prejudice the qualification of the Notes as eligible liabilities or loss absorbing capacity instruments for the purposes of the Loss
Absorption Regulations. 
 (h) By its acquisition of the Notes, each Holder (which, for these purposes, includes each
beneficial owner) (i) acknowledges, accepts, consents and agrees to be bound by the Company’s or its designee’s determination of a Benchmark Transition Event, a Benchmark Replacement Date, the Benchmark Replacement, the Benchmark
Replacement Adjustment and any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes, including as may occur without any prior notice from the Company and without the need for the Company to obtain any further consent from such Holder, (ii) waives any and
all claims, in law and/or in equity, against the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Calculation Agent or the Company’s designee for, agrees not to initiate a suit against the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Calculation Agent or the
Company’s designee in respect of, and agrees that none of the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Calculation Agent or the Company’s designee will be liable for, the determination of or the failure to determine any Benchmark Transition Event,
any Benchmark Replacement Date, any Benchmark Replacement, any Benchmark Replacement Adjustment and any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes, and any losses suffered in connection therewith and (iii) agrees that none of the Trustee, the
Paying Agent or the Calculation Agent or the Company’s designee will have any obligation to determine any Benchmark Transition Event, any Benchmark Replacement Date, any Benchmark Replacement, any Benchmark Replacement Adjustment and any
Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes (including any adjustments thereto), including in the event of any failure by the Company to determine any Benchmark Transition Event, any Benchmark Replacement Date, any Benchmark Replacement, any Benchmark
Replacement Adjustment and any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. 

  
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 ARTICLE 4 

AMENDMENTS TO THE BASE INDENTURE 

APPLICABLE TO THE NOTES ONLY 

SECTION 4.01. Notice of Redemption 

(a) With respect to the Notes only, Article Eleven of the Base Indenture is amended by amending and restating
Section 11.04 in its entirety, which shall read as follows: 
 Section 11.04. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section 1.06 not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Debt Securities to be redeemed. 

All notices of redemption shall state: 

(a) the Redemption Date; 

(b) the Redemption Price, or the manner in which the Redemption Price is to be determined; 

(c) if less than all Outstanding Debt Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification and the principal amount
(or, in the case of Principal Indexed Securities, face amount)) of the particular Debt Securities to be redeemed; 
 (d)
that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable in respect of each such Debt Security to be redeemed, and that any interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said date; 

(e) the Place or Places of Payment where such Debt Securities, together in the case of Bearer Securities with all Coupons, if
any, appertaining thereto maturing after the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price; and 

(f) the CUSIP number or numbers, the Common Code, or the ISIN, if any, with respect to such Debt Securities. 

A notice of redemption published as contemplated by Section 11.04 need not identify particular Registered Securities to be
redeemed. 
 Notice of redemption of Debt Securities to be redeemed shall be prepared by the Company and at the election of
the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company. 

(b) With respect to the Notes only, Article Eleven of the Base Indenture is amended by amending and restating
Section 11.08 in its entirety, which shall read as follows: 

  
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 Section 11.08. Optional Redemption in the Event of Change in Tax
Treatment. In addition to any redemption provisions that may be specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for the Debt Securities of any series, the Debt Securities are redeemable, as a whole but not in part, at the option of the Company, on not
less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at any time at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, together with accrued but unpaid interest, if any, in respect of such Debt Securities to the date fixed for redemption (or, in
the case of Discount Debt Securities, the accreted face amount thereof, together with accrued interest, if any, or, in the case of Principal Indexed Securities, the amount specified pursuant to Section 3.01), and any Debt Securities convertible
into Dollar Preference Shares or Conversion Securities of the Company may, at the option of the Company, be converted as a whole, if, at any time, the Company shall determine that (a) in making payment under such Debt Securities in respect of
principal (or premium, if any), interest or missed payment it has or will or would become obligated to pay Additional Amounts, provided such obligation to pay Additional Amounts results from a change in or amendment to the laws of the Taxing
Jurisdiction, or any change in the official application or interpretation of such laws (including a decision of any court or tribunal), or any change in, or in the official application or interpretation of, or execution of, or amendment to, any
treaty or treaties affecting taxation to which the United Kingdom is a party, which change, amendment or execution becomes effective on or after the date of original issuance of the Debt Securities of such series or (b) the payment of interest
in respect of such Debt Securities has become or will or would be treated as a “distribution” within the meaning of Section 1000 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 of the United Kingdom (or any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof for the time being), as a result of any change in or amendment to the laws of the Taxing Jurisdiction, or any change in the official application or interpretation of such laws including a
decision of any court, which change or amendment becomes effective on or after the date of original issuance of the Debt Securities of such series; provided, however, that in the case of (a) above, no notice of redemption shall be given
earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Company would be obliged to pay Additional Amounts were a payment in respect of such Debt Securities then due. 

SECTION 4.02. Par Redemption of Debt Securities.  

(a) With respect to the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes only, Article Eleven of the Base Indenture is amended by adding
Section 11.09, which shall read as follows: 
 SECTION 11.09. Par Redemption of the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes.
The Company may redeem the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes in whole (but not in part) in its sole discretion on the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Par Redemption Date (a “2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Par Redemption”). The
Redemption Price will be equal to 100% of their principal amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest to (but excluding) the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Par Redemption Date. 

(b) With respect to the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes only, Article Eleven of the Base Indenture is amended by adding
Section 11.09, which shall read as follows: 
 SECTION 11.09. Par Redemption of the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes. The
Company may redeem the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes in whole (but not in part) in its sole discretion on the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Par Redemption Date (a “2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Par Redemption”). The Redemption
Price will be equal to 100% of their principal amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest to (but excluding) the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Par Redemption Date. 

  
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 SECTION 4.03. Events of Default and Defaults. With respect to the Notes only,
Article Five of the Base Indenture is amended by amending and restating Section 5.01 in its entirety, which shall read as follows: 

Section 5.01. Events of Default and Defaults. 

(a) An “Event of Default” with respect to the Notes means any one of the following events: 

(i) an order is made by an English court which is not successfully appealed within 30 days after the date such order was made
for winding up of the Company other than in connection with a scheme of amalgamation or reconstruction not involving bankruptcy or insolvency; or 

(ii) an effective resolution is validly adopted by the Company’s shareholders for winding up of the Company other than in
connection with a scheme of amalgamation or reconstruction not involving bankruptcy or insolvency. 
 (b) A
“Default” with respect to the Notes means any one of the following events: 
 (i) failure to pay principal or
premium, if any, on the Notes at maturity, and such default continues for a period of 30 days; or 
 (ii) failure to pay any
interest on the Notes when due and payable, which failure continues for 30 days. 
 (c) If a Default occurs, the Trustee may
institute proceedings in England (but not elsewhere) for the Company’s winding-up; provided that the Trustee may not, upon the occurrence of a Default, accelerate the maturity of any Notes then
Outstanding, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. 
 (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, failure to make
any payment in respect of the Notes shall not be a Default in respect of the Notes if such payment is withheld or refused: 

(i) in order to comply with any fiscal or other law or regulation or with the order of any court of competent jurisdiction, in
each case applicable to such payment; or 
 (ii) in case of doubt as to the validity or applicability of any such law,
regulation or order, in accordance with advice given as to such validity or applicability at any time during the said grace period of 30 days by independent legal advisers acceptable to the Trustee; provided, however, that the Trustee
may, by notice to the Company, require the Company to take such action (including but not limited to proceedings for a declaration by a court of competent jurisdiction) as the Trustee may be advised in an opinion of counsel, upon which opinion the
Trustee may conclusively rely, is appropriate and reasonable in the circumstances to resolve such doubt, in which case the Company shall forthwith take and expeditiously proceed with such action and shall be bound by any final resolution of the
doubt resulting therefrom. If any such resolution determines that the relevant payment can be made without violating any applicable law, regulation or order then the preceding sentence shall cease to have effect and the payment shall become due and
payable on the expiration of the relevant grace period of 30 days after the Trustee gives written notice to the Company informing the Company of such resolution. 

  
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 (e) Agreements with Respect to the Events of Default and Defaults.

 By its acquisition of the Notes, each Holder (which, for these purposes, includes each beneficial owner), to the extent
permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, waives any and all claims, in law and/or in equity, against the Trustee for, agrees not to initiate a suit against the Trustee in respect of, and agrees that the Trustee will not be liable for, any action that
the Trustee takes, or abstains from taking, in either case in accordance with the exercise of the limited remedies available under the Indenture and the Notes for a non-payment of principal and/or interest on
the Notes. 
 SECTION 4.04. Additional Amounts. With respect to the Notes only, Article Ten of the Base Indenture is amended by
amending and restating Section 10.04(a) in its entirety, which shall read as follows: 
 Section 10.04. Payment
of Additional Amounts. 
 (a) Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, all payments made under or
with respect to Debt Securities shall be paid by the Company, without deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any and all present and future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings whatsoever imposed,
levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or on behalf of the United Kingdom or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein having the power to tax (each, a “Taxing Jurisdiction”), unless required by law. If such
deduction or withholding shall at any time be required by the law of the Taxing Jurisdiction, the Company shall pay such additional amounts in respect of payments of interest only (and not principal) on such Debt Securities (“Additional
Amounts”) as may be necessary so that the net amounts (including Additional Amounts) paid to the Holders, after such deduction or withholding, will be equal to the respective amounts of interest which the Holders would have been entitled to
receive in respect of such Debt Securities in the absence of such deduction or withholding, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to any such tax, levy, impost, duty, charge, fee, deduction or withholding which: 

(i) would not be payable or due but for the fact that the Holder or the beneficial owner of the Debt Security is domiciled in,
or is a national or resident of, or engaging in business or maintaining a permanent establishment or being physically present in, the Taxing Jurisdiction or otherwise has some connection or former connection with the Taxing Jurisdiction other than
the holding or ownership of a Debt Security, or the collection of interest payments on, or the enforcement of, any Debt Security; 

  
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 (ii) would not be payable or due but for the fact that the certificate
representing the relevant Debt Securities (x) is presented for payment in the Taxing Jurisdiction or (y) is presented for payment more than 30 days after the date payment became due or was provided for, whichever is later, except to the
extent that the Holder would have been entitled to such Additional Amount on presenting the same for payment at the close of such 30 day period; 

(iii) would not have been imposed if presentation for payment of the certificate representing the relevant Debt Securities had
been made to a paying agent other than the paying agent to which the presentation was made; 
 (iv) is imposed in respect of
a Holder that is not the sole beneficial owner of the interest, or a portion thereof, or that is a fiduciary or partnership, but only to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to the fiduciary, a beneficial owner or member of the
partnership would not have been entitled to the payment of an Additional Amount had the beneficiary, settlor, beneficial owner or member received directly its beneficial or distributive share of the payment; 

(v) is imposed because of the failure to comply by the Holder or the beneficial owner of the Debt Securities or the beneficial
owner of any payment on such Debt Securities with a request from the Company addressed to the Holder or the beneficial owner, including a written request from the Company related to a claim for relief under any applicable double tax treaty
(x) to provide information concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with a taxing jurisdiction of the Holder or the beneficial owner or (y) to make any declaration or other similar claim to satisfy any information or
reporting requirement, if the information or declaration is required or imposed by a statute, treaty, regulation, ruling or administrative practice of the Taxing Jurisdiction as a precondition to exemption from withholding or deduction of all or
part of the tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge; 
 (vi) is imposed in respect of any estate, inheritance,
gift, sale, transfer, personal property, wealth or similar tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge; or 
 (vii)
is imposed in respect of any combination of the above items. 
 Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any
context, the payment of any interest on, or in respect of, any Debt Security of any series or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Debt Security of any series, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of
Additional Amounts provided for in this Section to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this Section and express mention of the payment of Additional
Amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made. 

  
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 SECTION 4.05. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. 

(a) With respect to the Notes only, Article Three of the Base Indenture is amended by amending and restating
Section 3.03(f) in its entirety, which shall read as follows: 
 (f) No Debt Security or Coupon attached thereto shall
be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Debt Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein duly executed by the Trustee by
signature of one of its authorized signatories, and such certificate of authentication upon any Debt Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Debt Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Except as permitted by Section 3.05 or Section 3.06, neither the Trustee nor the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all appurtenant Coupons for
interest then matured have been detached and cancelled. 
 (b) With respect to the Notes only, Article Three of the Base
Indenture is amended by adding Section 3.03(g), which shall read as follows: 
 (g) The words “execution,”
“executed,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in this Indenture, the Debt Securities or in any other certificate, agreement or document related to this Indenture or the offering and sale of the Debt
Securities shall include images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf”, “tif” or “jpg”) and other electronic signatures (including,
without limitation, DocuSign and AdobeSign or any other electronic process or digital signature provider as specified in writing to the Trustee and agreed to by the Trustee in its sole discretion ). The use of electronic signatures and electronic
records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or
use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other
applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. Each party agrees that this Indenture, the Debt Securities and any other documents to be delivered in connection herewith may be
electronically or digitally signed using DocuSign (or any other electronic process or digital signature provider as specified in writing to the Trustee and agreed to by the Trustee in its sole discretion), and that any such electronic or digital
signatures appearing on this Indenture, the Debt Securities or such other documents are the same as manual signatures for the purposes of validity, enforceability and admissibility. The Company agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of
electronic or digital signatures and electronic methods to submit any communications to Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties. 

  
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 ARTICLE 5 

MISCELLANEOUS 
 SECTION 5.01.
Effect of this Supplemental Indenture; Ratification and Integral Part. This Supplemental Indenture shall become effective upon its execution and delivery. 

Except as hereby amended, the Base Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, provisions and conditions thereof
(including any prior amendments thereto) shall be, and remain in, full force and effect, including, without limitation, Section 4.06 of the first supplemental indenture dated March 8, 2016 (amending the Base Indenture to add
Section 15) and Section 4.01 of the second supplemental indenture dated May 25, 2016 (amending Section 6.07 of the Base Indenture). This Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed an integral part of the Base Indenture in the manner
and to the extent herein and therein provided. 
 SECTION 5.02. Priority. This Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of
the Base Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided. The provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall, with respect to the Notes and as otherwise provided herein and subject to the terms hereof, supersede the provisions
of the Base Indenture to the extent the Base Indenture is inconsistent herewith. 
 SECTION 5.03. Successors and Assigns. All
covenants and agreements in the Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture, by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. 

SECTION 5.04. Subsequent Holders’ Agreement. Any Holder (which, for these purposes, includes each beneficial
owner of the Notes) that acquires the Notes in the secondary market and any successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators, trustees in bankruptcy and legal representatives of any Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes shall be deemed to
acknowledge, accept, agree to be bound by and consent to the same provisions specified herein to the same extent as the Holders or beneficial owners of the Notes that acquire the Notes upon their initial issuance, including, without limitation, with
respect to the acknowledgement and agreement to be bound by and consent to the terms of the Notes related to the UK Bail-in Power, the Benchmark and the limited remedies available under the Indenture and the
Notes for a non-payment of principal and/or interest on the Notes. 
 SECTION 5.05.
Compliance. The Agent shall be entitled to take any action or to refuse to take any action which the Agent regards as necessary for the Agent to comply with any applicable law, regulation or fiscal requirement, court order, or the rules,
operating procedures or market practice of any relevant stock exchange or other market or clearing system. 
 SECTION 5.06. Relation
to Calculation Agent Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the Indenture and the Calculation Agent Agreement relating to the rights or obligations of the Calculation Agent in the Indenture in connection with the calculation of the
interest rate on the Notes, the relevant terms of the Calculation Agent Agreement shall govern such rights and obligations. 

SECTION 5.07. Governing Law. This Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the
laws of the State of New York. 
 SECTION 5.08. Counterparts. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed manually, by
facsimile or by electronic signature in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 

SECTION 5.09. Entire Agreement. This Supplemental Indenture constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to
the Notes and the amendments to the Base Indenture set forth herein. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be
duly executed as of the date first stated above. 
  

			
	 HSBC HOLDINGS PLC,
 as
Issuer

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Carlo Pellerani

	Name:	 	Carlo Pellerani
	Title:	 	Group Treasurer
	
	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
	 LONDON BRANCH,
 as
Trustee

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Thomas Bolton

	Name:	 	Thomas Bolton
	Title:	 	
	
	 HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Paying Agent, Registrar and Calculation Agent

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Deirdra N. Ross

	Name:	 	Deirdra N. Ross
	Title:	 	Associate Director

 [Signature Page to the Supplemental Indenture] 

 EXHIBIT A 

FORM OF 4.180% FIXED RATE/FLOATING RATE GLOBAL SECURITY 

 

	
	
                   
                             CUSIP No.: 404280DE6

	
                   
                             ISIN: US404280DE63

	
                   
                             No.: [•]

 THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE
NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH
DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. 
 BY ITS ACQUISITION OF THE DEBT SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY
THIS GLOBAL SECURITY, EACH HOLDER (WHICH, FOR THESE PURPOSES, INCLUDES EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER OF THE DEBT SECURITIES) ACKNOWLEDGES, ACCEPTS, CONSENTS AND AGREES, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER TERM OF THE DEBT SECURITIES, THE INDENTURE OR ANY OTHER
AGREEMENTS, ARRANGEMENTS OR UNDERSTANDINGS BETWEEN THE ISSUER AND ANY HOLDER, TO BE BOUND BY (I) THE EFFECT OF THE EXERCISE OF ANY UK BAIL-IN POWER BY THE RELEVANT UK RESOLUTION AUTHORITY IN RELATION TO
ANY DEBT SECURITIES THAT (WITHOUT LIMITATION) MAY INCLUDE AND RESULT IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING, OR SOME COMBINATION THEREOF: (A) THE REDUCTION OF ALL, OR A PORTION, OF THE AMOUNTS DUE (AS DEFINED ON THE REVERSE OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY); (B) THE
CONVERSION OF ALL, OR A PORTION, OF THE AMOUNTS DUE INTO THE ISSUER’S OR ANOTHER PERSON’S ORDINARY SHARES, OTHER SECURITIES OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS (AND THE ISSUE TO, OR CONFERRAL ON, THE HOLDER OF SUCH ORDINARY SHARES, OTHER SECURITIES OR
OTHER OBLIGATIONS), INCLUDING BY MEANS OF AN AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION OR VARIATION OF THE TERMS OF THE DEBT SECURITIES OR THE INDENTURE; (C) THE CANCELLATION OF THE DEBT SECURITIES; AND/OR (D) THE AMENDMENT OR ALTERATION OF THE MATURITY OF
THE DEBT SECURITIES OR AMENDMENT OF THE AMOUNT OF INTEREST PAYABLE ON THE DEBT SECURITIES, OR THE INTEREST PAYMENT DATES, INCLUDING BY SUSPENDING PAYMENT FOR A TEMPORARY PERIOD; AND (II) THE VARIATION OF THE TERMS OF THE DEBT SECURITIES OR THE
INDENTURE, IF NECESSARY, TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE EXERCISE OF ANY UK BAIL-IN POWER BY THE RELEVANT UK RESOLUTION AUTHORITY. 

THERE IS NO RIGHT OF ACCELERATION IN THE CASE OF NON-PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND/OR INTEREST ON THE DEBT SECURITIES OR OF
THE ISSUER’S FAILURE TO PERFORM ANY OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER OR IN RESPECT OF THE DEBT SECURITIES. PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE DEBT SECURITIES MAY BE ACCELERATED ONLY UPON CERTAIN EVENTS OF A WINDING UP AS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE.

  
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 GLOBAL SECURITY 

HSBC Holdings plc 
 $[•] 

4.180% FIXED RATE/FLOATING RATE SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES DUE 2025 

This is a Global Security in respect of a duly authorized issue by HSBC Holdings plc (the “Issuer,” which term includes any
successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to) of debt securities, designated as specified in the title hereof, in the aggregate face amount of $[•] (the “Debt Securities”). 

The Issuer, for value received, hereby promises to pay CEDE & CO., or registered assigns on December 9, 2025 (the
“Maturity Date”) or on such earlier date as this Global Security may be redeemed, the principal amount hereof and to pay interest on the said principal amount from June 9, 2022 (the “Issue Date”) or the most
recent Interest Payment Date on which interest has been paid or duly provided for until maturity: 
 (i) from (and including) the Issue Date
or the most recent Interest Payment Date during the Fixed Rate Period on which interest has been paid or duly provided for to (but excluding) December 9, 2024, semi-annually in arrear on June 9 and December 9 of each year, beginning
on December 9, 2022 (each, a “Fixed Rate Period Interest Payment Date”), at a rate of 4.180% per annum (the “Initial Interest Rate”); and 

(ii) from (and including) December 9, 2024 or the most recent Interest Payment Date during the Floating Rate Period on which interest has
been paid or duly provided for to (but excluding) the Maturity Date, quarterly in arrear on March 9, 2025, June 9, 2025, September 9, 2025 and December 9, 2025 (each, a “Floating Rate Period Interest Payment
Date”), at a floating rate equal to the Benchmark plus 1.510% per annum (the “Margin”). The interest rate during the Floating Rate Period on this Global Security shall be calculated quarterly on each applicable Interest
Determination Date. 
 “Fixed Rate Period” means the period from (and including) the Issue Date, to (but excluding)
December 9, 2024. 
 “Floating Rate Period” means the period from (and including) December 9, 2024 to (but
excluding) the Maturity Date. 
 “Interest Payment Date” means any Fixed Rate Period Interest Payment Date or Floating Rate
Period Interest Payment Date. 
 The “Benchmark” means, initially, Compounded Daily SOFR; provided that if a Benchmark
Transition Event and related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to SOFR or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement. 

