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EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

THIS EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered as of February 6, 2019 (the “Effective Date”), by and between Dan Hollenbach (the “Executive”) and B G Staff Services, Inc., a Texas corporation (the “Company”), (collectively, the “Parties” or singularly, a “Party”).  This Agreement amends, restates and supersedes that certain Employment Agreement by and between the Company and the Executive dated August 24, 2015 (the “Prior Agreement”) in its entirety.

WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of BG Staffing, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“BGSF”), which is publicly traded and taxable as a “C” corporation;
WHEREAS, the Company is engaged in the business of providing temporary staffing to third parties; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to continue the employment of the Executive and Executive desires to continue to be employed by the Company on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereto mutually agree as follows:
1.COMMENCEMENT DATE AND TERM. Executive’s employment pursuant to this Agreement commenced on October 1, 2018 (the “Commencement Date”) and shall continue through September 30, 2021 and successive one-year extensions, to the extent applicable, as provided in this paragraph (the “Term”). The Term shall automatically be extended for additional one-year periods beyond September 30, 2021, unless written notice is given by one Party to the other Party, at least 180 days prior to the expiration date of the then current Term, of such Party’s intention not to renew. If a notice not to renew has been provided on a timely basis pursuant to this Agreement, this Agreement shall expire upon the conclusion of the then current Term. The period of Executive’s employment under this Agreement during the initial Term and successive one-year periods thereafter, if any, until terminated as provided herein, may also be referred to as the “Employment Period”).
2.    DUTIES. Executive shall be employed as the Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the Company, with the authority, duties and responsibilities assigned to Executive by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) to whom he shall report. Executive shall devote all of his working time and efforts exclusively to the performance of his duties under this Agreement and shall not be employed or otherwise be engaged in any other business activity that would conflict or interfere with the performance of Executive’s duties without the prior written approval of the Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive will be permitted to (a) act or serve as a director 

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of one publicly traded company so long as such activities are disclosed in writing to the Board, provided that such service does not interfere with the performance of Executive’s duties and responsibilities to the Company; (b) with the prior written consent of the Board (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) act or serve as a director, trustee, or committee member of any type of civic or charitable organization as long as such activities are disclosed in writing to the  Board and, provided that the activities described above do not interfere with the performance of Executive’s duties and responsibilities to the Company; and (c) purchase or own less than 5% of the publicly traded securities of any corporation, provided that such ownership represents a passive investment and that Executive is not a controlling person of, or a member of a group that controls, the corporation. Executive shall be employed at the Company’s executive office in Plano, Texas. Executive shall perform his duties during customary business hours at such executive office, except when his duties require business travel. If elected, Executive agrees to serve on the Board and on the board of any affiliates without additional compensation. Executive further agrees to serve as an officer of any affiliates without additional compensation.
3.    COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS.
3.1    Base Salary. The Company shall pay Executive an initial annualized gross salary of $275,000.00 (the “Base Salary”) which shall be payable in accordance with the standard payroll practices of the Company (subject to such withholdings and other customary deductions as may be required by law) for his services pursuant to this Agreement. The Base Salary will be evaluated at least annually by the Board and its Compensation Committee, and may be raised, but may not be less than $275,000.00 annualized.
3.2    Annual Bonus.  During the Employment Period, Executive shall receive an annual incentive bonus (subject to such withholdings and other customary deductions as may be required by law) based on the Company’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization as reported in the Company’s audited financial statements for the applicable calendar year and adjusted for extraordinary losses and noncash losses (“adjusted EBITDA”). In the first quarter of each calendar year, the Board will establish, in consultation with the Executive, an adjusted EBITDA target for that year. 

The annual bonus (if and to the extent earned) will be paid in the year following each fiscal year for which the bonus is earned but in no event later than 10 days following the completion of the audit of the Company’s financial statements. Except as provided for elsewhere in this Agreement, Executive must be employed by the Company on the last day of the applicable fiscal year for which the bonus is calculated in order to be entitled to payment of the bonus for that year, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement. The Board will have the discretion to increase the percentage of Base Salary paid as a bonus and may provide additional incentives to Executive as the Board deems appropriate.
    
3.3    Acquisition Bonus.  If an Acquisition (as defined herein) occurs during the Employment Period, Executive shall receive a bonus equal to 1% of any acquired company’s 

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adjusted EBITDA, as determined by the Board in consultation with the Executive, for the first complete twelve months following the Acquisition’s closing date (the “Acquisition Bonus”). The Acquisition Bonus shall be paid quarterly (subject to such withholdings and other customary deductions as may be required by law) no later than 10 days following the completion of the review of the Company’s quarterly financial statements. For purposes of this Agreement, “Acquisition” means a transaction in which the Company acquires a majority of the equity interests, or all or substantially all of the assets, of an unrelated third party, as determined by the Board in consultation with the Executive.

3.4    Stock Options and Restricted Stock. During the Employment Term, Executive shall be considered, no less than annually, for an award of options to purchase BGSF common stock (“stock options”) and/or restricted stock (“RS”) by the Board and its Compensation Committee in accordance with the 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2013 Plan”), along with terms and conditions as may be set forth in any applicable award agreement. Such award of stock options or RS, if any, shall be determined by the Board, in consultation with the Executive, consistent with the 2013 Plan. If awarded, Executive agrees that any award of such stock options or RS shall be subject to the terms of the 2013 Plan and his execution of any applicable award agreement as provided by BGSF, along with his execution of any other required documents evidencing such an award, as may be required of other executives at his level of authority. 
3.5    Benefits. Executive shall participate in the Company’s various health care, retirement and insurance benefit plans and programs that the Company provides to its other employees whose responsibilities and duties are comparable to those of Executive, in each case subject to the terms and conditions of such plans and programs. The Company may modify or terminate such benefit programs at any time in its sole discretion.
3.6    Short-term Disability. Executive shall be entitled to Short-term disability comparable to the program that the Company provides to its other employees, should he become temporarily disabled, meaning that he is not able to work for a short period of time due to sickness or injury (excluding on-the-job injuries which are covered by workers compensation insurance).  
3.7    Paid Time Off (“PTO”). Executive shall be entitled to such paid holidays and other days leave as may be designated by the Company. In addition, Executive shall be entitled to PTO of five (5) weeks per fiscal year, provided, however, unless approved in advance, no more than two (2) weeks of PTO may be taken consecutively. Unused PTO time shall be carried over from any one fiscal year to the next fiscal year in accordance with the Company’s policy. Except as specified otherwise in this Agreement, upon termination of employment Executive will be paid for accrued but unused PTO in accordance with the Company’s PTO policy.
3.8    Professional Fees. Subject to Section 10 below, the Company shall reimburse Executive for annual membership dues related to Executive’s membership in organizations that the Board may approve.
3.9    Expenses. Subject to such policies as may from time to time be established by the Company and Section 10 below, the Company shall reimburse Executive for reasonable 

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expenses actually incurred or paid by Executive in the performance of Executive’s duties under this Agreement, upon the timely presentation of expense statements or vouchers or such other supporting documentation as the Company may require.

4.    TERMINATION.
4.1    Early Termination. Executive’s employment shall continue pursuant to Section 1 above unless earlier terminated by: (a) Executive’s death; (b) Executive’s Incapacity (as defined herein); or (c) Executive or the Company, for any lawful reason or no reason, provided that if the termination by the Company is without Cause (as defined herein) or the termination by Executive is with Good Reason (as defined herein), the Company or Executive, as applicable, shall provide the other party with 30 days written notice prior to the effective date of the termination. Except as provided below, Executive shall be required to give written notice of termination of his employment within 30 days following the occurrence of an event that would constitute Good Reason; otherwise, the event(s) relating to such Good Reason and Executive’s right to terminate his employment by reason thereof shall be deemed waived.
4.2    Death. Executive’s employment will terminate automatically upon his Death.
4.3    Incapacity. The term “Incapacity” has the same meaning as the term “disabled,” in the Company’s long-term disability insurance program, as in effect from time to time provided such definition complies with the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(iv), which requires either that: (a) the Executive is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months; or (b) the Executive is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than Twelve (12) months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three (3) months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the Company. If the Executive is determined by the Board in good faith to have incurred Incapacity, the Company may give him a written notice of his termination of employment pursuant to this section (“Termination Notice”). If within ninety (90) days of the Termination Notice, Executive does not return to full-time performance and is not able to perform the essential functions of his duties, with or without reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act, Executive’s employment will terminate hereunder, unless otherwise prohibited by law, upon the date set forth in the Termination Notice. If Executive does return to full-time performance in that ninety (90) day period and is able to perform the essential functions of his duties, with or without a reasonable accommodation, the Termination Notice will be cancelled. Nothing in this Section 4.3 shall be construed to waive the Executive’s rights, if any, under existing law including, without limitation, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. §2601 et seq. and the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §12101 et seq.

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4.4    Definition of Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” for termination by the Company shall be deemed to exist if: (a) Executive has been convicted of, or plead guilty, no contest or deferred adjudication to, a felony; (b) the Board determines that Executive has engaged in acts of dishonesty or fraud involving the Company; (c) Executive materially breaches this Agreement; (d) Executive has engaged in illegal conduct or intentional misconduct, in either case, that is materially and demonstrably injurious to Company; (e) Executive materially violates written policies of the Company; or (f) Executive refuses or fails to perform the duties reasonably assigned to his by the Board in accordance with this Agreement (other than by reason of Death or Incapacity); provided, however, with respect to Section 4.4 (c), (e) and (f), that Executive is given written notice by the Board of the specific nature of the failure to perform, breach of agreement or violation of written policies, as applicable, and Executive does not correct such failure, breach or violation within thirty (30) days after Executive’s receipt of such notice.
4.5    Definition of Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” for Executive’s termination of this Agreement shall mean (a) any reduction in Executive’s Base Salary, as such amount may be increased from time to time; (b) a material diminution in Executive’s authority, duties or responsibilities as set forth under this Agreement (which shall include, without limitation and for avoidance of doubt, a change in the reporting of the Executive from the Board to any other person); (c) any action or inaction by the Company that constitutes a material breach by the Company of this Agreement; or (d) a change in the location of the Executive’s principal place of employment to a new location more than thirty (30) miles from Plano, Texas, provided however, that the Executive be given the option to accept employment at such new location. With respect to any of conditions described in this Section 4.5, Executive must provide written notice to the Company of the existence of the condition within a period not to exceed ninety (90) days of the initial existence of the condition, upon the notice of which the Company shall have thirty (30) days to cure the condition, and only if such condition is not cured by the Company within such thirty (30) day period may Executive terminate employment for Good Reason.
4.6    Termination for Cause, without Good Reason, or Expiration of a Term. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, upon Executive’s termination for any reason, the Company will (a) pay Executive his Accrued Compensation (defined below) and (b) shall timely pay Executive any amounts and provide his any benefits that are required, or to which Executive is then entitled, under any plan, contract or arrangement of the Company (together, the “Other Benefits”) in accordance with the terms of such plan, contract or arrangement. For purposes of this Section 4.6, “Accrued Compensation” means (1) Executive’s accrued but unpaid Base Salary up to and including the date of termination, (2) the amount of any expense reimbursements and other cash entitlements through the date of termination (including, without limitation, reimbursements due under Sections 3.7 or 3.8), and (3) the amount of any earned, but unpaid, Acquisition Bonus that would otherwise be due under Section 3.3; provided, however, that if Executive’s employment with the Company terminates due to (v) Executive’s death, (w) Executive’s Incapacity, (x) involuntary termination by the Company without Cause, (y) by Executive for Good Reason, or (z) expiration of the Term, then “Accrued Compensation” shall also include the following amounts: (4) any unpaid portion of any annual bonus that would normally be due under Section 3.2 for the then current calendar year, calculated in accordance with Section 3.2 but assuming that the Company will meet its target adjusted EBITDA based on year-to-date performance 

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for the year of termination calculated in accordance with the Company’s normal accrual practice; and (5) payment for accrued, unused PTO.  The amounts in (1), (2), and (5) shall be paid within six days following Executive’s termination date (or earlier to the extent required by applicable law).  The amounts in (3) and (4) shall be paid within ten days following the completion of the review of the Company’s applicable quarterly or annual financial statements.
4.7    Termination without Cause or for Good Reason. In the event that Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company without Cause or by Executive for Good Reason, subject to Executive’s compliance with post-employment termination obligations including, without limitation, as provided in the Covenant Agreement referred to in Section 5 below and subject to applicable withholdings, Executive (or Executive’s legal representative), shall receive in addition to his Accrued Compensation and Other Benefits as outlined in Section 4.6, a severance amount equal to twelve (12) months of Base Salary, payable in installments as provided in this Section 4.7. The Company shall also pay Executive an additional amount equal to the monthly COBRA premiums for Executive and his dependents, grossed-up for federal income taxes, for eighteen (18) months. The foregoing severance amounts shall be paid in substantially equivalent installments in the same manner and at the same intervals as Executive was being paid immediately prior to termination (the “Severance Payments”). Executive’s rights under this Section 4.7 shall be contingent upon Executive executing and not revoking a separation and release agreement (the “Release”) in form and substance substantially similar to the Separation Agreement and General Release of Claims attached hereto as Exhibit A, and Executive’s return of Company property within the time period specified in the in the Separation Agreement and General Release of Claims; provided, however, that if such period begins in one calendar year and ends in a second calendar year, such payments shall commence in the second calendar year no later than ten business days following the last day of such period, and the installment payment made in the second calendar year shall include the installment(s) that would otherwise have been paid during the earlier calendar year. Additionally, Executive will become 100% vested in any awards outstanding under the 2013 Plan or similar plan.
4.8    Termination due to a Change in Control. For protection against possible termination after a Change of Control (defined below) of the Company and to induce Executive to continue to serve in his present capacity with the Company or in such other capacity to which Executive may be elected or appointed, the Company (or, if applicable, its successors or assigns) will provide severance benefits in the event Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company without Cause or by Executive for Good Reason after a Change in Control within one year after such Change of Control.
For purposes of this Agreement, “Change in Control” means the occurrence of any of the following after the Effective Date that also constitutes a change in control under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3:

(a)    one person (or more than one person acting as a group) acquires ownership of stock of BGSF or the Company that, together with the stock held by such person or group, constitutes more than 50% of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of BGSF or the Company (as applicable); provided that, a Change in Control shall not occur if any person (or more than one person acting as a group) owns more than 50% of the total fair market 

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value or total voting power of BGSF’s or the Company’s stock, as applicable, and acquires additional stock;

(b)    one person (or more than one person acting as a group) acquires (or has acquired during the twelve-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition) ownership of BGSF’s or the Company’s stock possessing 30% or more of the total voting power of the stock of BGSF or the Company, as applicable;

(c)    a majority of the members of the Board are replaced during any twelve-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the Board before the date of appointment or election;

(d)    completion of a consolidation, merger, or sale, lease, exchange, or other transfer of substantially all of the assets of BGSF or the Company; or

(e)    approval by the stockholders of BGSF or the Company of a liquidation or dissolution of BGSF or the Company.

If Executive’s employment is terminated under the circumstances provided in this Section 4.8, then Executive shall be entitled to the same payments and benefits as provided in Section 4.7 subject to the following adjustments: (1) the severance amount shall be increased to eighteen (18) months of Base Salary (i.e., instead of 12 months Base Salary), payable in installments as provided in Section 4.7. Additionally, Executive will become 100% vested in any awards outstanding under the 2013 Plan or similar plan.  
4.9    Golden Parachute Payments. 
(a)    Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if any of the payments or benefits received or to be received by Executive (including, without limitation, any payment or benefits received in connection with a Change in Control or the Executive’s termination of employment, whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other plan, arrangement or agreement, or otherwise) (all such payments collectively referred to herein as, the “280G Payments”) constitute “parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the, “Code”) and would, but for this Section 4.9, be subject to the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise Tax”), then prior to making the 280G Payments, a calculation shall be made comparing (a) the Net Benefit (as defined below) to Executive of the 280G Payments after payment of the Excise Tax to (b) the Net Benefit to Executive if the 280G Payments are limited to the extent necessary to avoid being subject to the Excise Tax. Only if the amount calculated under (a) above is less than the amount under (b) above will the 280G Payments be reduced to the minimum extent necessary to ensure that no portion of the 280G Payments is subject to the Excise Tax. “Net Benefit” shall mean the present value of the 280G Payments net of all federal, state, local, foreign income, employment, and excise taxes. Any reduction made pursuant to this Section 4.9 shall be made in a manner determined by the Tax Counsel (defined below) in a manner that is consistent with the requirements of Sections 280G and 409A of the Code and that leaves Executive’s in the best after-tax position.

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(b)    All calculations and determinations under this Section 4.9 shall be made by an independent accounting firm or independent tax counsel appointed by the Company and approved by Executive (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) (the “Tax Counsel”) whose determinations shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Executive for all purposes. For purposes of making the calculations and determinations required by this Section 4.9, the Tax Counsel may rely on reasonable, good faith assumptions and approximations concerning the application of Section 280G and Section 4999 of the Code. The Company and Executive shall furnish the Tax Counsel, and each other, with such information and documents as the Tax Counsel may reasonably request in order to make its determinations under this Section 4.9. The Company shall bear all costs the Tax Counsel may reasonably incur in connection with its services.
4.10    Termination relating to Executive’s Incapacity or Death. If, during the Employment Period, Executive’s employment terminates as a result of his Incapacity or death, the Company shall pay Executive or his estate as the case may be, the Accrued Compensation and Other Benefits as outlined in Section 4.6.
5.    REQUIRED RESTRICTIVE COVENANT AGREEMENT. Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as a condition to Executive’s employment with the Company, Executive shall execute a Non-Disclosure of Confidential Information, Non-Solicitation, Non-Interference and Non-Competition Agreement in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto (the “Covenant Agreement”).
6.    ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement with its Exhibits constitute the entire understanding between the Parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes and replaces all prior agreements or understandings relating to the subject matter hereof, including, without limitation, the Prior Agreement, and there are no covenants, conditions, representatives, or agreements, oral or written, or any nature whatsoever, other than those herein contained.
7.    MODIFICATIONS. This Agreement may be amended, modified, cancelled or superseded only by a written instrument signed by the Parties or, in the case of a waiver, by the Party waiving compliance. Except as otherwise provided herein, no delay on the part of any Party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any waiver on the part of any Party of any right, power or privilege hereunder, nor any single or partial exercise of any right power or privilege hereunder, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege hereunder.
8.    SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed severable, and if any part of any provision is held illegal, void or invalid under applicable law such provision may be changed to the extent reasonably necessary to make the provision, as so changed, legal, valid and binding. If any provision of this Agreement is held illegal, void or invalid in its entirety, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired but shall remain binding in accordance with their terms.

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9.    ASSIGNMENT. Executive shall not assign, transfer or convey this Agreement, or in any way encumber the compensation or other benefits payable to him hereunder, except with the prior written consent of the Company. The Company may assign this Agreement and its rights hereunder in whole, but not in part, to any entity with or into which it may transfer all or substantially all of its assets (and, in such event, the term “Company” as used herein shall mean and refer to such successor-in-interest).
10.    CODE SECTION 409A.
10.1    To the extent that any payments to be made to Executive upon a termination of employment are subject to Section 409A of the Code, a termination of employment with the Company shall not have occurred unless and until Executive has incurred a “separation from service” as defined under Section 409A of the Code and applicable regulations. The determination of whether and when a separation from service has occurred shall be made in accordance with the presumptions set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h).
10.2    Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if at the time of Executive’s separation from service within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, the Company determines that Executive is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, then to the extent any payment or benefit that Executive becomes entitled to under this Agreement on account of Executive’s separation from service would be considered deferred compensation otherwise subject to the 20% additional tax imposed pursuant to Section 409A(a) of the Code as a result of the application of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, such payment shall not be payable and such benefit shall not be provided until the date that is the earlier of (a) six (6) months and one (1) day after Executive’s separation from service, or (b) Executive’s death. If any such delayed cash payment is otherwise payable on an installment basis, the first payment shall include a catch-up payment covering amounts that would otherwise have been paid during the six-month period but for the application of this provision, and the balance of the installments shall be payable in accordance with their original schedule.
10.3    All in-kind benefits provided and expenses eligible for reimbursement under this Agreement shall be provided by the Company or incurred by Executive during the time periods set forth in this Agreement. All reimbursements shall be paid as soon as administratively practicable, but in no event shall any reimbursement be paid after the last day of the taxable year following the taxable year in which the expense was incurred. The amount of in-kind benefits provided or reimbursable expenses incurred in one taxable year shall not affect the in-kind benefits to be provided or the expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year (except for any lifetime or other aggregate limitation applicable to medical expenses). Such right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits is not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.
10.4    The Parties intend that this Agreement will be administered in accordance with Section 409A of the Code. To the extent that any provision of this Agreement is ambiguous as to its compliance with Section 409A of the Code, the provision shall be read in such a manner so that all payments hereunder comply with Section 409A of the Code. Each payment pursuant to this Agreement is intended to constitute a separate payment for purposes of Treasury Regulation 