 

  
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 “Compounded Daily SOFR” means, in relation to a Floating Rate Interest
Period, the rate of return of a daily compound interest investment (with SOFR as reference rate for the calculation of interest) during the related Observation Period and will be calculated by the Calculation Agent on the related Interest
Determination Date as follows: 
  
 

 
 Where: 

“Calculation Agent” means HSBC Bank USA, National Association, or its successor appointed by the Issuer pursuant to the
Calculation Agent Agreement; 
 “Calculation Agent Agreement” means the calculation agent agreement dated as of the Issue
Date between the Issuer and the Calculation Agent; 
 “d” means, in relation to any Observation Period, the number of
calendar days in such Observation Period; 
 “d0” means, in
relation to any Observation Period, the number of USGS Business Days in such Observation Period; 
 “i” means, in relation
to any Observation Period, a series of whole numbers from one to d0, each representing the relevant USGS Business Day in chronological order from (and including) the first USGS Business Day in
such Observation Period; 
 “ni” means, in relation to any
USGS Business Day “i” in the relevant Observation Period, the number of calendar days from (and including) such USGS Business Day “i” up to (but excluding) the following USGS Business Day; 

“Observation Period” means, in respect of each Floating Rate Interest Period, the period from (and including) the date which
is five USGS Business Days prior to the first day of such Floating Rate Interest Period to (but excluding) the date which is five USGS Business Days prior to the Interest Payment Date for such Floating Rate Interest Period; provided that the first
Observation Period shall commence on (and include) the date which is five USGS Business Days prior to December 9, 2024 (the “Par Redemption Date”); 

“SOFR” means, in relation to any day, the rate determined by the Calculation Agent in accordance with the Indenture and the
following provisions: 
 (i) the daily Secured Overnight Financing Rate for trades made on such day, available at or around the Reference
Time on the NY Federal Reserve’s Website; 
 (ii) if the rate specified in (i) above is not available at or around the Reference
Time for such day (and a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have not occurred), the daily Secured Overnight Financing Rate in respect of the last USGS Business Day for which such rate was published on the NY
Federal Reserve’s Website; 
 “SOFRi” means, in
relation to any USGS Business Day “i” in the relevant Observation Period, SOFR in respect of such USGS Business Day; and 

“USGS Business Day” means any day except for a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial
Markets Association or any successor thereto (“SIFMA”) recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in U.S. government securities. 

  
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 Notwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii) of the definition of “SOFR” above, if
the Issuer (in consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Issuer’s designee (in consultation with the Issuer) determine on or prior to the relevant Interest Determination Date that a Benchmark Transition Event
and related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to SOFR, then the “Benchmark Transition Provisions” set forth below will thereafter apply to all determinations of the rate of interest payable on the Debt Securities during
the Floating Rate Period. 
 In accordance with and subject to the Benchmark Transition Provisions, after a Benchmark Transition Event and
related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred, the amount of interest that will be payable for each interest period on the Debt Securities during the Floating Rate Period will be determined by reference to a rate per annum equal to the Benchmark
Replacement plus the Margin. 
 “designee” means an Affiliate or any other agent of the Issuer. 

“Reference Time” means (i) if the Benchmark is Compounded Daily SOFR, for each USGS Business Day, 3:00 p.m. (New York
time) on the next succeeding USGS Business Day, and (ii) if the Benchmark is not Compounded Daily SOFR, the time determined by the Issuer (in consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Issuer’s designee (in
consultation with the Issuer) in accordance with the Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. 
 Benchmark Transition Provisions. If
the Issuer (in consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Issuer’s designee (in consultation with the Issuer) determines that a Benchmark Transition Event and related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred
prior to the applicable Reference Time in respect of any determination of the Benchmark on any date, the applicable Benchmark Replacement will replace the then-current Benchmark for all purposes relating to the Debt Securities during the Floating
Rate Period in respect of such determination on such date and all determinations on all subsequent dates; provided that, if the Issuer (in consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Issuer’s designee (in
consultation with the Issuer) is unable to or does not determine a Benchmark Replacement in accordance with the provisions below prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on the relevant Interest Determination Date, the interest rate for the related
Floating Rate Interest Period will be equal to the interest rate in effect for the immediately preceding Floating Rate Interest Period or, in the case of the Interest Determination Date prior to the first Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date,
the Initial Interest Rate. 
 In connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Issuer (in consultation, to the extent
practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Issuer’s designee (in consultation with the Issuer) will have the right to make changes to (i) any Interest Determination Date, Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date, Reference Time,
business day convention or Floating Rate Interest Period, (ii) the manner, timing and frequency of determining the rate and amounts of interest that are payable on the Debt Securities during the Floating Rate Period and the conventions relating
to such determination and calculations with respect to interest, (iii) rounding conventions, (iv) tenors and (v) any other terms or provisions of the Debt Securities during the Floating Rate Period, in each case that the Issuer (in
consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Issuer’s designee (in consultation with the Issuer) determine, from time to time, to be appropriate to reflect the determination and implementation of such Benchmark
Replacement in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Issuer (in consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Issuer’s designee (in consultation with the Issuer) decide that
implementation of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or determine that no market practice for use of the Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner as the Issuer (in consultation, to the extent practicable,
with the Calculation Agent) or the Issuer’s designee (in consultation with the Issuer) determine is appropriate (acting in good faith)) (the “Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes”). Any Benchmark Replacement Conforming
Changes will apply to the Debt Securities for all future Floating Rate Interest Periods. 

  
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 The Issuer will promptly give notice of the determination of the Benchmark Replacement, the
Benchmark Replacement Adjustment and any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes to the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Calculation Agent and the Holders, provided that failure to provide such notice will have no impact on the
effectiveness of, or otherwise invalidate, any such determination. 
 All percentages resulting from any calculation in connection with any
interest rate in respect of this Global Security shall be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upward (for
example, 9.876545% (or 0.09876545) would be rounded to 9.87655% (or 0.0987655)), and all Applicable Currency amounts would be rounded to the nearest cent, with one-half cent being rounded upward. 

All determinations, decisions, elections and any calculations made by the Issuer, the Calculation Agent or the Issuer’s designee for the
purposes of calculating the applicable interest on the Debt Securities will be conclusive and binding on the Holders, the Issuer, the Trustee and the Paying Agent, absent manifest error. If made by the Issuer, such determinations, decisions,
elections and calculations will be made in consultation with the Calculation Agent, to the extent practicable. If made by the Issuer’s designee, such determinations, decisions, elections and calculations will be made after consulting with the
Issuer, and the Issuer’s designee will not make any such determination, decision, election or calculation to which the Issuer objects. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture or the Debt Securities, any determinations,
decisions, calculations or elections made in accordance with this provision will become effective without consent from the Holders or any other party. 

Any determination, decision or election relating to the Benchmark not made by the Calculation Agent will be made on the basis described above.
The Calculation Agent shall have no liability for not making any such determination, decision or election. In addition, the Issuer may designate an entity (which may be the Issuer’s Affiliate) to make any determination, decision or election
that the Issuer has the right to make in connection with the determination of the Benchmark. 
 Notwithstanding any other provision of
“Benchmark Transition Provisions” set forth above, no Benchmark Replacement will be adopted, nor will the applicable Benchmark Replacement Adjustment be applied, nor will any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes be made, if in the
Issuer’s determination, the same could reasonably be expected to prejudice the qualification of the Debt Securities as eligible liabilities or loss absorbing capacity instruments for the purposes of the Loss Absorption Regulations. 

By its acquisition of the Debt Securities, each Holder (which, for these purposes, includes each beneficial owner) (i) acknowledges,
accepts, consents and agrees to be bound by the Issuer’s or its designee’s determination of a Benchmark Transition Event, a Benchmark Replacement Date, the Benchmark Replacement, the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment and any Benchmark
Replacement Conforming Changes, including as may occur without any prior notice from the Issuer and without the need for the Issuer to obtain any further consent from such Holder, (ii) waives any and all claims, in law and/or in equity, against
the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Calculation Agent or the Issuer’s designee for, agrees not to initiate a suit against the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Calculation Agent or the Issuer’s designee in respect of, and agrees that
none of the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Calculation Agent or the Issuer’s designee will be liable for, the determination of or the failure to determine any Benchmark Transition Event, any Benchmark Replacement Date, any Benchmark
Replacement, any Benchmark Replacement Adjustment and any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes, and any losses suffered in connection therewith and (iii) agrees that none of the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Calculation Agent

  
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or the Issuer’s designee will have any obligation to determine any Benchmark Transition Event, any Benchmark Replacement Date, any Benchmark Replacement, any Benchmark Replacement Adjustment
and any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes (including any adjustments thereto), including in the event of any failure by the Issuer to determine any Benchmark Transition Event, any Benchmark Replacement Date, any Benchmark Replacement, any
Benchmark Replacement Adjustment and any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. 
 “Applicable Currency” means Dollars.

 “Benchmark Replacement” means the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Issuer
(in consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Issuer’s designee (in consultation with the Issuer) as of the Benchmark Replacement Date: 
  

	 	(i)	 the sum of: (a) the alternate rate of interest that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant
Governmental Body as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor (if any) and (b) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; 

 

	 	(ii)	 the sum of: (a) the ISDA Fallback Rate and (b) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; and

  

	 	(iii)	 the sum of: (a) the alternate rate of interest that has been selected by the Issuer (in consultation, to
the extent practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Issuer’s designee (in consultation with the Issuer) as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to any
industry-accepted rate of interest as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for Dollar-denominated floating rate notes at such time and (b) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; 

“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the
Issuer (in consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Issuer’s designee (in consultation with the Issuer) as of the Benchmark Replacement Date: 

 

	 	(i)	 the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been (a) selected or
recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body or (b) determined by the Issuer (in consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Issuer’s designee (in consultation with the Issuer) in accordance with the method
for calculating or determining such spread adjustment that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body, in each case for the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement; 

 

	 	(ii)	 if the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement is equivalent to the ISDA Fallback Rate, then the ISDA
Fallback Adjustment; 

  

	 	(iii)	 the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Issuer
(in consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Issuer’s designee (in consultation with the Issuer) giving due consideration to industry-accepted spread adjustments (if any), or method for calculating or
determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of the then-current Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for Dollar-denominated floating rate notes at such time. 

  
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 “Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earliest to occur of the following
events with respect to the then-current Benchmark: 
  

	 	(i)	 in the case of clause (i) or (ii) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later
of (a) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (b) the date on which the administrator of the Benchmark permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide the Benchmark; or 

 

	 	(ii)	 in the case of clause (iii) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the date of the
public statement or publication of information referenced therein. 

 For the avoidance of doubt, if the event giving rise
to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination.

 “Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the
then-current Benchmark: 
  

	 	(i)	 a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of the Benchmark
announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide the Benchmark, permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the
Benchmark; 

  

	 	(ii)	 a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the
Benchmark, the central bank for the currency of the Benchmark, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for the Benchmark, a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for the Benchmark or a court or an
entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for the Benchmark, which states that the administrator of the Benchmark has ceased or will cease to provide the Benchmark permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at
the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the Benchmark; or 

  

	 	(iii)	 a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the
Benchmark announcing that the Benchmark is no longer representative. 

 “Business Day” means a day on
which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets settle payments and are open for general business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in London, England, and in the City of New York, New York. 

“Corresponding Tenor” with respect to a Benchmark Replacement means a tenor (including overnight) having approximately the
same length (disregarding business day adjustments) as the applicable tenor for the then-current Benchmark. 
 “Floating Rate
Interest Period” means, during the Floating Rate Period, the period beginning on (and including) a Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date and ending on (but excluding) the next succeeding Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date;
provided that the first Floating Rate Interest Period will begin on (and include) December 9, 2024 and will end on (but exclude) the first Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date. 

“HSBC” means the Issuer together with its subsidiary undertakings. 

  
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 “Interest Determination Date” means the third Business Day preceding the
applicable Interest Payment Date. 
 “ISDA Definitions” means the 2006 ISDA Definitions published by the International
Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) or any successor thereto, as amended or supplemented from time to time, or any successor definitional booklet for interest rate derivatives published from time to time. 

“ISDA Fallback Adjustment” means the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that would apply
for derivatives transactions referencing the ISDA Definitions to be determined upon the occurrence of an index cessation event with respect to the Benchmark for the applicable tenor. 

“ISDA Fallback Rate” means the rate that would apply for derivatives transactions referencing the ISDA Definitions to be
effective upon the occurrence of an index cessation date with respect to the Benchmark for the applicable tenor excluding the applicable ISDA Fallback Adjustment. 

“NY Federal Reserve’s Website” means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York at http://www.newyorkfed.org
(or any successor website). 
 “Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York (“NY Federal Reserve”), or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve and/or the NY Federal Reserve or any successor thereto. 

“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the Benchmark Replacement excluding the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment. 

Interest in respect of this Global Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall
be paid to the Person in whose name this Global Security (or one or more Predecessor Global Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest. 

Payment of interest, if any, in respect of this Global Security may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as
such address shall appear in the Register, or by wire transfer or transfer by any other means to an account designated in writing by such Person to the Paying Agent at least 15 days prior to such payment date. 

Any interest in respect of this Global Security that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date
(herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holders thereof on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of their having been such Holders; and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Issuer,
at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (i) or (ii) below: 
  

	 	(i)	 The Issuer may elect to make payment of such Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names this Global
Security (or its respective Predecessor Global Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the manner provided for in the Indenture.

  

	 	(ii)	 The Issuer may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on this Global Security in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which this Global Security may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Issuer to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant
to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee. 

  
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 All payments made under or with respect to this Global Security shall be paid by the Issuer,
without deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any and all present and future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings whatsoever imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or on behalf of the
United Kingdom or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein having the power to tax (each, a “Taxing Jurisdiction”), unless required by law. If such deduction or withholding shall at any time be required by
the law of the Taxing Jurisdiction, the Issuer shall pay such additional amounts in respect of payments of interest only (and not principal) on this Global Security (“Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary so that the net amounts
(including Additional Amounts) paid to the Holders, after such deduction or withholding, shall be equal to the respective amounts of interest which the Holders would have been entitled to receive in respect of this Global Security in the absence of
such deduction or withholding; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to any such tax, levy, impost, duty, charge, fee, deduction or withholding which: (i) would not be payable or due but for the fact that the Holder or the
beneficial owner of this Global Security is domiciled in, or is a national or resident of, or engaging in business or maintaining a permanent establishment or being physically present in, the Taxing Jurisdiction or otherwise has some connection or
former connection with the Taxing Jurisdiction other than the holding or ownership of this Global Security, or the collection of interest payments on, or the enforcement of, this Global Security; (ii) would not be payable or due but for the
fact that this Global Security (x) is presented for payment in the Taxing Jurisdiction or (y) is presented for payment more than 30 days after the date payment became due or was provided for, whichever is later, except to the extent that
the Holder would have been entitled to such Additional Amount on presenting the same for payment at the close of such 30 day period; (iii) would not have been imposed if presentation for payment of this Global Security had been made to a paying
agent other than the paying agent to which the presentation was made; (iv) is imposed in respect of a Holder that is not the sole beneficial owner of the interest, or a portion thereof, or that is a fiduciary or partnership, but only to the
extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to the fiduciary, a beneficial owner or member of the partnership would not have been entitled to the payment of an Additional Amount had the beneficiary, settlor, beneficial owner or member received
directly its beneficial or distributive share of the payment; (v) is imposed because of the failure to comply by the Holder or the beneficial owner of this Global Security or the beneficial owner of any payment on this Global Security with a
request from the Issuer addressed to the Holder or the beneficial owner, including a written request from the Issuer related to a claim for relief under any applicable double tax treaty (x) to provide information concerning the nationality,
residence, identity or connection with a taxing jurisdiction of the Holder or the beneficial owner, or (y) to make any declaration or other similar claim to satisfy any information or reporting requirement, if the information or declaration is
required or imposed by a statute, treaty, regulation, ruling or administrative practice of the Taxing Jurisdiction as a precondition to exemption from withholding or deduction of all or part of the tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge;
(vi) is imposed in respect of any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property, wealth or similar tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge; or (vii) is imposed in respect of any combination of the above items.

 Whenever in this Global Security there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of any interest on, or in respect of, any Debt Security
or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Debt Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in
respect thereof and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made. 

Upon any exchange of a portion of this Global Security for a definitive Debt Security, the portion of the principal amount hereof so exchanged
shall be endorsed by the Registrar on Schedule A hereto. The principal amount hereof shall be reduced for all purposes by the amount so exchanged and endorsed. 

  
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 Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Global Security set forth on the
reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for the purposes hereof have the same effect as if set forth at this place. 
 Unless the
certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee or an authenticating agent, this Global Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purposes. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed. 

 

			
	By:	 	
                 

	
	 HSBC Holdings plc,
 as
Issuer

Dated:                     , 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION 

This is one of the Debt Securities of a series issued under the within-mentioned Indenture. 

 

			
	 By:
	 	
                 

Dated:                     , 

                        
                                         
                                         
      The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, 

                        
                          as Trustee 

[Signature Page to the 2025 Fixed/Floating Rate Global Note] 

 REVERSE OF GLOBAL SECURITY 

$[•] 
 4.180% FIXED
RATE/FLOATING RATE SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES DUE 2025 
 This Global Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Debt Securities issued and
to be issued in one or more series under and governed by an Indenture dated as of August 26, 2009 (as amended or supplemented from time to time), by and among the Issuer, The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as trustee (the
“Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and HSBC Bank USA, National Association (“HBUS”), as registrar and paying agent (the “Base Indenture”), as amended and
supplemented by a twenty-fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 9, 2022 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Trustee and HBUS, as
paying agent, registrar and calculation agent (the “Agent”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities
thereunder of the Issuer, the Trustee, the Holders and of the terms upon which the Debt Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. 

Under the terms of the Indenture, the Debt Securities may be redeemed, in whole but not in part, at the Issuer’s sole discretion, on not
less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at any time at a Redemption Price equal to the principal amount thereof, together with accrued interest, if any, to the date fixed for redemption, if, at any time, the Issuer determines that: 

(i) in making payment under the Debt Securities in respect of principal (or premium, if any) interest, or missed payment the
Issuer has or shall or would become obligated to pay Additional Amounts as provided in the Indenture and in this Global Security provided such obligation to pay Additional Amounts results from a change in or amendment to the laws of the Taxing
Jurisdiction, or any change in the official application or interpretation of such laws (including a decision of any court or tribunal), or any change in, or in the official application or interpretation of, or execution of, or amendment to, any
treaty or treaties affecting taxation to which the United Kingdom is a party, which change, amendment or execution becomes effective on or after the Issue Date; or 

(ii) the payment of interest in respect of the Debt Securities has become or will or would be treated as a
“distribution” within the meaning of Section 1000 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 of the United Kingdom (or any statutory modification or reenactment thereof for the time being) as a result of a change in or amendment to the laws of
the Taxing Jurisdiction, or any change in the official application or interpretation of such laws, including a decision of any court, which change or amendment becomes effective on or after the Issue Date; provided, however that, in the case
of (i) above, no notice of redemption shall be given earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Issuer would be obliged to pay such Additional Amounts were a payment in respect of the Debt Securities then due. 

Under the terms of the Indenture, the Issuer may, in its sole discretion, redeem the Debt Securities during the Make-Whole Redemption Period,
on not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ notice, in whole at any time during such period or in part from time to time during such period, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Debt Securities
to be redeemed; and (ii) as determined by the Determination Agent, the sum of the present values of (a) the principal amount of the Debt Securities to be redeemed (discounted from the Par Redemption Date) and (b) the remaining
payments of interest to be made on any scheduled Interest Payment Date to (and including) the Par Redemption Date for the Debt Securities to be redeemed (not including accrued and unpaid interest to (but excluding) the applicable Redemption Date, if
any, on the principal amount of the Debt Securities), discounted to the applicable Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30 day months) at the Reference Treasury
Rate plus 25 basis points, in each case, plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the Debt Securities to be redeemed to (but excluding) the applicable Redemption Date (each, a “Make-Whole Redemption”). 

  
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 The “Make-Whole Redemption Period” means the period beginning on (and
including) December 9, 2022 (six months following the Issue Date) to (but excluding) December 9, 2024 (the “Par Redemption Date”); provided that if any additional notes of the same series as the Debt Securities are
issued after the Issue Date, the Make-Whole Redemption Period for such additional notes shall begin on (and include) the date that is six months following the issue date for such additional notes. 

“Reference Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Price Determination Date, the rate per annum equal to: (i) the
yield, which represents the average for the week immediately prior to the Price Determination Date appearing in the most recent “H.15” under the caption “Treasury constant maturities,” for the maturity most closely corresponding
to the Par Redemption Date; provided that if no maturity is within three months before or after the Par Redemption Date, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Reference Treasury shall be determined and the
Reference Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding to the nearest month; or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week immediately prior to the
Price Determination Date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Reference Treasury, calculated using a price for the Reference Treasury (expressed as a percentage of its
principal amount) equal to the Reference Treasury Price for the applicable Price Determination Date; provided that, if the period from the applicable Redemption Date to the Par Redemption Date is less than one year, the weekly average yield
on actually traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used. 
 The Reference Treasury Rate shall
be calculated by the Determination Agent on the third Business Day preceding the applicable Redemption Date (the “Price Determination Date”). 

In determining the Reference Treasury Rate, the below terms will have the following meaning: 

“Determination Agent” means an investment bank or financial institution of international standing selected by the Issuer
(which may be the Calculation Agent or the Issuer’s Affiliate). 
 “H.15” means the weekly statistical release
designated as such and published by the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System, or any successor or replacement publication that establishes yields on actively traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity,
and “most recent H.15” means the H.15 published closest in time but prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the applicable Price Determination Date. 

“Reference Treasury” means, with respect to any Price Determination Date, the U.S. Treasury security or securities selected
by the Issuer (in consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Determination Agent) (i) with an actual or interpolated maturity comparable with the remaining term to the Par Redemption Date and (ii) that would be utilized, at the time
of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities denominated in U.S. Dollars and a maturity comparable to the remaining term to the Par Redemption Date. 

“Reference Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Price Determination Date, (i) the arithmetic average of the
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Price Determination Date, after excluding the highest quotation (or, in the event of more than one highest quotation, one of the highest) and lowest quotation (or, in the event of more than one lowest
quotation, one of the lowest), or (ii) if fewer than five but more than one such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations are received, the arithmetic average of all such quotations, or (iii) if only one such Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotation is received, then such quotation; each as quoted in writing to the Determination Agent by a Reference Treasury Dealer. 

  
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 “Reference Treasury Dealer” means, with respect to any Price Determination
Date, each of up to five banks selected by the Issuer (in consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Determination Agent), or the Affiliates of such banks, which are (i) primary U.S. Treasury securities dealers, and their respective
successors, or (ii) market makers in pricing corporate bond issues denominated in U.S Dollars. 
 “Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotation” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Price Determination Date, the arithmetic average, as determined by the Determination Agent, of the bid and offered prices for the applicable Reference Treasury,
expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted by the applicable Reference Treasury Dealer at 11:00 a.m. (New York City time), on such Price Determination Date. 

If the Issuer determines, in its sole discretion, that the inclusion of the Make-Whole Redemption provisions in the terms of the Indenture and
the Debt Securities could reasonably be expected to prejudice the qualification of the Debt Securities as eligible liabilities or loss absorbing capacity instruments for the purposes of the Loss Absorption Regulations, then the provisions relating
to the Make-Whole Redemption shall be deemed not to apply for all purposes relating to the Debt Securities and the Issuer shall not have any right to redeem the Debt Securities pursuant to a Make-Whole Redemption. In such circumstances, the Issuer
shall promptly provide notice to the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Calculation Agent and the Holders that the Make-Whole Redemption does not apply; provided that failure to provide such notice will have no impact on the effectiveness of, or
otherwise invalidate, any such determination. No action taken in accordance with this paragraph shall be deemed to be an amendment requiring the consent of Holders under Section 9.02 of the Base Indenture. 

Under the terms of the Indenture, following the Make-Whole Redemption Period, the Debt Securities may be redeemed, in whole but not in part,
at the Issuer’s sole discretion, on not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ notice, on the Par Redemption Date. The Redemption Price will be equal to 100% of their principal amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest to (but excluding)
the Par Redemption Date. 
 Under the terms of the Indenture, the Issuer may, in its sole discretion, following the occurrence of a Loss
Absorption Disqualification Event, on not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ notice, within 90 days of the occurrence of the relevant Loss Absorption Disqualification Event, redeem the Debt Securities in whole, but not in part (such option to
redeem being referred to herein as a “Loss Absorption Disqualification Event Redemption Option”), at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to (but excluding) the applicable
Redemption Date. 
 A “Loss Absorption Disqualification Event” shall be deemed to have occurred if the Debt Securities
become fully or partially ineligible to meet the Issuer’s or the HSBC Group’s minimum 
 requirements for (A) eligible liabilities and/or
(B) loss absorbing capacity instruments, in each case as determined in accordance with and pursuant to the relevant Loss Absorption Regulations applicable to the Issuer or the HSBC Group, as a result of any: 

(a) Loss Absorption Regulation becoming effective after the Issue Date; or 

  
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 (b) amendment to, or change in, any Loss Absorption Regulation, or any change in the
application or official interpretation of any Loss Absorption Regulation, in any such case becoming effective on or after the Issue Date, provided, however, that a Loss Absorption Disqualification Event shall not occur where the exclusion of
the Debt Securities from the relevant minimum requirement(s) is due to the remaining maturity of the Debt Securities being less than any period prescribed by any applicable eligibility criteria for such minimum requirement(s) under the relevant Loss
Absorption Regulations effective with respect to the Issuer and/or the HSBC Group on the Issue Date. 
 If the Issuer determines, in its
sole discretion, that the inclusion of the Loss Absorption Disqualification Event Redemption Option provisions in the terms of the Indenture and the Debt Securities could reasonably be expected to cause a Loss Absorption Disqualification Event to
occur, then the provisions relating to the Loss Absorption Disqualification Event Redemption Option shall be deemed not to apply for all purposes relating to the Debt Securities and the Issuer shall not have any right to redeem the Debt Securities
pursuant to a Loss Absorption Disqualification Event Redemption Option. In such circumstances, the Issuer shall promptly provide notice to the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Calculation Agent and the Holders that the Loss Absorption Disqualification
Event Redemption Option does not apply; provided that failure to provide such notice will have no impact on the effectiveness of, or otherwise invalidate, any such determination. No action taken in accordance with this paragraph shall be deemed to
be an amendment requiring the consent of Holders under Section 9.02 of the Base Indenture. 
 Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in the Indenture, the Issuer may only redeem or repurchase the Debt Securities prior to the Maturity Date pursuant to the Indenture if the Issuer has obtained any Relevant Supervisory Consent. 

An “Event of Default” with respect to the Debt Securities means any one of the following events: (i) an order is made by
an English court which is not successfully appealed within 30 days after the date such order was made for winding up of the Issuer other than in connection with a scheme of amalgamation or reconstruction not involving bankruptcy or insolvency; or
(ii) an effective resolution is validly adopted by the Issuer’s shareholders for winding up of the Issuer other than in connection with a scheme of amalgamation or reconstruction not involving bankruptcy or insolvency. 

A “Default” with respect to the Debt Securities means any one of the following events: (i) failure to pay principal or
premium, if any, on the Debt Securities at maturity, and such default continues for a period of 30 days; or (ii) failure to pay any interest on the Debt Securities when due and payable, which failure continues for 30 days. 

If a Default occurs, the Trustee may institute proceedings in England (but not elsewhere) for the Issuer’s winding up; provided
that the Trustee may not, upon the occurrence of a Default, accelerate the maturity of any Debt Securities then Outstanding, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. 

Notwithstanding the immediately preceding two paragraphs, failure to make any payment in respect of the Debt Securities shall not be a Default
in respect of the Debt Securities if such payment is withheld or refused: (i) in order to comply with any fiscal or other law or regulation or with the order of any court of competent jurisdiction, in each case applicable to such payment; or
(ii) in case of doubt as to the validity or applicability of any such law, regulation or order, in accordance with advice given as to such validity or applicability at any time during the said grace period of 30 days by independent legal
advisers acceptable to the Trustee; provided, however, that the Trustee may, by notice to the Issuer, require the Issuer to take such action (including but not limited to proceedings for a declaration by a court of competent jurisdiction) as
the Trustee may be advised in an opinion of counsel, upon which opinion the Trustee may conclusively rely, is appropriate and reasonable in the circumstances to resolve such doubt, in which case the Issuer shall forthwith take and expeditiously
proceed with such action and shall be bound by any final resolution of the doubt resulting therefrom. If any such resolution determines that the relevant payment can be made without violating any applicable law, regulation or order then the
preceding sentence shall cease to have effect and the payment shall become due and payable on the expiration of the relevant grace period of 30 days after the Trustee gives written notice to the Issuer informing the Issuer of such resolution. 

  
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 By its acquisition of the Debt Securities represented by this Global Security, each Holder
(which, for these purposes, includes each beneficial owner of the Debt Securities) acknowledges, accepts, consents and agrees to be bound by the terms of the Debt Securities related to the limited remedies available under the Indenture and the Debt
Securities for a non-payment of principal and/or interest on the Debt Securities. 
 If an Event of
Default with respect to the Debt Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all of the Debt Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture and this
Global Security. The Indenture provides that in certain circumstances such declaration and its consequences may be rescinded and annulled by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series.
If a Default with respect to Debt Securities of this series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue certain remedies as set forth in the Indenture. The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Debt Securities of this series may on behalf of all the Holders waive any past Event of Default or any Default under the Indenture or the Debt Securities and its consequences except a default (i) in the payment of principal of (or premium, if
any, on) or any installment of interest on any of the Debt Securities or (ii) in respect of a covenant or provision which under the Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of this Debt Security, and any such
consent or waiver shall bind every future Holder of this Debt Security and of any Debt Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon
this Debt Security or such other Debt Securities. 
 The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Issuer and the Trustee
(i) without the consent of the Holders of any Debt Securities issued under the Indenture to execute one or more supplemental indentures for certain enumerated purposes, such as to cure any ambiguity or to secure the Debt Securities, and
(ii) with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series of Debt Securities affected thereby, to execute supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding
any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of Holders under the Indenture; provided that, with respect to certain enumerated provisions, no such
supplemental indenture may be entered into without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Debt Security affected thereby. The Indenture also permits the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt
Securities of each series to be affected, on behalf of the Holders of all Debt Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain restrictive provisions of the Indenture. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Global
Security shall bind every future Holder of this Global Security and of any Global Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Global Security or such other Global Securities. 
 Subject to the terms of the Indenture, the Depositary may surrender this Global Security
or any portion hereof in exchange, in whole or in part, for definitive Debt Securities, of this series in registered form and the Registrar, acting on behalf of the Issuer, shall authenticate and deliver in exchange for this Global Security or the
portions thereof to be exchanged, an equal aggregate face amount of definitive Debt Securities (duly countersigned) in the numbers and in the names advised by the Depositary. 

By its acquisition of the Debt Securities represented by this Global Security, each Holder (which, for these purposes, includes each
beneficial owner of the Debt Securities) acknowledges, accepts, consents and agrees, notwithstanding any other term of the Debt Securities, the Indenture or any other agreements, arrangements or understandings between the Issuer and any Holder, to
be bound by (i) the effect of the 

  
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exercise of any UK Bail-in Power by the Relevant UK Resolution Authority in relation to any Debt Securities that may include (without limitation) and
result in any of the following, or some combination thereof: (a) the reduction of all, or a portion, of the Amounts Due; (b) the conversion of all, or a portion, of the Amounts Due into the Issuer’s or another Person’s ordinary
shares, other securities or other obligations (and the issue to, or conferral on, the Holder of such ordinary shares, other securities or other obligations), including by means of an amendment, modification or variation of the terms of the Debt
Securities or the Indenture; (c) the cancellation of the Debt Securities; and/or (d) the amendment or alteration of the maturity of the Debt Securities or amendment of the amount of interest payable on the Debt Securities, or the Interest
Payment Dates, including by suspending payment for a temporary period; and (ii) the variation of the terms of the Debt Securities or the Indenture, if necessary, to give effect to the exercise of any UK
Bail-in Power by the Relevant UK Resolution Authority. No repayment or payment of Amounts Due shall become due and payable or be paid after the exercise of any UK
Bail-in Power by the Relevant UK Resolution Authority if and to the extent such amounts have been reduced, converted, cancelled, amended or altered as a result of such exercise. Moreover, each Holder (which,
for these purposes, includes each beneficial owner of the Debt Securities) consents to the exercise of any UK Bail-in Power as it may be imposed without any prior notice by the Relevant UK Resolution Authority
of its decision to exercise such power with respect to the Debt Securities. 
 “Amounts Due” means the principal amount of,
and any accrued and unpaid interest, including any Additional Amounts, on, the Debt Securities. References to such amounts will include amounts that have become due and payable, but which have not been paid, prior to the exercise of any UK Bail-in Power by the Relevant UK Resolution Authority. 
 “Loss Absorption Regulations”
means, at any time, the laws, regulations, requirements, guidelines, rules, standards and policies from time to time relating to minimum requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities and/or loss absorbing capacity instruments in effect in the
UK and applicable to the Issuer from time to time, including, without limitation to the generality of the foregoing, the Banking Act and UK CRR (whether or not such requirements, guidelines or policies are applied generally or specifically to the
Issuer or to the Issuer and any of its holding or subsidiary companies or any subsidiary of any such holding company) in each case as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time. 

“PRA” means the UK Prudential Regulation Authority or any successor entity. 

“Relevant Regulator” means the PRA or any successor entity or other entity primarily responsible for the prudential
supervision of the Issuer. 
 “Relevant Supervisory Consent” means, in relation to any redemption or purchase of the Notes,
any required permission of the Relevant Regulator applicable to the Company or the Relevant UK Resolution Authority (as applicable). For the avoidance of doubt, Relevant Supervisory Consent will not be required if either (i) none of the Debt
Securities qualify as part of the Issuer’s regulatory capital, or own funds and eligible liabilities or loss absorbing capacity instruments, as the case may be, each pursuant to the Loss Absorption Regulations, (ii) the relevant Debt
Securities are repurchased for market-making purposes in accordance with any permission given by the Relevant Regulator pursuant to the Loss Absorption Regulations within the limits prescribed in such permission or (iii) the relevant Debt
Securities are being redeemed or repurchased pursuant to any general prior permission granted by the Relevant Regulator or the Relevant UK Resolution Authority (as applicable) pursuant to the Loss Absorption Regulations within the limits prescribed
in such permission. 
 “Relevant UK Resolution Authority” means any authority with the ability to exercise a UK Bail-in Power. 

  
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 “UK Bail-in Legislation” means Part
I of the Banking Act and any other law or regulation applicable in the UK relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (otherwise than through liquidation,
administration or other insolvency proceedings). 
 “UK Bail-in Power” means the
powers under the UK Bail-in Legislation to cancel, transfer or dilute shares issued by a person that is a bank or investment firm or affiliate of a bank or investment firm, to cancel, write-down, transfer,
reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of such a person or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to
provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability. 

“UK CRR” means Regulation (EU) No. 575/2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms of
the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, as amended or supplemented from time to time, as it forms part of domestic law in the UK by virtue of the EUWA. 

By its acquisition of the Debt Securities, each Holder (which, for these purposes, includes each beneficial owner of the Debt Securities): (i)
acknowledges and agrees that the exercise of the UK Bail-in Power by the Relevant UK Resolution Authority with respect to the Debt Securities shall not give rise to a Default or Event of Default for purposes
of Section 315(b) (Notice of Default) and Section 315(c) (Duties of the Trustee in Case of Default) of the Trust Indenture Act; (ii) to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, waives any and all claims, in law
and/or in equity, against the Trustee for, agrees not to initiate a suit against the Trustee in respect of, and agrees that the Trustee shall not be liable for, any action that the Trustee takes, or abstains from taking, in either case in accordance
with the exercise of (x) the UK Bail-in Power by the Relevant UK Resolution Authority with respect to the Debt Securities or (y) the limited remedies available under the Indenture and the Debt
Securities for a non-payment of principal and/or interest on the Debt Securities; and (iii) acknowledges and agrees that, upon the exercise of any UK Bail-in Power
by the Relevant UK Resolution Authority, the Trustee shall not be required to take any further directions from Holders under Section 5.11 (Control by Holders of Debt Securities) of the Base Indenture; and that the
Indenture shall not impose any duties upon the Trustee whatsoever with respect to the exercise of any UK Bail-in Power by the Relevant UK Resolution Authority. 

Notwithstanding clause (iii) of the immediately preceding paragraph, if, following the completion of the exercise of the UK Bail-in Power by the Relevant UK Resolution Authority, the Debt Securities remain outstanding (for example, if the exercise of the UK Bail-in Power results in only a partial
write-down of the principal of the Debt Securities), then the Trustee’s duties under the Indenture shall remain applicable with respect to the Debt Securities following such completion to the extent that the Issuer and the Trustee shall agree
pursuant to a supplemental indenture or an amendment to the Indenture; provided, however that notwithstanding the exercise of the UK Bail-in Power by the Relevant UK Resolution Authority, there shall at
all times be a Trustee hereunder pursuant to, and in accordance with Section 6.09 of the Base Indenture, and the resignation and/or removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee shall continue to be
governed by Section 6.10 and Section 6.11 of the Base Indenture, including to the extent no supplemental indenture or amendment to the Indenture is agreed upon pursuant to the Indenture in the
event the Debt Securities remain outstanding following the completion of the exercise of the UK Bail-in Power. 

It is the intention of the Issuer and the Trustee that the Issuer’s obligations to indemnify the Trustee and the Agent in accordance with
Section 6.07 of the Base Indenture (for the avoidance of doubt, as amended by Section 4.01 of the second supplemental indenture dated May 25, 2016) shall survive any exercise of the UK Bail-in Power by the Relevant UK Resolution Authority. 

  
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 The exercise of the UK Bail-in Power by the Relevant
UK Resolution Authority with respect to the Debt Securities shall not constitute an Event of Default or a Default. 
 In addition to the
right to enter into supplemental indentures pursuant to Section 9.01 and Section 9.02 of the Base Indenture, the Issuer and the Trustee may enter into one or more indentures supplemental to the
Indenture to modify and amend the terms of the Indenture or the Debt Securities, without the further consent of any Holders, to the extent necessary to give effect to the exercise by the Relevant UK Resolution Authority of the UK Bail-in Power. 
 Upon the exercise of the UK Bail-in Power
by the Relevant UK Resolution Authority with respect to the Debt Securities, the Issuer shall provide a written notice to the Holders through DTC as soon as practicable regarding such exercise of the UK
Bail-in Power for purposes of notifying Holders and beneficial owners of the Debt Securities of such occurrence. The Issuer shall also deliver a copy of such notice to the Trustee for information purposes.

 Upon the exercise of any UK Bail-in Power by the Relevant UK Resolution Authority that results in
the reduction or cancellation of all, or a portion, of the principal amount of this Global Security and/or the conversion of all, or a portion, of the principal amount of this Global Security into shares or other securities or other obligations of
the Issuer or another person, the portion of the principal amount hereof so reduced, cancelled and/or converted shall be endorsed by the Registrar on Schedule B hereto. The principal amount hereof shall be reduced for all purposes by the amount so
reduced, cancelled and/or converted. 
 By its acquisition of a Debt Security, each Holder (which, for these purposes, includes each
beneficial owner of the Debt Securities) of the Debt Securities shall be deemed to have authorized, directed and requested DTC and any direct participant in DTC or other intermediary through which it holds the Debt Securities to take any and all
necessary action, if required, to implement the exercise of any UK Bail-in Power with respect to the Debt Securities as it may be imposed, without any further action or direction on the part of such Holder or
beneficial owner, the Trustee or the Agent (and any other agent acting in connection with the relevant series of Debt Securities). 
 To the
fullest extent permitted by law, the Holders and the Trustee, in respect of any claims of such Holders to payment of any principal, premium or interest in respect of the Debt Securities, by their acceptance of the Debt Securities,
shall be deemed to have waived any right of set-off or counterclaim that such Holders or, as the case may be, the Trustee in such respect, might otherwise have. 