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Section 1.409A 2(b)(2). The Parties agree that this Agreement may be amended, as reasonably requested by either Party, and as may be necessary to fully comply with Section 409A of the Code and all related rules and regulations in order to preserve the payments and benefits provided hereunder without additional cost to either Party. This Section 10 shall apply only to the extent required to avoid Executive’s incurrence of any tax or interest under Section 409A of the Code or any regulations or Treasury guidance promulgated thereunder.
10.5    Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent that any payment under the terms of this Agreement would constitute an impermissible acceleration of payments under Section 409A of the Code or any regulations or Treasury guidance promulgated thereunder, such payments shall be made no earlier than at such times allowed under Section 409A of the Code.
11.    CLAW BACK. All incentive-based compensation, payments and benefits provided to Executive under this Agreement (e.g., the annual bonus described in Section 3.2), as determined by the Company, shall be subject to claw back by the Company or BGSF (i.e., repayment by Executive to the Company or BGSF, as applicable), less the amount of any withholdings or other deductions previously withheld on such compensation, (a) to the extent required by applicable law, or (b) in the event Executive’s misconduct pertaining to any financial reporting requirement under the federal securities laws results in the Company, BGSF or related entity or being required to prepare and file an accounting restatement or similar with the federal Securities and Exchange Commission or a similar agency; provided, however, that no offset of any amounts owed under this Agreement or otherwise to Executive shall be permissible by the Company under this Section 11 to the extent that Executive would incur a violation of Section 409A of the Code as a result of any such offset, as determined solely by the Company.
12.    NOTICES. All notices required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally or sent by facsimile, overnight delivery, or registered mail, return receipt requested, to the Parties at the addresses set forth below, or to such changed address as either Party may subsequently give notice of.
If to Executive:
Dan Hollenbach
325 Brock Street
Coppell, Texas 75019

If to the Company:
B G Staff Services Inc. Board of Directors
C/o Chief Executive Officer
5850 Granite Parkway, Suite 730
Plano, TX 75024

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Notices delivered personally or by overnight delivery shall be effective upon delivery or delivery refused. Notices properly addressed and delivered by mail, return receipt requested, shall be effective upon deposit with the United States Postal Service. Notices sent by facsimile should be prominently marked “URGENT — DELIVER IMMEDIATELY” or with similar language bringing attention to the importance of the transmission.
13.    BINDING EFFECT. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, this Agreement shall be binding on the Parties hereto and on their respective heirs, administrators, executors, permitted successors and permitted assigns.
14.    COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which together shall constitute but a single document.
15.    GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement is being executed in the State of Texas and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.
16.    CONTINUING OBLIGATIONS. The Golden Parachute provisions of Section 4.9, the Covenant Agreement referenced in Section 5 of this Agreement, the 409A provisions of Section 10 and the Claw back provisions in Section 11 shall survive termination of Executive’s employment for any reason (with or without Cause or Good Reason). Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, no rights or obligations of either Party shall continue after the termination of this Agreement.

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17.    OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL. Executive has been given ample time to consult with an attorney of her choice with respect to the terms of this Agreement. In addition, the Company shall reimburse Executive for legal fees in negotiating and drafting this Agreement up to a maximum of $3,000.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the Effective Date.
EXECUTIVE:

  /s/ Dan Hollenbach    
  Dan Hollenbach

Date: February 6,2019

COMPANY

By:__/s/ Richard L. Baum, Jr.    
Name: Richard L. Baum, Jr.
Title: Chair, Compensation Committee