ANY HOLDER (WHICH, FOR THESE PURPOSES, INCLUDES EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER OF THE DEBT SECURITIES) THAT ACQUIRES THE DEBT SECURITIES IN THE
SECONDARY MARKET AND ANY SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES IN BANKRUPTCY AND LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES OF ANY HOLDER OR BENEFICIAL OWNER OF THE DEBT SECURITIES SHALL BE DEEMED TO ACKNOWLEDGE, AGREE TO BE BOUND BY AND
CONSENT TO THE SAME PROVISIONS SPECIFIED HEREIN TO THE SAME EXTENT AS THE HOLDERS OR BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THE DEBT SECURITIES THAT ACQUIRE THE DEBT SECURITIES UPON THEIR INITIAL ISSUANCE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WITH RESPECT TO THE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY AND CONSENT TO THE TERMS OF THE DEBT SECURITIES RELATED TO THE UK BAIL-IN POWER, THE BENCHMARK AND THE LIMITED REMEDIES AVAILABLE UNDER THE INDENTURE AND THE DEBT
SECURITIES FOR A NON-PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND/OR INTEREST ON THE DEBT SECURITIES. 
 The Indenture
and the Debt Securities may be amended and modified as provided in the Indenture. 

  
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 All terms used in this Global Security and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Indenture. 
 The Indenture and the Debt Securities shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws
of the State of New York. 

  
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 SCHEDULE A 

EXCHANGES FOR DEFINITIVE DEBT SECURITIES 

The following exchanges of parts of this Global Security for Definitive Debt Securities have been made: 

 

									
	 Date made
	  	Principal amount
exchanged for Definitive
Debt Securities	 	  	Remaining principal
amount following such
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 SCHEDULE B 

REDUCTION, CANCELLATION OR CONVERSION OF DEBT SECURITIES UPON THE EXERCISE OF ANY UK BAIL-IN POWER BY
THE RELEVANT UK RESOLUTION AUTHORITY 
  

					
	 Date made
	  	 Principal amount

reduced, cancelled

and/or converted
	  	 Remaining principal

amount following

reduction, cancellation

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 EXHIBIT B 

FORM OF 4.755% FIXED RATE/FLOATING RATE GLOBAL SECURITY 
  

			
		 	CUSIP No.: 404280DF3
		 	ISIN: US404280DF39
		 	No.: [•]

 THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME
OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH
DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. 
 BY ITS ACQUISITION OF THE DEBT SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY
THIS GLOBAL SECURITY, EACH HOLDER (WHICH, FOR THESE PURPOSES, INCLUDES EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER OF THE DEBT SECURITIES) ACKNOWLEDGES, ACCEPTS, CONSENTS AND AGREES, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER TERM OF THE DEBT SECURITIES, THE INDENTURE OR ANY OTHER
AGREEMENTS, ARRANGEMENTS OR UNDERSTANDINGS BETWEEN THE ISSUER AND ANY HOLDER, TO BE BOUND BY (I) THE EFFECT OF THE EXERCISE OF ANY UK BAIL-IN POWER BY THE RELEVANT UK RESOLUTION AUTHORITY IN RELATION TO
ANY DEBT SECURITIES THAT (WITHOUT LIMITATION) MAY INCLUDE AND RESULT IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING, OR SOME COMBINATION THEREOF: (A) THE REDUCTION OF ALL, OR A PORTION, OF THE AMOUNTS DUE (AS DEFINED ON THE REVERSE OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY); (B) THE
CONVERSION OF ALL, OR A PORTION, OF THE AMOUNTS DUE INTO THE ISSUER’S OR ANOTHER PERSON’S ORDINARY SHARES, OTHER SECURITIES OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS (AND THE ISSUE TO, OR CONFERRAL ON, THE HOLDER OF SUCH ORDINARY SHARES, OTHER SECURITIES OR
OTHER OBLIGATIONS), INCLUDING BY MEANS OF AN AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION OR VARIATION OF THE TERMS OF THE DEBT SECURITIES OR THE INDENTURE; (C) THE CANCELLATION OF THE DEBT SECURITIES; AND/OR (D) THE AMENDMENT OR ALTERATION OF THE MATURITY OF
THE DEBT SECURITIES OR AMENDMENT OF THE AMOUNT OF INTEREST PAYABLE ON THE DEBT SECURITIES, OR THE INTEREST PAYMENT DATES, INCLUDING BY SUSPENDING PAYMENT FOR A TEMPORARY PERIOD; AND (II) THE VARIATION OF THE TERMS OF THE DEBT SECURITIES OR THE
INDENTURE, IF NECESSARY, TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE EXERCISE OF ANY UK BAIL-IN POWER BY THE RELEVANT UK RESOLUTION AUTHORITY. 

THERE IS NO RIGHT OF ACCELERATION IN THE CASE OF NON-PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND/OR INTEREST ON THE DEBT SECURITIES OR OF
THE ISSUER’S FAILURE TO PERFORM ANY OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER OR IN RESPECT OF THE DEBT SECURITIES. PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE DEBT SECURITIES MAY BE ACCELERATED ONLY UPON CERTAIN EVENTS OF A WINDING UP AS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE.

  
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 GLOBAL SECURITY 

HSBC Holdings plc 
 $[•] 

4.755% FIXED RATE/FLOATING RATE SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES DUE 2028 

This is a Global Security in respect of a duly authorized issue by HSBC Holdings plc (the “Issuer,” which term includes any
successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to) of debt securities, designated as specified in the title hereof, in the aggregate face amount of $[•] (the “Debt Securities”). 

The Issuer, for value received, hereby promises to pay CEDE & CO., or registered assigns on June 9, 2028 (the “Maturity
Date”) or on such earlier date as this Global Security may be redeemed, the principal amount hereof and to pay interest on the said principal amount from June 9, 2022 (the “Issue Date”) or the most recent Interest
Payment Date on which interest has been paid or duly provided for until maturity: 
 (i) from (and including) the Issue Date or the most
recent Interest Payment Date during the Fixed Rate Period on which interest has been paid or duly provided for to (but excluding) June 9, 2027, semi-annually in arrear on June 9 and December 9 of each year, beginning on
December 9, 2022 (each, a “Fixed Rate Period Interest Payment Date”), at a rate of 4.755% per annum (the “Initial Interest Rate”); and 

(ii) from (and including) June 9, 2027 or the most recent Interest Payment Date during the Floating Rate Period on which interest has been
paid or duly provided for to (but excluding) the Maturity Date, quarterly in arrear on September 9, 2027, December 9, 2027, March 9, 2028 and June 9, 2028 (each, a “Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date”),
at a floating rate equal to the Benchmark plus 2.110% per annum (the “Margin”). The interest rate during the Floating Rate Period on this Global Security shall be calculated quarterly on each applicable Interest Determination Date.

 “Fixed Rate Period” means the period from (and including) the Issue Date, to (but excluding) June 9, 2027. 

“Floating Rate Period” means the period from (and including) June 9, 2027 to (but excluding) the Maturity Date. 

“Interest Payment Date” means any Fixed Rate Period Interest Payment Date or Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date. 

The “Benchmark” means, initially, Compounded Daily SOFR; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event and related Benchmark
Replacement Date have occurred with respect to SOFR or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement. 

“Compounded Daily SOFR” means, in relation to a Floating Rate Interest Period, the rate of return of a daily compound
interest investment (with SOFR as reference rate for the calculation of interest) during the related Observation Period and will be calculated by the Calculation Agent on the related Interest Determination Date as follows: 

 
 

 

  
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 Where: 

“Calculation Agent” means HSBC Bank USA, National Association, or its successor appointed by the Issuer pursuant to the
Calculation Agent Agreement; 
 “Calculation Agent Agreement” means the calculation agent agreement dated as of the Issue
Date between the Issuer and the Calculation Agent; 
 “d” means, in relation to any Observation Period, the number of
calendar days in such Observation Period; 
 “d0” means, in
relation to any Observation Period, the number of USGS Business Days in such Observation Period; 
 “i” means, in relation
to any Observation Period, a series of whole numbers from one to d0, each representing the relevant USGS Business Day in chronological order from (and including) the first USGS Business Day in
such Observation Period; 
 “ni” means, in relation to any
USGS Business Day “i” in the relevant Observation Period, the number of calendar days from (and including) such USGS Business Day “i” up to (but excluding) the following USGS Business Day; 

“Observation Period” means, in respect of each Floating Rate Interest Period, the period from (and including) the date which
is five USGS Business Days prior to the first day of such Floating Rate Interest Period to (but excluding) the date which is five USGS Business Days prior to the Interest Payment Date for such Floating Rate Interest Period; provided that the first
Observation Period shall commence on (and include) the date which is five USGS Business Days prior to June 9, 2027 (the “Par Redemption Date”); 

“SOFR” means, in relation to any day, the rate determined by the Calculation Agent in accordance with the Indenture and the
following provisions: 
 (i) the daily Secured Overnight Financing Rate for trades made on such day, available at or around the Reference
Time on the NY Federal Reserve’s Website; 
 (ii) if the rate specified in (i) above is not available at or around the Reference
Time for such day (and a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have not occurred), the daily Secured Overnight Financing Rate in respect of the last USGS Business Day for which such rate was published on the NY
Federal Reserve’s Website; 
 “SOFRi” means, in
relation to any USGS Business Day “i” in the relevant Observation Period, SOFR in respect of such USGS Business Day; and 

“USGS Business Day” means any day except for a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial
Markets Association or any successor thereto (“SIFMA”) recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in U.S. government securities. 

Notwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii) of the definition of “SOFR” above, if the Issuer (in consultation, to the extent
practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Issuer’s designee (in consultation with the Issuer) determine on or prior to the relevant Interest Determination Date that a Benchmark Transition Event and related Benchmark Replacement Date have
occurred with respect to SOFR, then the “Benchmark Transition Provisions” set forth below will thereafter apply to all determinations of the rate of interest payable on the Debt Securities during the Floating Rate Period. 

  
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 In accordance with and subject to the Benchmark Transition Provisions, after a Benchmark
Transition Event and related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred, the amount of interest that will be payable for each interest period on the Debt Securities during the Floating Rate Period will be determined by reference to a rate per annum
equal to the Benchmark Replacement plus the Margin. 
 “designee” means an Affiliate or any other agent of the Issuer. 

“Reference Time” means (i) if the Benchmark is Compounded Daily SOFR, for each USGS Business Day, 3:00 p.m. (New York
time) on the next succeeding USGS Business Day, and (ii) if the Benchmark is not Compounded Daily SOFR, the time determined by the Issuer (in consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Issuer’s designee (in
consultation with the Issuer) in accordance with the Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. 
 Benchmark Transition Provisions. If
the Issuer (in consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Issuer’s designee (in consultation with the Issuer) determines that a Benchmark Transition Event and related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred
prior to the applicable Reference Time in respect of any determination of the Benchmark on any date, the applicable Benchmark Replacement will replace the then-current Benchmark for all purposes relating to the Debt Securities during the Floating
Rate Period in respect of such determination on such date and all determinations on all subsequent dates; provided that, if the Issuer (in consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Issuer’s designee (in
consultation with the Issuer) is unable to or does not determine a Benchmark Replacement in accordance with the provisions below prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on the relevant Interest Determination Date, the interest rate for the related
Floating Rate Interest Period will be equal to the interest rate in effect for the immediately preceding Floating Rate Interest Period or, in the case of the Interest Determination Date prior to the first Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date,
the Initial Interest Rate. 
 In connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Issuer (in consultation, to the extent
practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Issuer’s designee (in consultation with the Issuer) will have the right to make changes to (i) any Interest Determination Date, Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date, Reference Time,
business day convention or Floating Rate Interest Period, (ii) the manner, timing and frequency of determining the rate and amounts of interest that are payable on the Debt Securities during the Floating Rate Period and the conventions relating
to such determination and calculations with respect to interest, (iii) rounding conventions, (iv) tenors and (v) any other terms or provisions of the Debt Securities during the Floating Rate Period, in each case that the Issuer (in
consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Issuer’s designee (in consultation with the Issuer) determine, from time to time, to be appropriate to reflect the determination and implementation of such Benchmark
Replacement in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Issuer (in consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Issuer’s designee (in consultation with the Issuer) decide that
implementation of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or determine that no market practice for use of the Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner as the Issuer (in consultation, to the extent practicable,
with the Calculation Agent) or the Issuer’s designee (in consultation with the Issuer) determine is appropriate (acting in good faith)) (the “Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes”). Any Benchmark Replacement Conforming
Changes will apply to the Debt Securities for all future Floating Rate Interest Periods. 
 The Issuer will promptly give notice of the
determination of the Benchmark Replacement, the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment and any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes to the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Calculation Agent and the Holders, provided that failure to provide
such notice will have no impact on the effectiveness of, or otherwise invalidate, any such determination. 

  
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 All percentages resulting from any calculation in connection with any interest rate in
respect of this Global Security shall be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upward (for example,
9.876545% (or 0.09876545) would be rounded to 9.87655% (or 0.0987655)), and all Applicable Currency amounts would be rounded to the nearest cent, with one-half cent being rounded upward. 

All determinations, decisions, elections and any calculations made by the Issuer, the Calculation Agent or the Issuer’s designee for the
purposes of calculating the applicable interest on the Debt Securities will be conclusive and binding on the Holders, the Issuer, the Trustee and the Paying Agent, absent manifest error. If made by the Issuer, such determinations, decisions,
elections and calculations will be made in consultation with the Calculation Agent, to the extent practicable. If made by the Issuer’s designee, such determinations, decisions, elections and calculations will be made after consulting with the
Issuer, and the Issuer’s designee will not make any such determination, decision, election or calculation to which the Issuer objects. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture or the Debt Securities, any determinations,
decisions, calculations or elections made in accordance with this provision will become effective without consent from the Holders or any other party. 

Any determination, decision or election relating to the Benchmark not made by the Calculation Agent will be made on the basis described above.
The Calculation Agent shall have no liability for not making any such determination, decision or election. In addition, the Issuer may designate an entity (which may be the Issuer’s Affiliate) to make any determination, decision or election
that the Issuer has the right to make in connection with the determination of the Benchmark. 
 Notwithstanding any other provision of
“Benchmark Transition Provisions” set forth above, no Benchmark Replacement will be adopted, nor will the applicable Benchmark Replacement Adjustment be applied, nor will any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes be made, if in the
Issuer’s determination, the same could reasonably be expected to prejudice the qualification of the Debt Securities as eligible liabilities or loss absorbing capacity instruments for the purposes of the Loss Absorption Regulations. 

By its acquisition of the Debt Securities, each Holder (which, for these purposes, includes each beneficial owner) (i) acknowledges,
accepts, consents and agrees to be bound by the Issuer’s or its designee’s determination of a Benchmark Transition Event, a Benchmark Replacement Date, the Benchmark Replacement, the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment and any Benchmark
Replacement Conforming Changes, including as may occur without any prior notice from the Issuer and without the need for the Issuer to obtain any further consent from such Holder, (ii) waives any and all claims, in law and/or in equity, against
the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Calculation Agent or the Issuer’s designee for, agrees not to initiate a suit against the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Calculation Agent or the Issuer’s designee in respect of, and agrees that
none of the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Calculation Agent or the Issuer’s designee will be liable for, the determination of or the failure to determine any Benchmark Transition Event, any Benchmark Replacement Date, any Benchmark
Replacement, any Benchmark Replacement Adjustment and any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes, and any losses suffered in connection therewith and (iii) agrees that none of the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Calculation Agent or the
Issuer’s designee will have any obligation to determine any Benchmark Transition Event, any Benchmark Replacement Date, any Benchmark Replacement, any Benchmark Replacement Adjustment and any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes (including
any adjustments thereto), including in the event of any failure by the Issuer to determine any Benchmark Transition Event, any Benchmark Replacement Date, any Benchmark Replacement, any Benchmark Replacement Adjustment and any Benchmark Replacement
Conforming Changes. 

  
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 “Applicable Currency” means Dollars. 

“Benchmark Replacement” means the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Issuer (in
consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Issuer’s designee (in consultation with the Issuer) as of the Benchmark Replacement Date: 
  

	 	(i)	 the sum of: (a) the alternate rate of interest that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant
Governmental Body as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor (if any) and (b) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; 

 

	 	(ii)	 the sum of: (a) the ISDA Fallback Rate and (b) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; and

  

	 	(iii)	 the sum of: (a) the alternate rate of interest that has been selected by the Issuer (in consultation, to
the extent practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Issuer’s designee (in consultation with the Issuer) as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to any
industry-accepted rate of interest as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for Dollar-denominated floating rate notes at such time and (b) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; 

“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the
Issuer (in consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Issuer’s designee (in consultation with the Issuer) as of the Benchmark Replacement Date: 

 

	 	(i)	 the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been (a) selected or
recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body or (b) determined by the Issuer (in consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Issuer’s designee (in consultation with the Issuer) in accordance with the method
for calculating or determining such spread adjustment that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body, in each case for the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement; 

 

	 	(ii)	 if the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement is equivalent to the ISDA Fallback Rate, then the ISDA
Fallback Adjustment; 

  

	 	(iii)	 the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Issuer
(in consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Calculation Agent) or the Issuer’s designee (in consultation with the Issuer) giving due consideration to industry-accepted spread adjustments (if any), or method for calculating or
determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of the then-current Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for Dollar-denominated floating rate notes at such time. 

“Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:

  

	 	(i)	 in the case of clause (i) or (ii) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later
of (a) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (b) the date on which the administrator of the Benchmark permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide the Benchmark; or 

  
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	 	(ii)	 in the case of clause (iii) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the date of the
public statement or publication of information referenced therein. 

 For the avoidance of doubt, if the event giving rise
to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination.

 “Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the
then-current Benchmark: 
  

	 	(i)	 a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of the Benchmark
announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide the Benchmark, permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the
Benchmark; 

  

	 	(ii)	 a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the
Benchmark, the central bank for the currency of the Benchmark, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for the Benchmark, a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for the Benchmark or a court or an
entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for the Benchmark, which states that the administrator of the Benchmark has ceased or will cease to provide the Benchmark permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at
the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the Benchmark; or 

  

	 	(iii)	 a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the
Benchmark announcing that the Benchmark is no longer representative. 

 “Business Day” means a day on
which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets settle payments and are open for general business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in London, England, and in the City of New York, New York. 

“Corresponding Tenor” with respect to a Benchmark Replacement means a tenor (including overnight) having approximately the
same length (disregarding business day adjustments) as the applicable tenor for the then-current Benchmark. 
 “Floating Rate
Interest Period” means, during the Floating Rate Period, the period beginning on (and including) a Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date and ending on (but excluding) the next succeeding Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date;
provided that the first Floating Rate Interest Period will begin on (and include) June 9, 2027 and will end on (but exclude) the first Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date. 

“HSBC” means the Issuer together with its subsidiary undertakings. 

“Interest Determination Date” means the third Business Day preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date. 

  
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 “ISDA Definitions” means the 2006 ISDA Definitions published by the
International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) or any successor thereto, as amended or supplemented from time to time, or any successor definitional booklet for interest rate derivatives published from time to time. 

“ISDA Fallback Adjustment” means the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that would apply
for derivatives transactions referencing the ISDA Definitions to be determined upon the occurrence of an index cessation event with respect to the Benchmark for the applicable tenor. 

“ISDA Fallback Rate” means the rate that would apply for derivatives transactions referencing the ISDA Definitions to be
effective upon the occurrence of an index cessation date with respect to the Benchmark for the applicable tenor excluding the applicable ISDA Fallback Adjustment. 

“NY Federal Reserve’s Website” means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York at http://www.newyorkfed.org
(or any successor website). 
 “Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York (“NY Federal Reserve”), or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve and/or the NY Federal Reserve or any successor thereto. 

“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the Benchmark Replacement excluding the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment. 

Interest in respect of this Global Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall
be paid to the Person in whose name this Global Security (or one or more Predecessor Global Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest. 

Payment of interest, if any, in respect of this Global Security may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as
such address shall appear in the Register, or by wire transfer or transfer by any other means to an account designated in writing by such Person to the Paying Agent at least 15 days prior to such payment date. Any interest in respect of this Global
Security that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holders thereof on the relevant Regular Record
Date by virtue of their having been such Holders; and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Issuer, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (i) or (ii) below: 

 

	 	(i)	 The Issuer may elect to make payment of such Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names this Global
Security (or its respective Predecessor Global Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the manner provided for in the Indenture.

  

	 	(ii)	 The Issuer may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on this Global Security in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which this Global Security may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Issuer to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant
to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee. 