Date: February 6,2019

Separation Agreement and General Release of Claims
(the “General Release”)
For and in consideration of benefits described in the Executive Employment Agreement dated effective October 1, 2018 (the “Employment Agreement”) by and between B G Staff Services Inc., a Texas corporation (the “Company”), and Dan Hollenbach (“Executive”) and for other good and valuable consideration, Executive hereby releases, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Company and its parent company, BG Staffing, Inc., and their respective divisions, affiliates, subsidiaries, parents, predecessors, successors, assigns, officers, directors, trustees, employees, agents, shareholders, administrators, representatives, attorneys, insurers and fiduciaries, past, present and future (the “Released Parties”) from any and all claims of any kind arising out of or related to Executive’s employment with the Company, Executive’s separation from employment with the Company or derivative of Executive’s employment, which Executive now has or may have against the Released Parties, whether known or unknown to Executive, by reason of facts which have occurred on or prior to the date that Executive has signed this Separation Agreement and General Release of Claims (this “General Release”). Such released claims include, without limitation, any alleged violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, as amended, the Older Worker Benefits Protection Act ; Title VII of the Civil Rights of 1964, as amended; Sections 1981 through 1988 of Title 42 of the United States Code; the Civil Rights Act of 1991; the Equal Pay Act; the Americans with Disabilities Act; the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; the Rehabilitation Act; the Family and Medical Leave Act; the Fair Labor Standards Act; Executive Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 as amended; the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act; the National Labor Relations Act; the Fair Credit Reporting Act; the Occupational Safety and Health Act; the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act; Executive Polygraph Protection Act; the Immigration Reform Control Act; the retaliation provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; the Federal False Claims Act; the Texas Labor Code; (and including any and all amendments to the above) and/or any other alleged violation of any federal, state or local law, regulation or ordinance, and/or contract or any other alleged violation of any federal, state or local law, regulation or ordinance, and/or contract or implied contract, including but not limited to the Employment Agreement, or tort law or public policy or whistleblower claim, having any bearing whatsoever on Executive’s employment by and the termination of Executive’s employment with the Company, including, but not limited to, any claim for wrongful discharge, back pay, vacation pay, sick pay, wage, commission or bonus payment, money or equitable relief or damages of any kind, attorneys’ fees, costs, and/or future wage loss.
It is understood that this General Release is not intended to and does not affect or release (i) any future rights or any claims arising after the date this General Release is executed by Executive, (ii) any payments due to Executive under the terms of the Employment Agreement on account of Executive’s termination of employment, (iii) any rights Executive may have with respect to stock options, restricted stock, stock rights or stock ownership in BG Staffing, Inc. and (iv) any rights of Executive to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or coverage under director’s and officer’s insurance policies from or maintained by the Company, BG Staffing, Inc. or any of their affiliates.
Executive understands that the consideration provided to Executive under the terms of the Employment Agreement or otherwise does not constitute any admission by the Company that it has violated any law or legal obligation.
Executive agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by law, that Executive will not commence, maintain, prosecute or participate in any action or proceeding of any kind against the Released Parties based on any of the claims waived herein occurring up to and including the date of Executive’s signature hereto. The Executive represents and warrants that he will not have done so as of the Effective Date (defined below) of this General Release. Notwithstanding the foregoing agreement, representation and warranty, if Executive violates any of the provisions of this paragraph, Executive agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company from and against any and all costs, attorneys’ fees and other expenses authorized by law which result from, or are incident to, such violation. This paragraph is not intended to preclude Executive from (1) challenging the knowing and voluntary nature of this General Release; or (2) filing a charge or participating in any investigation or proceeding conducted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or any state or municipal equivalent agency.
Executive further agrees to waive his right to any monetary or equitable recovery should any federal, state or local administrative agency pursue any claims on Executive’s behalf arising out of or related to Executive’s employment with and/or separation from employment with the Company and promises not to seek or accept any award, settlement or other monetary or equitable relief from any source or proceeding brought by any person or governmental entity or agency on Executive’s behalf or on behalf of any class of which Executive is a member with respect to any of the claims Executive has waived.
Executive acknowledges and agrees that: (i) after he received a written copy of this General Release, he had adequate opportunity to review it and that he has personally read it; (ii) he fully understand its contents; (iii)  he has been advised to consult an attorney before signing it; (iv) he enters into this General Release knowingly, voluntarily and after any consultations with his attorney or other advisor, as he deems appropriate and (v) he has been given at least 21 days from the date of receipt of this General Release to consider all of its terms. Executive fully understands that, by signing below, he is voluntarily giving up any right which he may have to sue or bring any other claims against the Released Parties, including any rights and claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.
The terms of this General Release shall not become effective or enforceable until eight days following the date of its execution by Executive, provided that Executive has not revoked his agreement hereto (the “Effective Date”). The Executive may revoke the General Release by notifying the Company in writing (via US Mail to the attention of the Chief Executive Officer,       B G Staff Services Inc., 5850 Granite Parkway, Suite 730, Plano, TX 75024, or via fax to (972) 960-6115 or via email to dhollenbach@bgstaffing.com). For Executive’s revocation to be effective, written notice must be received by the Company no later than the close of business on the eighth (8th) day following the date Executive signs this General Release.
The Company’s obligation to provide the benefits described in Section 4.7 of the Employment Agreement, will expire and become null and void, if this General Release is not executed and delivered to the Company via US Mail to Chief Executive Officer, B G Staff Services Inc., 5850 Granite Parkway, Suite 730, Plano, TX 75024, or via fax to (972) 960-6115 or via email to dhollenbach@bgstaffing.com during the twenty-one (21) day review period or if Executive revokes this General Release within the eight-day revocation period following his executing this General Release.
Executive certifies that he does not have in his possession, nor has he failed to return, any devices, records, data, notes, reports, proposals, lists, correspondence, specifications, drawings, materials, equipment or reproductions of any of the aforementioned items and any Confidential Information (as defined in the Non-Disclosure of Confidential Information, Non-Solicitation, Non-Interference and Non-Competition Agreement by and between the Company and Executive effective October 1, 2018 (the “Covenant Agreement”).
Executive further certifies that Executive has complied with all the terms of the Covenant Agreement, and Executive agrees that Executive will comply with all post-termination obligations set forth in the Covenant Agreement.
Executive agrees and covenants that he shall not at any time make, publish or communicate to any person or entity or in any public forum any defamatory or disparaging remarks, comments or statements concerning the Company or its businesses, or any of its employees or officers, and existing and prospective customers, suppliers, investors and other associated third parties, now or in the future. This does not, in any way, restrict or impede Executive from exercising protected rights to the extent that such rights cannot be waived by agreement or from complying with any applicable law or regulation or a valid order of a court of competent jurisdiction or an authorized government agency, provided that such compliance does not exceed that required by the law, regulation or order. Executive shall promptly provide written notice of any such order to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.
The Company agrees that it will use reasonable efforts to ensure that its executives do not at any time make, publish or communicate to any person or entity or in any public forum any defamatory or disparaging remarks, comments or statements concerning Executive, now or in the future. This does not, in any way, restrict or impede the Company from complying with any applicable law, regulation, or listing requirement.
This General Release shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and governed by, the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to principles of conflict of laws. If any clause of this General Release should ever be determined to be unenforceable, it is agreed that this will not affect the enforceability of any other clause or the remainder of this General Release. This General Release is binding on Executive and his representatives, heirs, and assigns.
Please read carefully, as this document includes a release of claims, and is legally-binding.
EXECUTIVE:
______________________________________ Dan Hollenbach

Date: _________________________

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EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

Exhibit B — Covenant Agreement

NON-DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION,
NON-SOLICITATION, NON-INTERFERENCE AND
NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT
THIS NON-DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, NON-SOLICITATION, NON-INTERFERENCE AND NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT (this “Covenant Agreement”) is entered into as of the 1st day of October, 2018 (the “Effective Date”) by and between Dan Hollenbach (“Executive”) and B G Staff Services Inc. (the “Company”).
WHEREAS, the Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of BG Staffing, Inc. (“BGSF”);
WHEREAS, the Company and its affiliated entities, including but not limited to its parent, BGSF, are engaged in the business of providing temporary staffing to third parties;
WHEREAS, for purposes of this Covenant Agreement, for the avoidance of doubt, all references herein to the Company (including, without limitation, references to the Company contained in Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) shall be deemed to include the Company and its affiliated entities including, without limitation, BGSF.
WHEREAS, Executive acknowledges that the Company’s reputation in the temporary staffing industry and the Company’s client relationships and potential client relationships are nationwide in scope and are a highly valued component of its business;
WHEREAS, Executive acknowledges that in exchange for entering into this Covenant Agreement, Executive will be granted unique access to confidential and proprietary information, processes and expertise that are used by the Company, in rendering services to its clients and that the confidentiality of such confidential and proprietary information, processes and expertise has significant value to the Company and its current and future success;
MOREOVER, the Company desires to employ Executive in a capacity which will inevitably provide her with access to the highest level of confidential information regarding the Company’s operational, financial, marketing and business plans, programs, data and condition, which the Company desires to protect;
WHEREAS, the Company requires that Executive enter into this Covenant Agreement as a precondition and material inducement to continuing the employment relationship with Executive pursuant to the terms of the Executive Employment Agreement dated effective October 1, 2018 by and between the Company and Executive (the “Employment Agreement”);
WHEREAS, Executive desires to continue employment by the Company under such conditions; and
WHEREAS, Executive’s principal office while employed by the Company shall be located in Plano, Texas.