  
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 All payments made under or with respect to this Global Security shall be paid by the Issuer,
without deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any and all present and future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings whatsoever imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or on behalf of the
United Kingdom or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein having the power to tax (each, a “Taxing Jurisdiction”), unless required by law. If such deduction or withholding shall at any time be required by
the law of the Taxing Jurisdiction, the Issuer shall pay such additional amounts in respect of payments of interest only (and not principal) on this Global Security (“Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary so that the net amounts
(including Additional Amounts) paid to the Holders, after such deduction or withholding, shall be equal to the respective amounts of interest which the Holders would have been entitled to receive in respect of this Global Security in the absence of
such deduction or withholding; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to any such tax, levy, impost, duty, charge, fee, deduction or withholding which: (i) would not be payable or due but for the fact that the Holder or the
beneficial owner of this Global Security is domiciled in, or is a national or resident of, or engaging in business or maintaining a permanent establishment or being physically present in, the Taxing Jurisdiction or otherwise has some connection or
former connection with the Taxing Jurisdiction other than the holding or ownership of this Global Security, or the collection of interest payments on, or the enforcement of, this Global Security; (ii) would not be payable or due but for the
fact that this Global Security (x) is presented for payment in the Taxing Jurisdiction or (y) is presented for payment more than 30 days after the date payment became due or was provided for, whichever is later, except to the extent that
the Holder would have been entitled to such Additional Amount on presenting the same for payment at the close of such 30 day period; (iii) would not have been imposed if presentation for payment of this Global Security had been made to a paying
agent other than the paying agent to which the presentation was made; (iv) is imposed in respect of a Holder that is not the sole beneficial owner of the interest, or a portion thereof, or that is a fiduciary or partnership, but only to the
extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to the fiduciary, a beneficial owner or member of the partnership would not have been entitled to the payment of an Additional Amount had the beneficiary, settlor, beneficial owner or member received
directly its beneficial or distributive share of the payment; (v) is imposed because of the failure to comply by the Holder or the beneficial owner of this Global Security or the beneficial owner of any payment on this Global Security with a
request from the Issuer addressed to the Holder or the beneficial owner, including a written request from the Issuer related to a claim for relief under any applicable double tax treaty (x) to provide information concerning the nationality,
residence, identity or connection with a taxing jurisdiction of the Holder or the beneficial owner, or (y) to make any declaration or other similar claim to satisfy any information or reporting requirement, if the information or declaration is
required or imposed by a statute, treaty, regulation, ruling or administrative practice of the Taxing Jurisdiction as a precondition to exemption from withholding or deduction of all or part of the tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge;
(vi) is imposed in respect of any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property, wealth or similar tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge; or (vii) is imposed in respect of any combination of the above items.

 Whenever in this Global Security there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of any interest on, or in respect of, any Debt Security
or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Debt Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in
respect thereof and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made. 

Upon any exchange of a portion of this Global Security for a definitive Debt Security, the portion of the principal amount hereof so exchanged
shall be endorsed by the Registrar on Schedule A hereto. The principal amount hereof shall be reduced for all purposes by the amount so exchanged and endorsed. 

  
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 Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Global Security set forth on the
reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for the purposes hereof have the same effect as if set forth at this place. 
 Unless the
certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee or an authenticating agent, this Global Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purposes. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed. 

 

			
	By:	 	  

	
	 HSBC Holdings plc,
 as
Issuer

 Dated: , 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION 

This is one of the Debt Securities of a series issued under the within-mentioned Indenture. 

 

							
		 		 	By:	 	  

	Dated:            ,	 		 		 	
		 		 	 The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch,

as Trustee

  
 [Signature Page to the
2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Global Note] 

 REVERSE OF GLOBAL SECURITY 

$[•] 
 4.755% FIXED
RATE/FLOATING RATE SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES DUE 2028 
 This Global Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Debt Securities issued and
to be issued in one or more series under and governed by an Indenture dated as of August 26, 2009 (as amended or supplemented from time to time), by and among the Issuer, The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as trustee (the
“Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and HSBC Bank USA, National Association (“HBUS”), as registrar and paying agent (the “Base Indenture”), as amended and
supplemented by a twenty-fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 9, 2022 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Trustee and HBUS, as
paying agent, registrar and calculation agent (the “Agent”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities
thereunder of the Issuer, the Trustee, the Holders and of the terms upon which the Debt Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. 

Under the terms of the Indenture, the Debt Securities may be redeemed, in whole but not in part, at the Issuer’s sole discretion, on not
less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at any time at a Redemption Price equal to the principal amount thereof, together with accrued interest, if any, to the date fixed for redemption, if, at any time, the Issuer determines that: 

(i) in making payment under the Debt Securities in respect of principal (or premium, if any) interest, or missed payment the
Issuer has or shall or would become obligated to pay Additional Amounts as provided in the Indenture and in this Global Security provided such obligation to pay Additional Amounts results from a change in or amendment to the laws of the Taxing
Jurisdiction, or any change in the official application or interpretation of such laws (including a decision of any court or tribunal), or any change in, or in the official application or interpretation of, or execution of, or amendment to, any
treaty or treaties affecting taxation to which the United Kingdom is a party, which change, amendment or execution becomes effective on or after the Issue Date; or 

(ii) the payment of interest in respect of the Debt Securities has become or will or would be treated as a
“distribution” within the meaning of Section 1000 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 of the United Kingdom (or any statutory modification or reenactment thereof for the time being) as a result of a change in or amendment to the laws of
the Taxing Jurisdiction, or any change in the official application or interpretation of such laws, including a decision of any court, which change or amendment becomes effective on or after the Issue Date; provided, however that, in the case
of (i) above, no notice of redemption shall be given earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Issuer would be obliged to pay such Additional Amounts were a payment in respect of the Debt Securities then due. 

Under the terms of the Indenture, the Issuer may, in its sole discretion, redeem the Debt Securities during the Make-Whole Redemption Period,
on not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ notice, in whole at any time during such period or in part from time to time during such period, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Debt Securities
to be redeemed; and (ii) as determined by the Determination Agent, the sum of the present values of (a) the principal amount of the Debt Securities to be redeemed (discounted from the Par Redemption Date) and (b) the remaining
payments of interest to be made on any scheduled Interest Payment Date to (and including) the Par Redemption Date for the Debt Securities to be redeemed (not including accrued and unpaid interest to (but excluding) the applicable Redemption Date, if
any, on the principal amount of the Debt Securities), discounted to the 

  
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applicable Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30 day months) at the Reference Treasury Rate plus 30 basis
points, in each case, plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the Debt Securities to be redeemed to (but excluding) the applicable Redemption Date (each, a “Make-Whole Redemption”). 

The “Make-Whole Redemption Period” means the period beginning on (and including) December 9, 2022 (six months following
the Issue Date) to (but excluding) June 9, 2027 (the “Par Redemption Date”); provided that if any additional notes of the same series as the Debt Securities are issued after the Issue Date, the Make-Whole Redemption
Period for such additional notes shall begin on (and include) the date that is six months following the issue date for such additional notes. 

“Reference Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Price Determination Date, the rate per annum equal to: (i) the
yield, which represents the average for the week immediately prior to the Price Determination Date appearing in the most recent “H.15” under the caption “Treasury constant maturities,” for the maturity most closely corresponding
to the Par Redemption Date; provided that if no maturity is within three months before or after the Par Redemption Date, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Reference Treasury shall be determined and the
Reference Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding to the nearest month; or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week immediately prior to the
Price Determination Date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Reference Treasury, calculated using a price for the Reference Treasury (expressed as a percentage of its
principal amount) equal to the Reference Treasury Price for the applicable Price Determination Date; provided that, if the period from the applicable Redemption Date to the Par Redemption Date is less than one year, the weekly average yield
on actually traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used. 
 The Reference Treasury Rate shall
be calculated by the Determination Agent on the third Business Day preceding the applicable Redemption Date (the “Price Determination Date”). 

In determining the Reference Treasury Rate, the below terms will have the following meaning: 

“Determination Agent” means an investment bank or financial institution of international standing selected by the Issuer
(which may be the Calculation Agent or the Issuer’s Affiliate). 
 “H.15” means the weekly statistical release
designated as such and published by the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System, or any successor or replacement publication that establishes yields on actively traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity,
and “most recent H.15” means the H.15 published closest in time but prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the applicable Price Determination Date. 

“Reference Treasury” means, with respect to any Price Determination Date, the U.S. Treasury security or securities selected
by the Issuer (in consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Determination Agent) (i) with an actual or interpolated maturity comparable with the remaining term to the Par Redemption Date and (ii) that would be utilized, at the time
of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities denominated in U.S. Dollars and a maturity comparable to the remaining term to the Par Redemption Date. 

“Reference Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Price Determination Date, (i) the arithmetic average of the
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Price Determination Date, after excluding the highest quotation (or, in the event of more than one highest quotation, one of the highest) and lowest quotation (or, in the event of more than one lowest
quotation, one of the lowest), or (ii) if fewer than five but more than one such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations are received, the arithmetic average of all such quotations, or (iii) if only one such Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotation is received, then such quotation; each as quoted in writing to the Determination Agent by a Reference Treasury Dealer. 

  
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 “Reference Treasury Dealer” means, with respect to any Price Determination
Date, each of up to five banks selected by the Issuer (in consultation, to the extent practicable, with the Determination Agent), or the Affiliates of such banks, which are (i) primary U.S. Treasury securities dealers, and their respective
successors, or (ii) market makers in pricing corporate bond issues denominated in U.S Dollars. 
 “Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotation” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Price Determination Date, the arithmetic average, as determined by the Determination Agent, of the bid and offered prices for the applicable Reference Treasury,
expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted by the applicable Reference Treasury Dealer at 11:00 a.m. (New York City time), on such Price Determination Date. 

If the Issuer determines, in its sole discretion, that the inclusion of the Make-Whole Redemption provisions in the terms of the Indenture and
the Debt Securities could reasonably be expected to prejudice the qualification of the Debt Securities as eligible liabilities or loss absorbing capacity instruments for the purposes of the Loss Absorption Regulations, then the provisions relating
to the Make-Whole Redemption shall be deemed not to apply for all purposes relating to the Debt Securities and the Issuer shall not have any right to redeem the Debt Securities pursuant to a Make-Whole Redemption. In such circumstances, the Issuer
shall promptly provide notice to the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Calculation Agent and the Holders that the Make-Whole Redemption does not apply; provided that failure to provide such notice will have no impact on the effectiveness of, or
otherwise invalidate, any such determination. No action taken in accordance with this paragraph shall be deemed to be an amendment requiring the consent of Holders under Section 9.02 of the Base Indenture. 

Under the terms of the Indenture, following the Make-Whole Redemption Period, the Debt Securities may be redeemed, in whole but not in part,
at the Issuer’s sole discretion, on not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ notice, on the Par Redemption Date. The Redemption Price will be equal to 100% of their principal amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest to (but excluding)
the Par Redemption Date. 
 Under the terms of the Indenture, the Issuer may, in its sole discretion, following the occurrence of a Loss
Absorption Disqualification Event, on not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ notice, within 90 days of the occurrence of the relevant Loss Absorption Disqualification Event, redeem the Debt Securities in whole, but not in part (such option to
redeem being referred to herein as a “Loss Absorption Disqualification Event Redemption Option”), at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to (but excluding) the applicable
Redemption Date. 
 A “Loss Absorption Disqualification Event” shall be deemed to have occurred if the Debt Securities
become fully or partially ineligible to meet the Issuer’s or the HSBC Group’s minimum 
 requirements for (A) eligible liabilities and/or
(B) loss absorbing capacity instruments, in each case as determined in accordance with and pursuant to the relevant Loss Absorption Regulations applicable to the Issuer or the HSBC Group, as a result of any: 

(a) Loss Absorption Regulation becoming effective after the Issue Date; or 

(b) amendment to, or change in, any Loss Absorption Regulation, or any change in the application or official interpretation of any Loss
Absorption Regulation, in any such case becoming effective on or after the Issue Date, 

  
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 provided, however, that a Loss Absorption Disqualification Event shall not occur where the exclusion
of the Debt Securities from the relevant minimum requirement(s) is due to the remaining maturity of the Debt Securities being less than any period prescribed by any applicable eligibility criteria for such minimum requirement(s) under the relevant
Loss Absorption Regulations effective with respect to the Issuer and/or the HSBC Group on the Issue Date. 
 If the Issuer determines, in
its sole discretion, that the inclusion of the Loss Absorption 
 Disqualification Event Redemption Option provisions in the terms of the Indenture and the
Debt Securities could reasonably be expected to cause a Loss Absorption Disqualification Event to occur, then the provisions relating to the Loss Absorption Disqualification Event Redemption Option shall be deemed not to apply for all purposes
relating to the Debt Securities and the Issuer shall not have any right to redeem the Debt Securities pursuant to a Loss Absorption Disqualification Event Redemption Option. In such circumstances, the Issuer shall promptly provide notice to the
Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Calculation Agent and the Holders that the Loss Absorption Disqualification Event Redemption Option does not apply; provided that failure to provide such notice will have no impact on the effectiveness of, or otherwise
invalidate, any such determination. No action taken in accordance with this paragraph shall be deemed to be an amendment requiring the consent of Holders under Section 9.02 of the Base Indenture. 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture, the Issuer may only redeem or repurchase the Debt Securities prior to the Maturity
Date pursuant to the Indenture if the Issuer has obtained any Relevant Supervisory Consent. 
 An “Event of Default” with
respect to the Debt Securities means any one of the following events: (i) an order is made by an English court which is not successfully appealed within 30 days after the date such order was made for winding up of the Issuer other than in
connection with a scheme of amalgamation or reconstruction not involving bankruptcy or insolvency; or (ii) an effective resolution is validly adopted by the Issuer’s shareholders for winding up of the Issuer other than in connection with a
scheme of amalgamation or reconstruction not involving bankruptcy or insolvency. 
 A “Default” with respect to the Debt
Securities means any one of the following events: (i) failure to pay principal or premium, if any, on the Debt Securities at maturity, and such default continues for a period of 30 days; or (ii) failure to pay any interest on the Debt
Securities when due and payable, which failure continues for 30 days. 
 If a Default occurs, the Trustee may institute proceedings in
England (but not elsewhere) for the Issuer’s winding up; provided that the Trustee may not, upon the occurrence of a Default, accelerate the maturity of any Debt Securities then Outstanding, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing. 
 Notwithstanding the immediately preceding two paragraphs, failure to make any payment in respect of the Debt Securities shall
not be a Default in respect of the Debt Securities if such payment is withheld or refused: (i) in order to comply with any fiscal or other law or regulation or with the order of any court of competent jurisdiction, in each case applicable to
such payment; or (ii) in case of doubt as to the validity or applicability of any such law, regulation or order, in accordance with advice given as to such validity or applicability at any time during the said grace period of 30 days by
independent legal advisers acceptable to the Trustee; provided, however, that the Trustee may, by notice to the Issuer, require the Issuer to take such action (including but not limited to proceedings for a declaration by a court of competent
jurisdiction) as the Trustee may be advised in an opinion of counsel, upon which opinion the Trustee may conclusively rely, is appropriate and reasonable in the circumstances to resolve such doubt, in which case the Issuer shall forthwith take and
expeditiously proceed with such action and shall be bound by any final resolution of the doubt resulting therefrom. If any such resolution determines that the relevant payment can be made without violating any applicable law, regulation or order
then the preceding sentence shall cease to have effect and the payment shall become due and payable on the expiration of the relevant grace period of 30 days after the Trustee gives written notice to the Issuer informing the Issuer of such
resolution. 

  
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 By its acquisition of the Debt Securities represented by this Global Security, each Holder
(which, for these purposes, includes each beneficial owner of the Debt Securities) acknowledges, accepts, consents and agrees to be bound by the terms of the Debt Securities related to the limited remedies available under the Indenture and the Debt
Securities for a non-payment of principal and/or interest on the Debt Securities. 
 If an Event of
Default with respect to the Debt Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all of the Debt Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture and this
Global Security. The Indenture provides that in certain circumstances such declaration and its consequences may be rescinded and annulled by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series.
If a Default with respect to Debt Securities of this series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue certain remedies as set forth in the Indenture. The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Debt Securities of this series may on behalf of all the Holders waive any past Event of Default or any Default under the Indenture or the Debt Securities and its consequences except a default (i) in the payment of principal of (or premium, if
any, on) or any installment of interest on any of the Debt Securities or (ii) in respect of a covenant or provision which under the Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of this Debt Security, and any such
consent or waiver shall bind every future Holder of this Debt Security and of any Debt Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon
this Debt Security or such other Debt Securities. 
 The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Issuer and the Trustee
(i) without the consent of the Holders of any Debt Securities issued under the Indenture to execute one or more supplemental indentures for certain enumerated purposes, such as to cure any ambiguity or to secure the Debt Securities, and
(ii) with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series of Debt Securities affected thereby, to execute supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding
any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of Holders under the Indenture; provided that, with respect to certain enumerated provisions, no such
supplemental indenture may be entered into without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Debt Security affected thereby. The Indenture also permits the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt
Securities of each series to be affected, on behalf of the Holders of all Debt Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain restrictive provisions of the Indenture. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Global
Security shall bind every future Holder of this Global Security and of any Global Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Global Security or such other Global Securities. 
 Subject to the terms of the Indenture, the Depositary may surrender this Global Security
or any portion hereof in exchange, in whole or in part, for definitive Debt Securities, of this series in registered form and the Registrar, acting on behalf of the Issuer, shall authenticate and deliver in exchange for this Global Security or the
portions thereof to be exchanged, an equal aggregate face amount of definitive Debt Securities (duly countersigned) in the numbers and in the names advised by the Depositary. 

  
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 By its acquisition of the Debt Securities represented by this Global Security, each Holder
(which, for these purposes, includes each beneficial owner of the Debt Securities) acknowledges, accepts, consents and agrees, notwithstanding any other term of the Debt Securities, the Indenture or any other agreements, arrangements or
understandings between the Issuer and any Holder, to be bound by (i) the effect of the exercise of any UK Bail-in Power by the Relevant UK Resolution Authority in relation to any Debt Securities that may
include (without limitation) and result in any of the following, or some combination thereof: (a) the reduction of all, or a portion, of the Amounts Due; (b) the conversion of all, or a portion, of the Amounts Due into the Issuer’s or
another Person’s ordinary shares, other securities or other obligations (and the issue to, or conferral on, the Holder of such ordinary shares, other securities or other obligations), including by means of an amendment, modification or
variation of the terms of the Debt Securities or the Indenture; (c) the cancellation of the Debt Securities; and/or (d) the amendment or alteration of the maturity of the Debt Securities or amendment of the amount of interest payable on
the Debt Securities, or the Interest Payment Dates, including by suspending payment for a temporary period; and (ii) the variation of the terms of the Debt Securities or the Indenture, if necessary, to give effect to the exercise of any UK Bail-in Power by the Relevant UK Resolution Authority. No repayment or payment of Amounts Due shall become due and payable or be paid after the exercise of any UK Bail-in
Power by the Relevant UK Resolution Authority if and to the extent such amounts have been reduced, converted, cancelled, amended or altered as a result of such exercise. Moreover, each Holder (which, for these purposes, includes each beneficial
owner of the Debt Securities) consents to the exercise of any UK Bail-in Power as it may be imposed without any prior notice by the Relevant UK Resolution Authority of its decision to exercise such power with
respect to the Debt Securities. 
 “Amounts Due” means the principal amount of, and any accrued and unpaid interest,
including any Additional Amounts, on, the Debt Securities. References to such amounts will include amounts that have become due and payable, but which have not been paid, prior to the exercise of any UK
Bail-in Power by the Relevant UK Resolution Authority. 
 “Loss Absorption
Regulations” means, at any time, the laws, regulations, requirements, guidelines, rules, standards and policies from time to time relating to minimum requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities and/or loss absorbing capacity
instruments in effect in the UK and applicable to the Issuer from time to time, including, without limitation to the generality of the foregoing, the Banking Act and UK CRR (whether or not such requirements, guidelines or policies are applied
generally or specifically to the Issuer or to the Issuer and any of its holding or subsidiary companies or any subsidiary of any such holding company) in each case as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time. 

“PRA” means the UK Prudential Regulation Authority or any successor entity. 

“Relevant Regulator” means the PRA or any successor entity or other entity primarily responsible for the prudential
supervision of the Issuer. 
 “Relevant Supervisory Consent” means, in relation to any redemption or purchase of the Notes,
any required permission of the Relevant Regulator applicable to the Company or the Relevant UK Resolution Authority (as applicable). For the avoidance of doubt, Relevant Supervisory Consent will not be required if either (i) none of the Debt
Securities qualify as part of the Issuer’s regulatory capital, or own funds and eligible liabilities or loss absorbing capacity instruments, as the case may be, each pursuant to the Loss Absorption Regulations, (ii) the relevant Debt
Securities are repurchased for market-making purposes in accordance with any permission given by the Relevant Regulator pursuant to the Loss Absorption Regulations within the limits prescribed in such permission or (iii) the relevant Debt
Securities are being redeemed or repurchased pursuant to any general prior permission granted by the Relevant Regulator or the Relevant UK Resolution Authority (as applicable) pursuant to the Loss Absorption Regulations within the limits prescribed
in such permission. 
 “Relevant UK Resolution Authority” means any authority with the ability to exercise a UK Bail-in Power. 

  
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 “UK Bail-in Legislation” means Part
I of the Banking Act and any other law or regulation applicable in the UK relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (otherwise than through liquidation,
administration or other insolvency proceedings). 
 “UK Bail-in Power” means the
powers under the UK Bail-in Legislation to cancel, transfer or dilute shares issued by a person that is a bank or investment firm or affiliate of a bank or investment firm, to cancel, write-down, transfer,
reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of such a person or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to
provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability. 

“UK CRR” means Regulation (EU) No. 575/2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms of
the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, as amended or supplemented from time to time, as it forms part of domestic law in the UK by virtue of the EUWA. 

By its acquisition of the Debt Securities, each Holder (which, for these purposes, includes each beneficial owner of the Debt Securities): (i)
acknowledges and agrees that the exercise of the UK Bail-in Power by the Relevant UK Resolution Authority with respect to the Debt Securities shall not give rise to a Default or Event of Default for purposes
of Section 315(b) (Notice of Default) and Section 315(c) (Duties of the Trustee in Case of Default) of the Trust Indenture Act; (ii) to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, waives any and all claims, in law
and/or in equity, against the Trustee for, agrees not to initiate a suit against the Trustee in respect of, and agrees that the Trustee shall not be liable for, any action that the Trustee takes, or abstains from taking, in either case in accordance
with the exercise of (x) the UK Bail-in Power by the Relevant UK Resolution Authority with respect to the Debt Securities or (y) the limited remedies available under the Indenture and the Debt
Securities for a non-payment of principal and/or interest on the Debt Securities; and (iii) acknowledges and agrees that, upon the exercise of any UK Bail-in Power
by the Relevant UK Resolution Authority, the Trustee shall not be required to take any further directions from Holders under Section 5.11 (Control by Holders of Debt Securities) of the Base Indenture; and that the
Indenture shall not impose any duties upon the Trustee whatsoever with respect to the exercise of any UK Bail-in Power by the Relevant UK Resolution Authority. 

Notwithstanding clause (iii) of the immediately preceding paragraph, if, following the completion of the exercise of the UK Bail-in Power by the Relevant UK Resolution Authority, the Debt Securities remain outstanding (for example, if the exercise of the UK Bail-in Power results in only a partial
write-down of the principal of the Debt Securities), then the Trustee’s duties under the Indenture shall remain applicable with respect to the Debt Securities following such completion to the extent that the Issuer and the Trustee shall agree
pursuant to a supplemental indenture or an amendment to the Indenture; provided, however that notwithstanding the exercise of the UK Bail-in Power by the Relevant UK Resolution Authority, there shall at
all times be a Trustee hereunder pursuant to, and in accordance with Section 6.09 of the Base Indenture, and the resignation and/or removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee shall continue to be
governed by Section 6.10 and Section 6.11 of the Base Indenture, including to the extent no supplemental indenture or amendment to the Indenture is agreed upon pursuant to the Indenture in the
event the Debt Securities remain outstanding following the completion of the exercise of the UK Bail-in Power. 

It is the intention of the Issuer and the Trustee that the Issuer’s obligations to indemnify the Trustee and the Agent in accordance with
Section 6.07 of the Base Indenture (for the avoidance of doubt, as amended by Section 4.01 of the second supplemental indenture dated May 25, 2016) shall survive any exercise of the UK Bail-in Power by the Relevant UK Resolution Authority. 

  
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 The exercise of the UK Bail-in Power by the Relevant
UK Resolution Authority with respect to the Debt Securities shall not constitute an Event of Default or a Default. 
 In addition to the
right to enter into supplemental indentures pursuant to Section 9.01 and Section 9.02 of the Base Indenture, the Issuer and the Trustee may enter into one or more indentures supplemental to the
Indenture to modify and amend the terms of the Indenture or the Debt Securities, without the further consent of any Holders, to the extent necessary to give effect to the exercise by the Relevant UK Resolution Authority of the UK Bail-in Power. 
 Upon the exercise of the UK Bail-in Power
by the Relevant UK Resolution Authority with respect to the Debt Securities, the Issuer shall provide a written notice to the Holders through DTC as soon as practicable regarding such exercise of the UK
Bail-in Power for purposes of notifying Holders and beneficial owners of the Debt Securities of such occurrence. The Issuer shall also deliver a copy of such notice to the Trustee for information purposes.

 Upon the exercise of any UK Bail-in Power by the Relevant UK Resolution Authority that results in
the reduction or cancellation of all, or a portion, of the principal amount of this Global Security and/or the conversion of all, or a portion, of the principal amount of this Global Security into shares or other securities or other obligations of
the Issuer or another person, the portion of the principal amount hereof so reduced, cancelled and/or converted shall be endorsed by the Registrar on Schedule B hereto. The principal amount hereof shall be reduced for all purposes by the amount so
reduced, cancelled and/or converted. 
 By its acquisition of a Debt Security, each Holder (which, for these purposes, includes each
beneficial owner of the Debt Securities) of the Debt Securities shall be deemed to have authorized, directed and requested DTC and any direct participant in DTC or other intermediary through which it holds the Debt Securities to take any and all
necessary action, if required, to implement the exercise of any UK Bail-in Power with respect to the Debt Securities as it may be imposed, without any further action or direction on the part of such Holder or
beneficial owner, the Trustee or the Agent (and any other agent acting in connection with the relevant series of Debt Securities). 
 To the
fullest extent permitted by law, the Holders and the Trustee, in respect of any claims of such Holders to payment of any principal, premium or interest in respect of the Debt Securities, by their acceptance of the Debt Securities,
shall be deemed to have waived any right of set-off or counterclaim that such Holders or, as the case may be, the Trustee in such respect, might otherwise have. 

ANY HOLDER (WHICH, FOR THESE PURPOSES, INCLUDES EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER OF THE DEBT SECURITIES) THAT ACQUIRES THE DEBT SECURITIES IN THE
SECONDARY MARKET AND ANY SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES IN BANKRUPTCY AND LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES OF ANY HOLDER OR BENEFICIAL OWNER OF THE DEBT SECURITIES SHALL BE DEEMED TO ACKNOWLEDGE, AGREE TO BE BOUND BY AND
CONSENT TO THE SAME PROVISIONS SPECIFIED HEREIN TO THE SAME EXTENT AS THE HOLDERS OR BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THE DEBT SECURITIES THAT ACQUIRE THE DEBT SECURITIES UPON THEIR INITIAL ISSUANCE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WITH RESPECT TO THE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY AND CONSENT TO THE TERMS OF THE DEBT SECURITIES RELATED TO THE UK BAIL-IN POWER, THE BENCHMARK AND THE LIMITED REMEDIES AVAILABLE UNDER THE INDENTURE AND THE DEBT
SECURITIES FOR A NON-PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND/OR INTEREST ON THE DEBT SECURITIES. 

  
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 The Indenture and the Debt Securities may be amended and modified as provided in the
Indenture. 
 All terms used in this Global Security and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture.

 The Indenture and the Debt Securities shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. 

  
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 SCHEDULE A 

EXCHANGES FOR DEFINITIVE DEBT SECURITIES 

The following exchanges of parts of this Global Security for Definitive Debt Securities have been made: 

 

					
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exchanged for Definitive
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Securities
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 SCHEDULE B 

REDUCTION, CANCELLATION OR CONVERSION OF DEBT SECURITIES UPON THE EXERCISE OF ANY UK BAIL-IN POWER BY
THE RELEVANT UK RESOLUTION AUTHORITY 
  

					
	 Date made
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reduced, cancelled
 and/or
converted
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 B-21Exhibit 4.1

 

NEITHER
THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE CONVERTIBLE
HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT
BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL (WHICH COUNSEL SHALL BE SELECTED BY THE HOLDER), IN
A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE
144A UNDER SAID ACT OR OTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION
WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.

 

	Principal Amount: US$165,000.00 	Issue Date: June 3, 2022
	Purchase Price: US$160,000.00	 

  

PROMISSORY
NOTE

 

FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, DIEGO PELLICER WORLDWIDE, INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the “Borrower”)
(Trading Symbol: DPWW), hereby promises to pay to the order of GS CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company,
or registered assigns (the “Holder”) the sum of US$165,000.00 (the “Principal”) together with guaranteed
interest (the “Interest”) on the Principal balance hereof in the amount of eight percent (8%) (the “Interest
Rate”) per calendar year from the date hereof (the “Issue Date”). All Principal and Interest owing hereunder,
along with any and all other amounts, shall be due and owing on June 3, 2023 (the “Maturity Date”). A lump-sum interest
payment for twelve (12) months shall be immediately due on the Issue Date and shall be added to the principal balance and payable
on the Maturity Date or upon acceleration or by prepayment or otherwise, notwithstanding the number of days which the Principal
is outstanding. This note (the “Note”) shall contain an original issue discount of $5,000 resulting in a purchase
price of $160,000. Principal payments shall be made in ten (10) installments each in the amount of US$17,800.00 commencing on
the ninetieth (90th) day anniversary following the Issue Date and continuing thereafter each thirty (30) days for ten
(10) months. Notwithstanding the forgoing, the final payment of Principal and Interest shall be due on the Maturity Date. This
Note may be prepaid in whole or in part as set forth herein. Any amount of Principal or Interest on this Note which is not paid
when due shall bear interest at the rate of the lesser of (i) twenty-four percent (24%) per annum and (ii) the maximum amount
permitted under law from the due date thereof until the same is paid (the “Default Interest”). Default Interest shall
commence accruing upon an Event of Default and shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days
elapsed. All payments due hereunder (to the extent not converted into common stock, no par value per share (the “Common
Stock”) in accordance with the terms hereof) shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America. All payments
shall be made at such address as the Holder shall hereafter give to the Borrower by written notice made in accordance with the
provisions of this Note. Whenever any amount expressed to be due by the terms of this Note is due on any day which is not a business
day, the same shall instead be due on the next succeeding day which is a business day and, in the case of any interest payment
date which is not the date on which this Note is paid in full, the extension of the due date thereof shall not be taken into account
for purposes of determining the amount of interest due on such date. As used in this Note, the term “business day”
shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in the city of New York, New York are authorized
or required by law or executive order to remain closed. Each capitalized term used herein, and not otherwise defined, shall have
the meaning ascribed thereto in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated the date hereof, pursuant to which this Note
was originally issued (the “Purchase Agreement”).

 

     

     

    

 

This
Note is free from all taxes, liens, claims and encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof and shall not be subject to preemptive
rights or other similar rights of shareholders of the Borrower and will not impose personal liability upon the holder thereof.

 

The
following terms shall also apply to this Note:

 

Article
I. CONVERSION RIGHTS

 

1.1 
Conversion Right. The Holder shall have the right from time to time, and at any time following an Event of Default, and
ending on the date of payment of the Default Amount (as defined in Article III) pursuant to Section 1.6(a) or Article III, each
in respect of the remaining outstanding principal amount of this Note to convert all or any part of the outstanding and unpaid
principal, interest, penalties, and all other amounts under this Note into fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock,
as such Common Stock exists on the Issue Date, or any shares of capital stock or other securities of the Borrower into which such
Common Stock shall hereafter be changed or reclassified at the Conversion Price (as defined below) determined as provided herein
(a “Conversion”); provided, however, that in no event shall the Holder be entitled to convert any portion
of this Note in excess of that portion of this Note upon conversion of which the sum of (1) the number of shares of Common Stock
beneficially owned by the Holder and its affiliates (other than shares of Common Stock which may be deemed beneficially owned
through the ownership of the unconverted portion of the Notes or the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other security
of the Borrower subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitations contained herein) and (2) the number
of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the portion of this Note with respect to which the determination of
this proviso is being made, would result in beneficial ownership by the Holder and its affiliates of more than 4.99% of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock. For purposes of the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, beneficial ownership shall be determined
in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and Regulations
13D-G thereunder, except as otherwise provided in clause (1) of such proviso. The number of shares of Common Stock to be issued
upon each conversion of this Note shall be determined by dividing the Conversion Amount (as defined below) by the applicable Conversion
Price then in effect on the date specified in the notice of conversion, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Notice
of Conversion”), delivered to the Borrower or Borrower’s transfer agent by the Holder in accordance with Section 1.4
below; provided that the Notice of Conversion is submitted by facsimile or e-mail (or by other means resulting in, or reasonably
expected to result in, notice) to the Borrower or Borrower’s transfer agent before 11:59 p.m., New York, New York time on
such conversion date (the “Conversion Date”). The term “Conversion Amount” means, with respect to any
conversion of this Note, the sum of (1) the principal amount of this Note to be converted in such conversion plus (2) at
the Holder’s option, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such principal amount at the interest rates provided in this
Note to the Conversion Date, provided however, that the Borrower shall have the right to pay any or all interest in cash plus
(3) at the Holder’s option, Default Interest, if any, on the amounts referred to in the immediately preceding clauses
(1) and/or (2) plus (4) at the Holder’s option, any amounts owed to the Holder pursuant to Sections 1.3 and 1.4(g)
hereof.

 

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1.2 
Conversion Price.

 

Calculation
of Conversion Price. Subject to the adjustments described herein, the conversion price (the “Conversion Price”)
shall be equal to 65% of the lowest trading price of the Company Common Stock for the 15 trading days immediately preceding the
delivery of a notice of conversion resulting from such default. To the extent the Conversion Price of the Borrower’s Common
Stock closes below the par value per share, the Borrower will take all steps necessary to solicit the consent of the stockholders
to reduce the par value to the lowest value possible under law. The Borrower agrees to honor all conversions submitted pending
this adjustment. If the shares of the Borrower’s Common Stock have not been delivered within three (3) business days to
the Borrower or Borrower’s transfer agent, the Notice of Conversion may be rescinded. If the Trading Price cannot be calculated
for such security on such date in the manner provided above, the Trading Price shall be the fair market value as mutually determined
by the Borrower and the holders of a majority in interest of the Notes being converted for which the calculation of the Trading
Price is required in order to determine the Conversion Price of such Notes. “Trading Day” shall mean any day on which
the Common Stock is tradable for any period on the OTC Pink, OTCQB or on the principal securities exchange or other securities
market on which the Common Stock is then being traded. The Borrower shall be responsible for the fees of its transfer agent and
all DTC fees associated with any such issuance. Holder shall be entitled to deduct $750.00 from the conversion amount in each
Notice of Conversion to cover Holder’s deposit fees associated with each Notice of Conversion.

 

(a)   
Conversion Price During Major Announcements. Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 1.2(a) to the contrary, in the
event the Borrower (i) makes a public announcement that it intends to consolidate or merge with any other corporation (other than
a merger in which the Borrower is the surviving or continuing corporation and its capital stock is unchanged) or sell or transfer
all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower or (ii) any person, group or entity (including the Borrower) publicly announces
a tender offer to purchase 50% or more of the Borrower’s Common Stock (or any other takeover scheme) (the date of the announcement
referred to in clause (i) or (ii) is hereinafter referred to as the “Announcement Date”), then the Conversion Price
shall, effective upon the Announcement Date and continuing through the Adjusted Conversion Price Termination Date (as defined
below), be equal to the lower of (x) the Conversion Price which would have been applicable for a Conversion occurring on the Announcement
Date and (y) the Conversion Price that would otherwise be in effect. From and after the Adjusted Conversion Price Termination
Date, the Conversion Price shall be determined as set forth in this Section 1.2(a). For purposes hereof, “Adjusted Conversion
Price Termination Date” shall mean, with respect to any proposed transaction or tender offer (or takeover scheme) for which
a public announcement as contemplated by this Section 1.2(b) has been made, the date upon which the Borrower (in the case of clause
(i) above) or the person, group or entity (in the case of clause (ii) above) consummates or publicly announces the termination
or abandonment of the proposed transaction or tender offer (or takeover scheme) which caused this Section 1.2(b) to become operative.

 

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(b)    Pro Rata Conversion; Disputes. In the event of a dispute as to the number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder
in connection with a conversion of this Note, the Borrower shall issue to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock not
in dispute and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 4.13.

 

(c)    If at any time the Conversion Price as determined hereunder for any conversion would be less than the par value of the Common
Stock, then the Conversion Price hereunder shall equal such par value for such conversion and the Conversion Amount for such conversion
shall be increased to include Additional Principal, where “Additional Principal” means such additional amount to be
added to the Conversion Amount to the extent necessary to cause the number of conversion shares issuable upon such conversion
to equal the same number of conversion shares as would have been issued had the Conversion Price not been subject to the minimum
price set forth in this Section 1.2(c).

 

1.3 
Authorized Shares. The Borrower covenants that during the period while any outstanding balance is owing hereunder, the
Borrower will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares, free from preemptive rights,
to provide for the issuance of Common Stock upon the full conversion of this Note. The Borrower is required at all times to have
authorized and reserved four (4) times the number of shares that is actually issuable upon full conversion of the Note (based
on the Conversion Price of the Notes in effect from time to time) initially 153,846,154 shares (the “Reserved Amount”).
The Reserved Amount shall be increased from time to time in accordance with the Borrower’s obligations pursuant to Section
3(d) of the Purchase Agreement. The Borrower represents that upon issuance, such shares will be duly and validly issued, fully
paid and non-assessable. In addition, if the Borrower shall issue any securities or make any change to its capital structure which
would change the number of shares of Common Stock into which the Notes shall be convertible at the then current Conversion Price,
the Borrower shall at the same time make proper provision so that thereafter there shall be a sufficient number of shares of Common
Stock authorized and reserved, free from preemptive rights, for conversion of the outstanding Notes. The Borrower (i) acknowledges
that it has irrevocably instructed its transfer agent to issue certificates for the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this
Note, and (ii) agrees that its issuance of this Note shall constitute full authority to its officers and agents who are charged
with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for shares of Common Stock in accordance
with the terms and conditions of this Note. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Reserved Amount be lower than
the initial Reserved Amount, regardless of any prior conversions.

 

If,
at any time the Borrower does not maintain or replenish the Reserved Amount within three (3) business days of the request of the
Holder, the principal amount of the Note shall increase by Five Thousand and No/100 United States Dollars ($5,000) (under Holder’s
and Borrower’s expectation that any principal amount increase will tack back to the Issue Date) per occurrence.

 

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1.4 
Method of Conversion.

 

(a)   
Mechanics of Conversion. Subject to Section 1.1, this Note may be converted by the Holder in whole or in part at any time
from time to time after an Event of Default, by (A) submitting to the Borrower or Borrower’s transfer agent a Notice
of Conversion (by facsimile, e-mail or other reasonable means of communication dispatched on the Conversion Date prior to 11:59
p.m., New York, New York time) and (B) subject to Section 1.4(b), surrendering this Note at the principal office of the Borrower.

 

(b)  
Surrender of Note Upon Conversion. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, upon conversion of this Note
in accordance with the terms hereof, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Note to the Borrower unless
the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note is so converted. The Holder and the Borrower shall maintain records showing the
principal amount so converted and the dates of such conversions or shall use such other method, reasonably satisfactory to the
Holder and the Borrower, so as not to require physical surrender of this Note upon each such conversion. In the event of any dispute
or discrepancy, such records of the Borrower shall, prima facie, be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest
error. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any portion of this Note is converted as aforesaid, the Holder may not transfer this
Note unless the Holder first physically surrenders this Note to the Borrower, whereupon the Borrower will forthwith issue and
deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Note of like tenor, registered as the Holder (upon payment by the Holder of any applicable
transfer taxes) may request, representing in the aggregate the remaining unpaid principal amount of this Note. The Holder and
any assignee, by acceptance of this Note, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following
conversion of a portion of this Note, the unpaid and unconverted principal amount of this Note represented by this Note may be
less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

(c)   
Payment of Taxes. The Borrower shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved
in the issue and delivery of shares of Common Stock or other securities or property on conversion of this Note in a name other
than that of the Holder (or in street name), and the Borrower shall not be required to issue or deliver any such shares or other
securities or property unless and until the person or persons (other than the Holder or the custodian in whose street name such
shares are to be held for the Holder’s account) requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Borrower the amount
of any such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Borrower that such tax has been paid.

 

(d)  
Delivery of Common Stock Upon Conversion. Upon receipt by the Borrower from the Holder of a facsimile transmission or e-mail
(or other reasonable means of communication) of a Notice of Conversion meeting the requirements for conversion as provided in
this Section 1.4, the Borrower shall issue and deliver or cause to be issued and delivered to or upon the order of the Holder
certificates for the Common Stock issuable upon such conversion within three (3) business days after such receipt (the “Deadline”)
(and, solely in the case of conversion of the entire unpaid principal amount hereof, surrender of this Note) in accordance with
the terms hereof and the Purchase Agreement.