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NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereto mutually agree as follows
1.    Confidential Information. 
Upon Executive’s execution of this Agreement, which shall coincide with the continuing of his employment relationship with the Company and is a condition of and separate inducement for the Company’s entry into the Employment Agreement, the Company shall, and is hereby obligated to, provide Executive immediately with the right and ability to access certain confidential and proprietary information belonging to the Company, which are necessary for Executive to perform his duties as part of his employment relationship with the Company (the “Confidential Information”). “Confidential Information” means proprietary, trade secret or other non-public confidential information obtained as a result of Executive’s employment with the Company, including, without limitation, information belonging to the Company regarding the identity of its clients and their preferences and requirements; information regarding the Company’s processes, techniques; and technical data or that belonging to their clients; personnel information regarding the Company’s employees either permanent staff or temporary; information regarding the Company’s business relationships with its vendors or suppliers; the Company’s business practices and procedures, research and development data, and financial, marketing and economic plans; information regarding the Company’s affiliates; and information pertaining to confidential strategic business assignments which Executive performed for the Company.
Executive acknowledges that the Company has expended substantial resources acquiring and developing its: (a) Confidential Information; (b) customer relationships; and (c) qualified work force. Protecting these assets is critical to the Company’s survival and success, because a competitor with access to such assets would have an unfair advantage over the Company. Accordingly, Executive acknowledges that the Company has a legitimate business interest in protecting these assets and that the restrictive covenants set forth in this Covenant Agreement are a reasonable means of doing so.
2.    Non-Disclosure of Confidential Information
Except in accordance with Executive’s job duties for the Company, Executive shall not disclose nor use any Confidential Information by any means whatsoever during the term of his employment or following the termination of his employment relationship with the Company. This Section shall survive the termination of the employment relationship. Nothing herein may be construed to prevent disclosure of Confidential Information as may be required by applicable law or regulation, or pursuant to the valid order of a court of competent jurisdiction or an authorized government agency, provided that the disclosure does not exceed the extent of disclosure required by such law, regulation or order. Executive shall promptly provide written notice of any such order to the Board of Directors or its designee.
3.    Non-Competition

Ancillary to this otherwise enforceable Covenant Agreement including the Company’s agreement to provide Executive with Confidential Information, which the Company desires to protect, and its entry into and performance of its obligations under the Employment Agreement, during the Employment Period, and for twelve (12) months after the termination of his employment 

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for any reason, Executive shall not, directly or indirectly (except ownership through mutual funds or like investment methods), unless approved by the Company, own an interest in any business or become employed, retained or otherwise engaged to work in any capacity (except as allowed below) for any person or business engaged in the provision of temporary staffing in any state in United States in which the Company conducts business as of the Termination Date. Executive acknowledges that his position as Chief Financial Officer and its related duties would provide him with access to Confidential Information in this regard which the Company would not want to be used to compete against it. Executive agrees that the restrictions on Executive’s activities imposed by this paragraph are reasonable in duration, scope and geography and in all other respects and are narrowly tailored to protect the Company’s legitimate business interests. The Company and Executive agree that the geographic scope is reasonable given that the Company’s business is national in nature. The Company agrees that the Executive may work for any business otherwise prohibited under this section, provided that the Executive is not an officer, director, or otherwise engaged in the management of such business.  
4.    Non-Solicitation of Clients and Prospective Clients
Ancillary to this otherwise enforceable Covenant Agreement including the Company’s agreement to provide Executive with Confidential Information, which the Company desires to protect, during the Employment Period and for eighteen (18) months after the termination of his employment for any reason, Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, solicit business on behalf of any person or entity other than the Company. Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, knowingly solicit the business of or do business with any Client or Prospective of the Company. “Client or Prospective of the Company” means any person or entity during the term of Executive’s employment about which Executive had accessed any Confidential Information at any time during the twelve months period prior to the termination of his employment or with respect to which Executive possessed Confidential Information.
5.    Non-Interference with Clients and Suppliers
During the Employment Period and for eighteen (18) months after the termination of his employment for any reason, Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, attempt to persuade any person or entity to reduce the amount of business it does or to cease doing business with the Company. Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, attempt to persuade any Client of the Company or Supplier of the Company to reduce the amount of business it does or to cease doing business with the Company. “Client of the Company” is defined in paragraph 4. “Supplier of the Company” means any person or entity that provided goods or services to the Company at any time during the twelve months prior to the termination of Executive’s employment.
6.    Non-Solicitation of Employees and Independent Contractors
During the Employment Period and for eighteen (18) months after the termination of employment for any reason, Executive shall not, unless approved by the Company, directly or indirectly, solicit the employment, retention or engagement of, or hire any employee, billable independent contractor or other personnel of the Company on behalf of any person or entity. Executive shall not, indirectly or indirectly, knowingly solicit the employment, retention or engagement, or hire, of any Personnel of the Company. “Personnel of the Company “means any employee (whether staff, temporary or leased), billable independent contractor or other personnel 

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employed, retained or engaged by the Company at any time during the twelve months prior to the termination of Executive’s employment.
7.    No Hardship to Executive
Executive agrees that enforcement of any of the restrictive covenants in the Covenant Agreement shall not cause Executive any hardship, and because of Executive’s background and experience shall not in any manner preclude Executive, in the event that Executive’s employment with the Company is terminated for any reason, from becoming gainfully employed in such manner and to such extent as shall provide Executive with a standard of living of at least the sort and fashion to which Executive has become accustomed.
8.    Survival of Restrictive Covenants
The restrictive covenants contained in the Covenant Agreement shall survive the termination of Executive’s employment, whether terminated by Executive or the Company for any reason (with or without Cause or Good Reason (as such terms are defined in the Executive Employment Agreement between the Company and Executive of even date herewith)).
9.    Absence of Conflicting Agreements
Executive understands that the Company does not desire to acquire from him any trade secrets, know-how or confidential business information that he may have acquired from others. Executive represents and warrants that he is not and will not become bound by any agreement, commitment, arrangement or court order, or any other existing or previous business relationship which violates, conflicts with or prevents the full performance of Executive’s duties and obligations to the Company under the Executive Employment Agreement between the Company and Executive of even date herewith.
Further, Executive acknowledges that the Company may, at any time while any of the non-disclosure or restrictive covenant provisions contained in this Agreement are in force, provide notice of the existence of this Agreement to any third party with whom or which Executive proposes to become, or becomes, employed or otherwise associated, without any liability to the Company for providing such notice.
10.    No Employment Contract
Nothing in this Covenant Agreement creates or is intended to create, a fixed term of employment or a guarantee of employment, express or implied, or to otherwise alter the at will nature of Executive’s employment with the Company.
11.    Return of the Company’s Property
All Confidential Information is the sole property of the Company. During Executive’s employment by the Company, Executive shall not remove any Confidential Information from the business premises of the Company or deliver any Confidential Information to any person or entity outside of the Company, except as Executive is required to do in connection with performing his duties and responsibilities within the employment relationship. Further, immediately upon the termination of Executive’s employment relationship by either Executive or by the Company for 