 

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(e)   
Obligation of Borrower to Deliver Common Stock. Upon receipt by the Borrower of a Notice of Conversion, the Holder shall
be deemed to be the holder of record of the Common Stock issuable upon such conversion, the outstanding principal amount and the
amount of accrued and unpaid interest on this Note shall be reduced to reflect such conversion, and, unless the Borrower defaults
on its obligations under this Article I, all rights with respect to the portion of this Note being so converted shall forthwith
terminate except the right to receive the Common Stock or other securities, cash or other assets, as herein provided, on such
conversion. If the Holder shall have given a Notice of Conversion as provided herein, the Borrower’s obligation to issue
and deliver the certificates for Common Stock shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of the absence of any action by
the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision thereof, the recovery of any judgment against
any person or any action to enforce the same, any failure or delay in the enforcement of any other obligation of the Borrower
to the holder of record, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by
the Holder of any obligation to the Borrower, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation
of the Borrower to the Holder in connection with such conversion. The Conversion Date specified in the Notice of Conversion shall
be the Conversion Date so long as the Notice of Conversion is received by the Borrower before 11:59 p.m., New York, New York time,
on such date.

 

(f)   
Delivery of Common Stock by Electronic Transfer. In lieu of delivering physical certificates representing the Common Stock
issuable upon conversion, provided the Borrower is participating in the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated
Securities Transfer (“FAST”) program, upon request of the Holder and its compliance with the provisions contained
in Section 1.1 and in this Section 1.4, the Borrower shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause its transfer
agent to electronically transmit the Common Stock issuable upon conversion to the Holder by crediting the account of Holder’s
Prime Broker with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal At Custodian (“DWAC”) system.

 

(g)    DTC Eligibility & Market Loss. If the Borrower fails to maintain its status as “DTC Eligible” for any reason,
the principal amount of the Note shall increase by Fifteen Thousand and No/100 United States Dollars ($15,000) (under Holder’s
and Borrower’s expectation that any principal amount increase will tack back to the Issue Date).

 

(h)  
Failure to Deliver Common Stock Prior to Delivery Deadline. Without in any way limiting the Holder’s right to pursue
other remedies, including actual damages and/or equitable relief, the parties agree that if delivery of the Common Stock issuable
upon conversion of this Note is not delivered by the Deadline (other than a failure due to the circumstances described in Section
1.3 above, which failure shall be governed by such Section) the Borrower shall pay to the Holder $2,000 per day in cash, for each
day beyond the Deadline that the Borrower fails to deliver such Common Stock until the Borrower issues and delivers a certificate
to the Holder or credit the Holder’s balance account with OTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is
entitled upon such Holder’s conversion of any Conversion Amount (under Holder’s and Borrower’s expectation that any damages will
tack back to the Issue Date).. Such cash amount shall be paid to Holder by the fifth day of the month following the month in which
it has accrued or, at the option of the Holder (by written notice to the Borrower by the first day of the month following the
month in which it has accrued), shall be added to the principal amount of this Note, in which event interest shall accrue thereon
in accordance with the terms of this Note and such additional principal amount shall be convertible into Common Stock in accordance
with the terms of this Note. The Borrower agrees that the right to convert is a valuable right to the Holder. The damages resulting
from a failure, attempt to frustrate, interference with such conversion right are difficult if not impossible to qualify. Accordingly,
the parties acknowledge that the liquidated damages provision contained in this Section 1.4(h) are justified.

 

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(i)      Rescindment of a Notice of Conversion.  If (i) the Borrower fails to respond to Holder within one (1) business day
from the Conversion Date confirming the details of Notice of Conversion, (ii) the Borrower fails to provide any of the shares
of the Borrower’s Common Stock requested in the Notice of Conversion within three (3) business days from the date of receipt
of the Note of Conversion, (iii) the Holder is unable to procure a legal opinion required to have the shares of the Borrower’s
Common Stock issued unrestricted and/or deposited to sell for any reason related to the Borrower’s standing, (iv) the Holder
is unable to deposit the shares of the Borrower’s Common Stock requested in the Notice of Conversion for any reason related
to the Borrower’s standing, (v) at any time after a missed Deadline, at the Holder’s sole discretion, or (vi) if OTC
Markets changes the Borrower’s designation to ‘Limited Information’ (Yield), ‘No Information’ (Stop Sign),
‘Caveat Emptor’ (Skull & Crossbones), ‘OTC’, ‘Other OTC’ or ‘Grey Market’
(Exclamation Mark Sign) or other trading restriction on the day of or any day after the Conversion Date, the Holder maintains
the option and sole discretion to rescind the Notice of Conversion (“Rescindment”) with a “Notice of Rescindment.”

 

1.5 
Concerning the Shares. The shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note may not be sold or transferred
unless (i) such shares are sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Act or (ii) the Borrower or its transfer
agent shall have been furnished with an opinion of counsel (which opinion shall be in form, substance and scope customary for
opinions of counsel in comparable transactions) to the effect that the shares to be sold or transferred may be sold or transferred
pursuant to an exemption from such registration or (iii) such shares are sold or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 under the
Act (or a successor rule) (“Rule 144”) or other applicable exemption or (iv) such shares are transferred to an “affiliate”
(as defined in Rule 144) of the Borrower who agrees to sell or otherwise transfer the shares only in accordance with this Section
1.5 and who is an Accredited Investor (as defined in the Purchase Agreement). Except as otherwise provided in the Purchase Agreement
(and subject to the removal provisions set forth below), until such time as the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion
of this Note have been registered under the Act or otherwise may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 or other applicable exemption without
any restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold, each certificate for
shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note that has not been so included in an effective registration statement
or that has not been sold pursuant to an effective registration statement or an exemption that permits removal of the legend,
shall bear a legend substantially in the following form, as appropriate:

 

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“NEITHER
THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE EXERCISABLE
HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT
BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL (WHICH COUNSEL SHALL BE SELECTED BY THE HOLDER), IN
A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE
144A UNDER SAID ACT OR OTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION
WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.”

 

The
legend set forth above shall be removed and the Borrower shall issue to the Holder a new certificate therefore free of any transfer
legend if (i) the Borrower or its transfer agent shall have received an opinion of counsel, in form, substance and scope customary
for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions, to the effect that a public sale or transfer of such Common Stock may be made
without registration under the Act, which opinion shall be reasonably accepted by the Borrower so that the sale or transfer is
effected or (ii) in the case of the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note, such security is registered for sale by
the Holder under an effective registration statement filed under the Act or otherwise may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 or other
applicable exemption without any restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately
sold. In the event that the Borrower does not accept the opinion of counsel provided by the Buyer with respect to the transfer
of Securities pursuant to an exemption from registration, such as Rule 144 or Regulation S, at the Deadline, it will be considered
an Event of Default pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Note.

 

1.6 
Effect of Certain Events.

 

(a)   
Effect of Merger, Consolidation, Etc. At the option of the Holder, the sale, conveyance or disposition of all or substantially
all of the assets of the Borrower, the effectuation by the Borrower of a transaction or series of related transactions in which
more than 50% of the voting power of the Borrower is disposed of, or the consolidation, merger or other business combination of
the Borrower with or into any other Person (as defined below) or Persons when the Borrower is not the survivor shall either: (i)
be deemed to be an Event of Default (as defined in Article III) pursuant to which the Borrower shall be required to pay to the
Holder upon the consummation of and as a condition to such transaction an amount equal to the Default Amount (as defined in Article
III) or (ii) be treated pursuant to Section 1.6(b) hereof. “Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, limited
liability company, partnership, association, trust or other entity or organization.

 

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(b)  
Adjustment Due to Merger, Consolidation, Etc. If, at any time when this Note is issued and outstanding and prior to conversion
of all of the Notes, there shall be any merger, consolidation, exchange of shares, recapitalization, reorganization, or other
similar event, as a result of which shares of Common Stock of the Borrower shall be changed into the same or a different number
of shares of another class or classes of stock or securities of the Borrower or another entity, or in case of any sale or conveyance
of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower other than in connection with a plan of complete liquidation of the
Borrower, then the Holder of this Note shall thereafter have the right to receive upon conversion of this Note, upon the basis
and upon the terms and conditions specified herein and in lieu of the shares of Common Stock immediately theretofore issuable
upon conversion, such stock, securities or assets which the Holder would have been entitled to receive in such transaction had
this Note been converted in full immediately prior to such transaction (without regard to any limitations on conversion set forth
herein), and in any such case appropriate provisions shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder of this
Note to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustment of the Conversion Price and
of the number of shares issuable upon conversion of the Note) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be practicable
in relation to any securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the conversion hereof. The Borrower shall not affect any transaction
described in this Section 1.6(b) unless (a) it first gives, to the extent practicable, thirty (30) days prior written notice (but
in any event at least fifteen (15) days prior written notice) of the record date of the special meeting of shareholders to approve,
or if there is no such record date, the consummation of, such merger, consolidation, exchange of shares, recapitalization, reorganization
or other similar event or sale of assets (during which time the Holder shall be entitled to convert this Note) and (b) the resulting
successor or acquiring entity (if not the Borrower) assumes by written instrument the obligations of this Section 1.6(b). The
above provisions shall similarly apply to successive consolidations, mergers, sales, transfers or share exchanges.

 

(c)   
Adjustment Due to Distribution. If the Borrower shall declare or make any distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire
its assets) to holders of Common Stock as a dividend, stock repurchase, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including any
dividend or distribution to the Borrower’s shareholders in cash or shares (or rights to acquire shares) of capital stock
of a subsidiary (i.e., a spin-off)) (a “Distribution”), then the Holder of this Note shall be entitled, upon any conversion
of this Note after the date of record for determining shareholders entitled to such Distribution, to receive the amount of such
assets which would have been payable to the Holder with respect to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion had
such Holder been the holder of such shares of Common Stock on the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to
such Distribution.

 

(d)  
Intentionally Omitted.

 

(e)   
Purchase Rights. If, at any time when any Notes are issued and outstanding, the Borrower issues any convertible securities
or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property (the “Purchase Rights”) pro rata to the record
holders of any class of Common Stock, then the Holder of this Note will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such
Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which such Holder could have acquired if such Holder had held the number of shares
of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of this Note (without regard to any limitations on conversion contained herein)
immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights or, if no such
record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of
such Purchase Rights.

 

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(f)   
Notice of Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of each adjustment or readjustment of the Conversion Price as a result of the
events described in this Section 1.6, the Borrower, at its expense, shall promptly compute such adjustment or readjustment and
prepare and furnish to the Holder a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment and showing in detail the facts
upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based. The Borrower shall, upon the written request at any time of the Holder, furnish
to such Holder a like certificate setting forth (i) such adjustment or readjustment, (ii) the Conversion Price at the time in
effect and (iii) the number of shares of Common Stock and the amount, if any, of other securities or property which at the time
would be received upon conversion of the Note.

 

1.7 
[Intentionally Omitted].

 

1.8 
Status as Shareholder. Upon submission of a Notice of Conversion by a Holder, (i) the shares covered thereby (other than
the shares, if any, which cannot be issued because their issuance would exceed such Holder’s allocated portion of the Reserved
Amount or Maximum Share Amount) shall be deemed converted into shares of Common Stock and (ii) the Holder’s rights as a
Holder of such converted portion of this Note shall cease and terminate, excepting only the right to receive certificates for
such shares of Common Stock and to any remedies provided herein or otherwise available at law or in equity to such Holder because
of a failure by the Borrower to comply with the terms of this Note. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Holder has not received
certificates for all shares of Common Stock prior to the tenth (10th) business day after the expiration of the Deadline with respect
to a conversion of any portion of this Note for any reason, then (unless the Holder otherwise elects to retain its status as a
holder of Common Stock by so notifying the Borrower) the Holder shall regain the rights of a Holder of this Note with respect
to such unconverted portions of this Note and the Borrower shall, as soon as practicable, return such unconverted Note to the
Holder or, if the Note has not been surrendered, adjust its records to reflect that such portion of this Note has not been converted.
In all cases, the Holder shall retain all of its rights and remedies (including, without limitation, (i) the right to receive
Conversion Default Payments pursuant to Section 1.3 to the extent required thereby for such Conversion Default and any subsequent
Conversion Default and (ii) the right to have the Conversion Price with respect to subsequent conversions determined in accordance
with Section 1.3) for the Borrower’s failure to convert this Note.

 

1.9 
  Prepayment. Provided that an Event of Default has not occurred under this Note, the Borrower may prepay the amounts
outstanding hereunder by paying the an amount equal to the sum of (w) the then outstanding principal amount of this Note plus
(x) accrued and unpaid interest on the unpaid principal amount of this Note plus (y) Default Interest, if any.

 

1.10         
Any notice of prepayment hereunder (an “Optional Prepayment Notice”) shall be delivered to the Holder of the Note
at its registered addresses by physical mail and shall state: (1) that the Borrower is requesting to prepay the Note, and (2)
the date of the requested prepayment which shall be not more than three (3) Trading Days from the date of the Optional Prepayment
Notice. On the date fixed for prepayment (the “Optional Prepayment Date”), the Borrower shall make payment of the
applicable prepayment amount to or upon the order of the Holder as specified by the Holder in writing to the Borrower. If the
Borrower delivers an Optional Prepayment Notice which has been consented to in writing by the Holder, and Borrower fails to pay
the applicable prepayment amount due to the Holder of the Note within two (2) business days following the Optional Prepayment
Date, the Borrower shall forever forfeit its right to request a prepayment pursuant to Section 1.9.

 

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Article
II. CERTAIN COVENANTS

 

2.1 
Distributions on Capital Stock. So long as the Borrower shall have any obligation under this Note, the Borrower shall not
without the Holder’s written consent (a) pay, declare or set apart for such payment, any dividend or other distribution
(whether in cash, property or other securities) on shares of capital stock other than dividends on shares of Common Stock solely
in the form of additional shares of Common Stock or (b) directly or indirectly or through any subsidiary make any other payment
or distribution in respect of its capital stock except for distributions pursuant to any shareholders’ rights plan which
is approved by a majority of the Borrower’s disinterested directors.

 

2.2 
Restriction on Stock Repurchases. So long as the Borrower shall have any obligation under this Note, the Borrower shall
not without the Holder’s written consent redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire (whether for cash or in exchange for property
or other securities or otherwise) in any one transaction or series of related transactions any shares of capital stock of the
Borrower or any warrants, rights or options to purchase or acquire any such shares.

 

2.3 
Most Favored Nations Not including any most favored nations rights granted prior to the date of this Note and related transaction
documents, so long as the Borrower shall have any obligation under this Note, the Conversion Price and other terms will be adjusted
on a ratchet basis if the Company offers a more favorable term such as Conversion Price, Interest Rate, (whether through a straight
discount or in combination with an original issue discount) or other more favorable term to another party.

 

2.4 
Borrowings. So long as the Borrower shall have any obligation under this Note, the Borrower shall not, without the Holder’s
written consent, create, incur, assume guarantee, endorse, contingently agree to purchase or otherwise become liable upon the
obligation of any person, firm, partnership, joint venture or corporation, except by the endorsement of negotiable instruments
for deposit or collection, or suffer to exist any liability for borrowed money, except (a) borrowings in existence or committed
on the date hereof and of which the Borrower has informed Holder in writing prior to the date hereof, (b) indebtedness to trade
creditors financial institutions or other lenders incurred in the ordinary course of business or (c) borrowings, the proceeds
of which shall be used to repay this Note.

 

2.5 
Sale of Assets. So long as the Borrower shall have any obligation under this Note, the Borrower shall not, without the
Holder’s written consent, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any significant portion of its assets outside the ordinary
course of business. Any consent to the disposition of any assets shall be conditioned on a specified use of the proceeds towards
the repayment of this Note.

 

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2.6 
Advances and Loans. So long as the Borrower shall have any obligation under this Note, the Borrower shall not, without
the Holder’s written consent, lend money, give credit or make advances to any person, firm, joint venture or corporation,
including, without limitation, officers, directors, employees, subsidiaries and affiliates of the Borrower, except loans, credits
or advances (a) in existence or committed on the date hereof and which the Borrower has informed Holder in writing prior to the
date hereof, (b) made in the ordinary course of business or (c) not in excess of $100,000.

 

2.7 
Section 3(a)(9) or 3(a)(10) Transaction. So long as this Note is outstanding, the Borrower shall not enter into any transaction
or arrangement structured in accordance with, based upon, or related or pursuant to, in whole or in part, either Section 3(a)(9)
of the Securities Act (a “3(a)(9) Transaction”) or Section 3(a)(l0) of the Securities Act (a “3(a)(l0) Transaction”).
In the event that the Borrower does enter into, or makes any issuance of Common Stock related to a 3(a)(9) Transaction or a 3(a)(l0)
Transaction while this note is outstanding, a liquidated damages charge of 25% of the outstanding principal balance of this Note,
but not less than Fifteen Thousand Dollars $15,000, will be assessed and will become immediately due and payable to the Holder
at its election in the form of cash payment or addition to the balance of this Note.

 

2.8 
Preservation of Existence, etc. The Borrower shall maintain and preserve, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain
and preserve, its existence, rights and privileges, and become or remain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries (other than dormant
Subsidiaries that have no or minimum assets) to become or remain, duly qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction in
which the character of the properties owned or leased by it or in which the transaction of its business makes such qualification
necessary.

 

2.9 
Non-circumvention. The Borrower hereby covenants and agrees that the Borrower will not, by amendment of its Certificate
or Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement,
dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance
of any of the terms of this Note, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Note and take all action
as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder.

 

2.9
Repayment from Proceeds. While any portion of this Note is outstanding, if the Company receives cash proceeds from any
registration statement or the sale of any convertible securities, the Borrower shall, within one (1) business day of Borrower’s
receipt of such proceeds, inform the Holder of such receipt, following which the Holder shall have the right in its sole discretion
to require the Borrower to immediately apply up to 100% of such proceeds to repay all or any portion of the outstanding amounts
owed under this Note. Failure of the Borrower to comply with this provision shall constitute an Event of Default.

 

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Article
III. EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

If
any of the following events of default (each, an “Event of Default”) shall occur:

 

3.1 
Failure to Pay Principal or Interest. The Borrower fails to pay the principal hereof or interest thereon when due on this
Note, whether at maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise.

 

3.2 
Conversion and the Shares. The Borrower (i) fails to issue shares of Common Stock to the Holder (or announces or threatens
in writing that it will not honor its obligation to do so) upon exercise by the Holder of the conversion rights of the Holder
in accordance with the terms of this Note, (ii) fails to transfer or cause its transfer agent to transfer (issue) (electronically
or in certificated form) any certificate for shares of Common Stock issued to the Holder upon conversion of or otherwise pursuant
to this Note as and when required by this Note, (iii) directs its transfer agent not to transfer or delays, impairs, and/or hinders
its transfer agent in transferring (or issuing) (electronically or in certificated form) any certificate for shares of Common
Stock to be issued to the Holder upon conversion of or otherwise pursuant to this Note as and when required by this Note, (iv)
fails to remove (or directs its transfer agent not to remove or impairs, delays, and/or hinders its transfer agent from removing)
any restrictive legend (or to withdraw any stop transfer instructions in respect thereof) on any certificate for any shares of
Common Stock issued to the Holder upon conversion of or otherwise pursuant to this Note as and when required by this Note (or
makes any written announcement, statement or threat that it does not intend to honor the obligations described in this paragraph)
and any such failure shall continue uncured (or any written announcement, statement or threat not to honor its obligations shall
not be rescinded in writing) for three (3) business days after the Holder shall have delivered a Notice of Conversion, (v) fails
to remain current in its obligations to its transfer agent, (vi) causes a conversion of this Note is delayed, hindered or frustrated
due to a balance owed by the Borrower to its transfer agent, (vii) fails to repay Holder, within forty eight (48) hours of a demand
from the Holder, any amount of funds advanced by Holder to Borrower’s transfer agent in order to process a conversion, (viii)
fails to reserve sufficient amount of shares of common stock to satisfy the Reserved Amount at all times, (ix) fails to provide
a Rule 144 opinion letter from the Borrower’s legal counsel to the Holder, covering the Holder’s resale into the public
market of the respective conversion shares under this Note, within two (2) business days of the Holder’s submission of a
Notice of Conversion to the Borrower (provided that the Holder must request the opinion from the Borrower at the time that Holder
submits the respective Notice of Conversion and the date of the respective Notice of Conversion must be on or after the date which
is six (6) months after the date that the Holder funded the Purchase Price under this Note), and/or (x) an exemption under Rule
144 is unavailable for the Holder’s deposit into Holder’s brokerage account and resale into the public market of any
of the conversion shares under this Note at any time after the date which is six (6) months after the date that the Holder funded
the Purchase Price under this Note.

 

3.3 
Failure to Deliver Transaction Expense Amount. The Borrower fails to deliver the Transaction Expense Amount (as defined
in the Purchase Agreement) to the Holder within three (3) business days of the date such amount is due.

 

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3.4 
Breach of Covenants. The Borrower breaches any material covenant or other material term or condition contained in this
Note and any collateral documents including but not limited to the Purchase Agreement and such breach continues for a period of
ten (10) days after written notice thereof to the Borrower from the Holder.

 

3.5 
Breach of Representations and Warranties. Any representation or warranty of the Borrower made herein or in any agreement,
statement or certificate given in writing pursuant hereto or in connection herewith (including, without limitation, the Purchase
Agreement), shall be false or misleading in any material respect when made and the breach of which has (or with the passage of
time will have) a material adverse effect on the rights of the Holder with respect to this Note or the Purchase Agreement.

 

3.6 
Receiver or Trustee. The Borrower or any subsidiary of the Borrower shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors
or commence proceedings for its dissolution, or apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver or trustee for it or for
a substantial part of its property or business, or such a receiver or trustee shall otherwise be appointed for the Borrower or
for a substantial part of its property or business without its consent and shall not be discharged within sixty (60) days after
such appointment.

 

3.7 
Judgments. Any money judgment, writ or similar process shall be entered or filed against the Borrower or any subsidiary
of the Borrower or any of its property or other assets for more than $50,000, and shall remain unvacated, unbonded or unstayed
for a period of twenty (20) days unless otherwise consented to by the Holder, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld.

 

3.8 
Bankruptcy. Bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings, voluntary or involuntary,
for relief under any bankruptcy law or any law for the relief of debtors shall be instituted by or against the Borrower or any
subsidiary of the Borrower, or the Borrower admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they mature, or have
filed against it an involuntary petition for bankruptcy relief, all under federal or state laws as applicable or the Borrower
admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they mature, or have filed against it an involuntary petition for
bankruptcy relief, all under international, federal or state laws as applicable.

 

3.9 
Delisting of Common Stock. The Borrower shall fail to maintain the listing of the Common Stock on at least one of the OTC
Pink, OTCQB, Nasdaq National Market, Nasdaq Small Cap Market, New York Stock Exchange, NYSE MKT, or an equivalent replacement
exchange.

 

3.10  Failure to Comply with the Exchange Act. The Borrower shall fail to comply with the reporting requirements of the Exchange
Act (including but not limited to becoming delinquent in its filings); and/or the Borrower shall cease to be subject to the reporting
requirements of the Exchange Act.

 

3.11  Liquidation. Any dissolution, liquidation, or winding up of Borrower or any substantial portion of its business.

 

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3.12  Cessation of Operations. Any cessation of operations by Borrower or Borrower admits it is otherwise generally unable to
pay its debts as such debts become due, provided, however, that any disclosure of the Borrower’s ability to continue as
a “going concern” shall not be an admission that the Borrower cannot pay its debts as they become due.

 

3.13  Maintenance of Assets. The failure by Borrower to maintain any material intellectual property rights, personal, real property
or other assets which are necessary to conduct its business (whether now or in the future), or any disposition or conveyance of
any material asset of the Borrower.

 

3.14  Financial Statement Restatement. The restatement of any financial statements filed by the Borrower with the SEC for
any date or period from two years prior to the Issue Date of this Note and until this Note is no longer outstanding, if the result
of such restatement would, by comparison to the un-restated financial statement, have constituted a material adverse effect on
the rights of the Holder with respect to this Note or the Purchase Agreement. The foregoing shall be inapplicable if the restatement
is not due to any act(s) by the Borrower, but rather is an issue of the Borrower’s auditor choosing to use a different accounting
method then was originally reported.

 

3.15  Reverse Splits.  The Borrower effectuates a reverse split of its Common Stock without twenty (20) days prior written
notice to the Holder.

 

3.16  Replacement of Transfer Agent. In the event that the Borrower proposes to replace
its transfer agent, the Borrower fails to provide, prior to the effective date of such replacement, a fully executed Irrevocable
Transfer Agent Instructions in a form as initially delivered pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (including but not limited to
the provision to irrevocably reserve shares of Common Stock in the Reserved Amount) signed by the successor transfer agent to
Borrower and the Borrower.

 

3.17  Cessation
of Trading. Any cessation of trading of the Common Stock on at least one of the OTC Pink, OTCQB, Nasdaq National Market, Nasdaq
Small Cap Market, New York Stock Exchange, NYSE MKT, or an equivalent replacement exchange, and such cessation of trading shall
continue for a period of five consecutive (5) Trading Days.

 

3.18  Cross-Default. 
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Note or the other related or companion documents, a breach or default
by the Borrower of any covenant or other term or condition contained in any of the Other Agreements (as defined herein), after
the passage of all applicable notice and cure or grace periods, shall, at the option of the Holder, be considered a default under
this Note and the Other Agreements, in which event the Holder shall be entitled (but in no event required) to apply all rights
and remedies of the Holder under the terms of this Note and the Other Agreements by reason of a default under said Other Agreement
or hereunder. “Other Agreements” means, collectively, all agreements and instruments between, among or by: (1) the
Borrower, and, or for the benefit of, (2) the Holder (and any affiliate of the Holder) or any other third party, including,
without limitation, promissory notes; provided, however, the term “Other Agreements” shall not include the agreements
and instruments defined as the Documents. Each of the loan transactions will be cross-defaulted with each other loan transaction
and with all other existing and future debt of Borrower to the Holder.

 

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3.19  Bid
Price. The Borrower shall lose the “bid” price for its Common Stock ($0.0001 on the “Ask” with
zero market makers on the “Bid” per Level 2) and/or a market (including the OTC Pink, OTCQB or an equivalent replacement
exchange).

 

3.20  OTC
Markets Designation. OTC Markets changes the Borrower’s designation to ‘Caveat Emptor’ (Skull and Crossbones),
or ‘OTC’, ‘Other OTC’ or ‘Grey Market’ (Exclamation Mark Sign).

 

3.21  Inside
Information. Any attempt by the Borrower or its officers, directors, and/or affiliates to transmit, convey, disclose, or any
actual transmittal, conveyance, or disclosure by the Borrower or its officers, directors, and/or affiliates of, material non-public
information concerning the Borrower, to the Holder or its successors and assigns, which is not immediately cured by Borrower’s
filing of a Form 8-K pursuant to Regulation FD on that same date.

 

3.22  Unavailability
of Rule 144. If, at any time on or after the date which is six (6) months after the Issue Date, the Holder is unable to (i)
obtain a standard “144 legal opinion letter” from an attorney reasonably acceptable to the Holder, the Holder’s
brokerage firm (and respective clearing firm), and the Borrower’s transfer agent in order to facilitate the Holder’s
conversion of any portion of the Note into free trading shares of the Borrower’s Common Stock pursuant to Rule 144, and
(ii) thereupon deposit such shares into the Holder’s brokerage account.

 

3.23  Delisting
or Suspension of Trading of Common Stock. If, at any time on or after the Issue Date, the Borrower’s Common Stock (i)
is suspended from trading, (ii) halted from trading, and/or (iii) fails to be quoted or listed (as applicable) on any level of
the OTC Markets, any tier of the NASDAQ Stock Market, the New York Stock Exchange, or the NYSE American.

 

UPON
THE OCCURRENCE OF ANY EVENT OF DEFAULT SPECIFIED IN SECTION 3 OF THIS NOTE, THE NOTE SHALL BECOME IMMEDIATELY AND AUTOMATICALLY
DUE AND PAYABLE WITHOUT DEMAND, PRESENTMENT, OR NOTICE AND THE BORROWER SHALL PAY TO THE HOLDER, IN FULL SATISFACTION OF ITS OBLIGATIONS
HEREUNDER, AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO: (A) IN THE EVENT OF AN OCCURRENCE OF ANY EVENT OF DEFAULT, the
then outstanding principal amount of this Note plus (x) accrued and unpaid interest on the unpaid principal amount of this
Note to the date of payment (the “Mandatory Prepayment Date”) plus (y) Default Interest, if any, on the amounts
referred to in clauses (w) and/or (x) plus (z) any amounts owed to the Holder pursuant to Sections 1.3 and 1.4(g) hereof,
MULTIPLED BY ONE. Further, if a breach of Section 3.1 occurs more than once during the of term the Note, the outstanding
principal amount under this Note shall be increased by 10%. If a breach of section 3.10 occurs or is continuing after the six
(6) month anniversary of this Note, then the principal amount of the Note shall increase by 15%. If a breach of sections 3.9 and
or 3.19 occurs or is continuing after the six (6) month anniversary of this Note, then the principal amount of the Note shall
increase by Fifteen Thousand and No/100 United States Dollars ($15,000) (under Holder’s and Borrower’s expectation
that any principal amount increase will tack back to the Issue Date). If this Note is not paid at Maturity Date, then the outstanding
principal due under this Note shall increase by Fifteen Thousand and No/100 United States Dollars ($15,000).

 

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The
Holder shall have the right at any time after an Event of Default occurs under this Note to require the Borrower, to immediately
issue, in lieu of the Default Amount and/or Default Sum, the number of shares of Common Stock of the Borrower equal to the Default
Amount and/or Default Sum divided by the Conversion Price then in effect, pursuant to the terms of this Note (including but not
limited to any beneficial ownership limitations contained herein). This requirement by the Borrower shall automatically apply
upon the occurrence of an Event of Default without the need for any party to give any notice or take any other action.

 

If
the Holder shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Note, including, without limitation, engaging
an attorney, then if the Holder prevails in such action, the Holder shall be reimbursed by the Borrower for its attorneys’ fees
and other costs and expenses incurred in the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

 

Article
IV. MISCELLANEOUS

 

4.1 
Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver. No failure or delay on the part of the Holder in the exercise of any power, right or
privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege
preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privileges. All rights and remedies existing hereunder
are cumulative to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies otherwise available.

 

4.2 
Notices. All notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications required or permitted hereunder
shall be in writing and, unless otherwise specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) deposited in the mail, registered
or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii) delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid,
or (iv) transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, electronic mail, or facsimile, addressed as set forth below or to such other address
as such party shall have specified most recently by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to
be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery or delivery by electronic mail or facsimile, with accurate
confirmation generated by the transmitting facsimile machine, at the address or number designated below (if delivered on a business
day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered
other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received) or (b) on the second business day
following the date of mailing by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon actual receipt of
such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The addresses for such communications shall be:

 

If
to the Borrower, to:

 

DIEGO
PELLICER WORLDWIDE, INC 

6160
Plumas Street, Suite 100 

Reno,
NV 89519 

Attn:
Nello Gontfiantini III 

E-mail:

 

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If
to the Holder:

 

GS
CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC 

1
East Liberty Street Suite 600 

Reno,
Nevada 89501 

Attn:
Gabe Sayegh

 

4.3 
Amendments. This Note and any provision hereof may only be amended by an instrument in writing signed by the Borrower and
the Holder. The term “Note” and all reference thereto, as used throughout this instrument, shall mean this instrument
(and the other Notes issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement) as originally executed, or if later amended or supplemented, then
as so amended or supplemented.

 

4.4 
Assignability. This Note shall be binding upon the Borrower and its successors and assigns, and shall inure to be the benefit
of the Holder and its successors and assigns. Neither the Borrower nor the Holder shall assign this Note or any rights or obligations
hereunder without the prior written consent of the other. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Holder may assign its rights hereunder
to any “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a) of the 1933 Act) in a private transaction from the Holder
or to any of its “affiliates”, as that term is defined under the 1934 Act, without the consent of the Borrower. Notwithstanding
anything in this Note to the contrary, this Note may be pledged as collateral in connection with a bona fide margin account
or other lending arrangement. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Note, acknowledge and agree that following conversion
of a portion of this Note, the unpaid and unconverted principal amount of this Note represented by this Note may be less than
the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

4.5 
Cost of Collection. If default is made in the payment of this Note, the Borrower shall pay the Holder hereof reasonable
costs of collection, including reasonable attorneys’ fees.

 

4.6 
Governing Law. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada without
regard to principles of conflicts of laws. Any action brought by either party against the other concerning the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement shall be brought only in the state courts of Nevada or in the federal courts located in the state Nevada and
county or city of either Washoe County, Nevada or Clark County, Nevada. The parties to this Note hereby irrevocably waive any
objection to jurisdiction and venue of any action instituted hereunder and shall not assert any defense based on lack of jurisdiction
or venue or based upon forum non conveniens. THE BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES
NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS NOTE OR
ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. The prevailing party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable
attorney’s fees and costs. In the event that any provision of this Note or any other agreement delivered in connection herewith
is invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the
extent that it may conflict therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute or rule of law. Any such provision
which may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision
of any agreement. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any
suit, action or proceeding in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document by mailing a copy thereof via registered
or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under
this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

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4.7 
Certain Amounts. Whenever pursuant to this Note the Borrower is required to pay an amount in excess of the outstanding
principal amount (or the portion thereof required to be paid at that time) plus accrued and unpaid interest plus Default Interest
on such interest, the Borrower and the Holder agree that the actual damages to the Holder from the receipt of cash payment on
this Note may be difficult to determine and the amount to be so paid by the Borrower represents stipulated damages and not a penalty
and is intended to compensate the Holder in part for loss of the opportunity to convert this Note and to earn a return from the
sale of shares of Common Stock acquired upon conversion of this Note at a price in excess of the price paid for such shares pursuant
to this Note. The Borrower and the Holder hereby agree that such amount of stipulated damages is not plainly disproportionate
to the possible loss to the Holder from the receipt of a cash payment without the opportunity to convert this Note into shares
of Common Stock.

 

4.8 
Purchase Agreement. By its acceptance of this Note, each party agrees to be bound by the applicable terms of the Purchase
Agreement.

 

4.9 
Notice of Corporate Events. Except as otherwise provided below, the Holder of this Note shall have no rights as a Holder
of Common Stock unless and only to the extent that it converts this Note into Common Stock. The Borrower shall provide the Holder
with prior notification of any meeting of the Borrower’s shareholders (and copies of proxy materials and other information
sent to shareholders). In the event of any taking by the Borrower of a record of its shareholders for the purpose of determining
shareholders who are entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution, any right to subscribe for, purchase or
otherwise acquire (including by way of merger, consolidation, reclassification or recapitalization) any share of any class or
any other securities or property, or to receive any other right, or for the purpose of determining shareholders who are entitled
to vote in connection with any proposed sale, lease or conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower or
any proposed liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Borrower, the Borrower shall mail a notice to the Holder, at least
twenty (20) days prior to the record date specified therein (or thirty (30) days prior to the consummation of the transaction
or event, whichever is earlier), of the date on which any such record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution,
right or other event, and a brief statement regarding the amount and character of such dividend, distribution, right or other
event to the extent known at such time. The Borrower shall make a public announcement of any event requiring notification to the
Holder hereunder substantially simultaneously with the notification to the Holder in accordance with the terms of this Section
4.9 including, but not limited to, name changes, recapitalizations, etc. as soon as possible under law.

 

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4.10  Usury. If it shall be found that any interest or other amount deemed interest due hereunder violates the applicable law
governing usury, the applicable provision shall automatically be revised to equal the maximum rate of interest or other amount
deemed interest permitted under applicable law. The Borrower covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will
not seek to claim or take advantage of any law that would prohibit or forgive the Borrower from paying all or a portion of the
principal or interest on this Note.

 

4.11  Remedies. The Borrower acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the
Holder, by vitiating the intent and purpose of the transaction contemplated hereby. Accordingly, the Borrower acknowledges that
the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Note will be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened
breach by the Borrower of the provisions of this Note, that the Holder shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies
at law or in equity, and in addition to the penalties assessable herein, to an injunction or injunctions restraining, preventing
or curing any breach of this Note and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions thereof, without the necessity of showing
economic loss and without any bond or other security being required. No provision of this Note shall alter or impair the obligation
of the Borrower, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, and interest on, this Note at the time, place,
and rate, and in the form, herein prescribed.

 

4.12  Severability. In the event that any provision of this Note is invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or
rule of law, then such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the extent that it may conflict therewith and shall be deemed
modified to conform with such statute or rule of law. Any provision hereof which may prove invalid or unenforceable under any
law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof.

 

4.13  Dispute Resolution. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Conversion Price, Conversion Amount, any prepayment
amount or Default Amount, Default Sum, Closing or Maturity Date, the closing bid price, or fair market value (as the case may
be) or the arithmetic calculation of the Conversion Price or the applicable prepayment amount(s) (as the case may be), the Borrower
or the Holder shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations via facsimile (i) within two (2) Business Days
after receipt of the applicable notice giving rise to such dispute to the Borrower or the Holder or (ii) if no notice gave rise
to such dispute, at any time after the Holder learned of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute. If the Holder and the
Borrower are unable to agree upon such determination or calculation within two (2) Business Days of such disputed determination
or arithmetic calculation (as the case may be) being submitted to the Borrower or the Holder, then the Borrower shall, within
two (2) Business Days, submit via facsimile (a) the disputed determination of the Conversion Price, the closing bid price, the
or fair market value (as the case may be) to an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Borrower and approved by
the Holder or (b) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Conversion Price, Conversion Amount, any prepayment amount or Default
Amount, Default Sum to an independent, outside accountant selected by the Holder that is reasonably acceptable to the Borrower.
The Borrower shall cause at its expense the investment bank or the accountant to perform the determinations or calculations and
notify the Borrower and the Holder of the results no later than ten (10) Business Days from the time it receives such disputed
determinations or calculations. Such investment bank’s or accountant’s determination or calculation shall be binding
upon all parties absent demonstrable error.

 

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4.14  Reserved.

 

4.15  Reserved.

 

4.16  Future
Raises; Repayment from Proceeds. Until the Note is satisfied in full, if the Borrower receives cash proceeds from any source
or series of related or unrelated sources, including but not limited to, from the issuance of equity and/or debt securities, the
conversion of outstanding warrants of the Borrower, the issuance of securities pursuant to an equity line of credit of the Borrower
or the sale of assets, the Borrower shall, within one (1) business day of Borrower’s receipt of such proceeds, inform the
Holder of such receipt, following which the Holder shall have the right in its sole discretion to require the Borrower to immediately
apply up to 100% of such proceeds to repay all or any portion of this Note. Failure of the Borrower to comply with this provision
shall constitute an Event of Default under Section 3.4 of the Note. In the event that such proceeds are received by the Holder
prior to the Maturity Date, the required prepayment shall be subject to the terms of Section 1.9 herein.

 

[signature
page follows]

 

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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Borrower has caused this Note to be signed in its name by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above
written.

 

	                                                DIEGO PELLICER WORLDWIDE, INC.
	 	 	       
	 	By: 	 /s/
    Nello Gonfiantini                                      
	 	Name: Nello Gonfiantini III
	 	Title: Chief Executive Officer

  

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EXHIBIT
A

NOTICE
OF CONVERSION 

 

The
undersigned hereby elects to convert $_________________principal amount of the Note (defined below) together with $________________
of accrued and unpaid interest thereto, totaling $_____________ into that number of shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant
to the conversion of the Note (“Common Stock”) as set forth below, of Diego Pellicer Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the “Borrower”), according to the conditions of the convertible note of the Borrower dated as of November 11, 2020
(the “Note”), as of the date written below. No fee will be charged to the Holder for any conversion, except for transfer
taxes, if any.

 

Box
Checked as to applicable instructions:

  

	 	[ ]	The Borrower shall electronically
    transmit the Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Notice of Conversion to the account of the undersigned or its nominee
    with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal At Custodian system (“DWAC Transfer”).
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Name of DTC Prime Broker:	 
	 	 	Account Number:	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	[ ]	The undersigned hereby requests
    that the Borrower issue a certificate or certificates for the number of shares of Common Stock set forth below (which numbers
    are based on the Holder’s calculation attached hereto) in the name(s) specified immediately below or, if additional
    space is necessary, on an attachment hereto:
	 	 	hereto:	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Name: [NAME]	 
	 	 	Address: [ADDRESS]	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Date of Conversion:	_______________
	 	 	Applicable Conversion Price:	$______________
	 	 	Number of Shares of Common Stock to be Issued	 
	 	 	Pursuant to Conversion of the Notes:	_______________
	 	 	Amount of Principal Balance Due remaining	 
	 	 	Under the Note after this conversion:	_______________
	 	 	Accrued and unpaid interest remaining:	_______________
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	[HOLDER]	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By: 	                 	 	 
	 	 	Name: [NAME]	 
	 	 	Title: [TITLE]	 
	 	 	Date: [DATE]

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