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any or no reason, or during Executive’s employment if so requested by the Company, Executive shall return all Confidential Information and all other Company materials, apparatus, equipment and other physical property, or any reproduction of such property to the Chief Financial Officer of the Company or his designee. This Section shall survive the termination of the employment relationship.
Upon termination of Executive’s employment for any reason or upon the Company’s earlier request, Executive shall immediately provide the Company with all documents and data (including originals, photocopies, hard copies and electronic versions) of any nature pertaining to Executive’s work with the Company, whether or not created by Executive, including, without limitation, documents and data pertaining to the Company’s Clients.
12.    Waiver
The waiver by the Company of a breach of any provision of this Covenant Agreement by Executive shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach by Executive.
13.    Protected Communications
Nothing in this Covenant Agreement or the Employment Agreement is intended to, or will be used in any way to, limit Executive’s rights to communicate with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) or any other governmental agency, as provided for, protected under, or warranted by applicable law, including, but not limited to, Section 21F of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and SEC Rule 21F-7 (the “Protected Communications”). Nothing in this Agreement requires Executive to notify, or obtain permission from, the Company before engaging in any Protected Communications.
14.    Entire Covenant Agreement
This Covenant Agreement and the Executive Employment Agreement constitute the entire understanding between the Parties relating to the subject matter hereof and there are no covenants, conditions, representatives, or agreements, oral or written, or any nature whatsoever, other than those herein contained. This Covenant Agreement cannot be changed, modified or discharged unless agreed to in writing by both parties.
15.    Assignability
Unless the Company expressly indicates otherwise in writing, the Company’s rights and obligations under this Covenant Agreement shall automatically transfer with any sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets, stock or business. Executive may not assign any rights or obligations under this Covenant Agreement without the Company’s prior written consent. This Covenant Agreement shall survive the termination of Executive’s employment, regardless of the reason for such termination.
16.    Remedies for Breach
Executive agrees that any breach of this Covenant Agreement would cause irreparable harm to the Company and that, in the event of such breach, the Company shall have, in addition to all 

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other remedies at law, the right to an injunction, specific performance, or other equitable relief, to prevent or redress Executive’s violation.
17.    Severability
If any provision of this Covenant Agreement is declared unenforceable for any reason, such unenforceability shall not affect the enforceability of the remaining provisions. Such provision shall be reformed and construed to the extent permitted by law so that it would be valid, legal and enforceable to the extent possible.
18.    Opportunity to Consult With Counsel
The Company encourages Executive to consult with counsel of Executive’s choice, at Executive’s expense, concerning the terms and conditions of this Covenant Agreement including, but not limited to, the restrictive covenants in paragraphs 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Executive acknowledges having had ample time to do so.
19.    Governing Law
This Covenant Agreement is being executed in the State of Texas and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have duly executed this Non-Disclosure of Confidential Information, Non-Solicitation, Non-Interference and Non-Competition Agreement as of the date first written above.
EXECUTIVE

_/s/ Dan Hollenbach_______________        
Dan Hollenbach
Date: February 6, 2019

COMPANY
B G Staff Services Inc.

By: _/s/ Beth A. Garvey____________        
Beth A. Garvey
President & Chief Executive Officer

Date: February 6, 2019

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 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 

 
  

ELEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 

Dated as of March 12, 2019 
  

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

£1,000,000,000 3.000% Resettable 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
	  	 	7	 
		
	 SECTION 2.01. Terms relating to principal and interest on the Notes
	  	 	7	 
	 SECTION 2.02. General terms applicable to the Notes
	  	 	8	 
		
	 ARTICLE 3 INTEREST CALCULATION IN RESPECT OF THE
NOTES
	  	 	9	 
		
	 SECTION 3.01. Interest Rate on the Notes
	  	 	9	 
	 SECTION 3.02. Calculation Agent
	  	 	10	 
		
	 ARTICLE 4 AMENDMENTS TO THE BASE INDENTURE APPLICABLE TO THE
NOTES ONLY
	  	 	12	 
		
	 SECTION 4.01. Definitions
	  	 	12	 
	 SECTION 4.02. Redemption of Debt Securities
	  	 	12	 
	 SECTION 4.03. Events of Default and Defaults
	  	 	12	 
		
	 ARTICLE 5 MISCELLANEOUS
	  	 	14	 
		
	 SECTION 5.01. Effect of this Supplemental Indenture; Ratification and Integral
Part
	  	 	14	 
	 SECTION 5.02. Priority
	  	 	14	 
	 SECTION 5.03. Successors and Assigns
	  	 	14	 
	 SECTION 5.04. Subsequent Holders’ Agreement
	  	 	14	 
	 SECTION 5.05. Compliance
	  	 	14	 
	 SECTION 5.06. Relation to Calculation Agent Agreement
	  	 	14	 
	 SECTION 5.07. Governing Law
	  	 	14	 
	 SECTION 5.08. Counterparts
	  	 	15	 
	 SECTION 5.09. Entire Agreement
	  	 	15	 
	
	 EXHIBIT A – Form of 3.000% Resettable Senior Unsecured Notes due 2028
	  

  

 ELEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of March 12, 2019 (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 one series of Debt Securities under the Base Indenture (as supplemented and amended by this
Supplemental Indenture), the £1,000,000,000 3.000% Resettable Senior Unsecured Notes due 2028 (such series of Debt Securities, the “Notes”), 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) “Adjusted Reset Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(b); 

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

(c) “Alternative Base Rate” means the rate that has replaced LIBOR in customary market usage for determining
floating interest rates in respect of bonds denominated in the Applicable Currency or, if the Independent Financial Adviser or the Company (in consultation with the Calculation Agent and acting in good faith and a commercially reasonable manner), as
applicable, determine that there is no such rate, such other rate as the Independent Financial Adviser or the Company (in consultation with the Calculation Agent and acting in good faith and a commercially reasonable manner), as applicable,
determine in its or the Company’s sole discretion is most comparable to LIBOR. If the Alternative Base Rate is determined, such Alternative Base Rate will be the Alternative Base Rate for the entire Reset Period; 

(d) “Alternative Screen Page” means the alternative screen page, information service or source on which the
Alternative Base Rate appears (or such other page, information service or source as may replace the alternative screen page, information service or source, in each case, as may be nominated by the person providing or sponsoring the information
appearing on such page for purposes of displaying comparable rates); 
 (e) “Applicable Currency” means
Pounds Sterling. 
 (f) “BRRD” means Directive 2014/59/EU establishing a framework for the recovery and
resolution of credit institutions and investment firms, as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time; 
 (g)
“Calculation Agent” means HSBC Bank USA, National Association, or its successor appointed by the Company pursuant to the Calculation Agent Agreement; 

(h) “Calculation Agent Agreement” means the Calculation Agent agreement dated as of March 12, 2019
between the Company and the Calculation Agent; 
 (i) “Calculation Changes” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.02(c); 

  
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 (j) “Capital Instruments Regulations” means any regulatory
capital rules, regulations or standards which are applicable to the Company at any time (on a solo or consolidated basis and including any implementation thereof or supplement thereto by the PRA from time to time) and which lay down the requirements
to be fulfilled by financial instruments for inclusion in the Company’s regulatory capital (on a solo or consolidated basis) as may be required by (i) the CRR and/or (ii) the CRD, including (for the avoidance of doubt) any delegated
acts and implementing acts made by the European Commission (such as regulatory technical standards and implementing technical standards) and European Banking Authority guidelines all as amended from time to time and as implemented in the United
Kingdom; 
 (k) “Clearing Systems” means Clearstream Luxembourg and Euroclear; 

(l) “Clearing System Business Day” means a day on which each Clearing System for which any global security is
being held is open for business; 
 (m) “Clearstream Luxembourg” means Clearstream Banking S.A.; 

(n) “Common Depositary” means HSBC Bank plc, or any successor in such capacity, as common depositary for the
Clearing Systems; 
 (o) “Company” has the meaning set forth in the introduction to this Supplemental
Indenture; 
 (p) “CRD” means Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of
June 26, 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms, amending Directive 2002/87/EC, as amended, and repealing Directives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC, as
amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time, and (where relevant) any applicable successor EU or UK legislation; 

(q) “CRD IV” means, taken together, (i) the CRR, (ii) the CRD and (iii) the Capital Instruments
Regulations; 
 (r) “CRR” means regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
June 26, 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending regulation (EU) No 648/2012, as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time, and (where relevant) any applicable successor EU or UK
legislation; 
 (s) “Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank SA/NV; 

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

(u) “Independent Financial Adviser” means an independent financial institution of international repute or
other independent financial adviser experienced in the international capital markets, in each case appointed by the Company at the Company’s own expense; 

(v) “Initial Interest Rate” means 3.000% per annum; 

(w) “Interest Payment Date” means July 22 of each year, beginning on July 22, 2019; 

(x) “Issue Date” means March 12, 2019. 

  
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 (y) “LIBOR” means the interest rate benchmark known as the
London interbank offered rate, which is calculated and published by a designated distributor (on the Issue Date, Thomson Reuters) in accordance with the requirements from time to time of ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (or any other person
which takes over the administration of that rate) based on the estimated interbank borrowing rate for the Applicable Currency that is provided by a panel of contributor banks; 

(z) “London Banking Day” means any day on which dealings in the Applicable Currency are transacted in the
London interbank market; 
 (aa) “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 United Kingdom, including, without
limitation to the generality of the foregoing, any delegated or implementing acts (such as implementing or regulatory technical standards) adopted by the European Commission and applicable to the Company from time to time (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); 

(bb) “Margin” means 1.650% per annum. 

(cc) “Maturity Date” means July 22, 2028; 

(dd) “Notes” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Supplemental Indenture; 

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

(ff) “Reference Banks” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(a); 

(gg) “Regulated Entity” means any BRRD Undertaking as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook promulgated
by the PRA, as amended from time to time, which includes certain credit institutions, investment firms, and certain of their parent or holding companies or any comparable future definition intended to designate entities within the scope of the UK
recovery and resolution regime; 
 (hh) “Relevant Regulator” means the PRA or any successor entity or other
entity primarily responsible for the prudential supervision of the Company; 
 (ii) “Relevant Rules” means,
at any time, the laws, regulations, requirements, guidelines and policies relating to capital adequacy (including, without limitation, as to leverage) then in effect in the United Kingdom including, without limitation to the generality of the
foregoing, as may be required by CRD IV or BRRD or any applicable successor legislation or any delegated or implementing acts (such as regulatory technical standards) adopted by the European Commission and applicable to the Company from time to time
and any regulations, requirements, guidelines and policies relating to capital adequacy adopted by the Relevant Regulator from time to time (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); 

  
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 (jj) “Relevant Screen Page” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.02(a); 
 (kk) “Relevant Supervisory Consent” means as (and to the
extent) required, a consent or waiver to the relevant redemption or purchase from the Relevant Regulator 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 Relevant Rules (including, without limitation, Article 29(3) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU)
No. 241/2014) 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 Relevant Rules or the Loss Absorption Regulations within the limits prescribed in such permission; 

(ll) “Reset Date” means July 22, 2027; 

(mm) “Reset Determination Cut-off Date” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.02(b); 
 (nn) “Reset Determination Date” means the second London
Banking Day preceding the Reset Date; 
 (oo) “Reset Period” means the period from (and including) the Reset
Date to (but excluding) the Maturity Date; 
 (pp) “Trustee” has the meaning set forth in the introduction
to this Supplemental Indenture; and 
 (qq) “UK Bail-in Power” means
any write-down, conversion, transfer, modification, or suspension power existing from time to time under, and exercised in compliance with, any laws, regulations, rules or requirements in effect in the United Kingdom, relating to the transposition
of the BRRD or otherwise, including but not limited to the Banking Act and the instruments, rules and standards created thereunder, pursuant to which (i) any obligation of a Regulated Entity (or other affiliate of such Regulated Entity) can be
reduced, cancelled, modified, or converted into shares, other securities, or other obligations of such Regulated Entity or any other person (or suspended for a temporary period); and (ii) any right in a contract governing an obligation of a
Regulated Entity may be deemed to have been exercised. 
 ARTICLE 2 

THE NOTES 

SECTION 2.01. Terms relating to principal and interest on the Notes. 

The following terms relating to the Notes are hereby established: 

(a) the title of the Notes shall be “3.000% Resettable Senior Unsecured Notes due 2028;” 

  
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 (b) the aggregate principal amount of the Notes that may be authenticated
and delivered under the Indenture shall not initially exceed £1,000,000,000 (except as otherwise provided in the Indenture); 

(c) the principal on the Notes shall be payable on the Maturity Date; 

(d) interest on the Notes shall be payable annually in arrear on July 22 of each year, beginning on July 22, 2019,
and the interest rate on the Notes shall be determined as set forth in Section 3.01; 
 (e) the
Regular Record Dates for the Notes shall be the close of business (in the relevant Clearing System) on the Clearing System Business Day immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date (or, if the Notes are held in definitive form, the 15th calendar day preceding each Interest Payment Date, whether or not a Business Day). 

SECTION 2.02. General terms applicable to the Notes 

The following terms relating to the 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 shall not be redeemable except as provided in Article Eleven of
the Base Indenture, as amended by Section 4.01. The Notes shall not be redeemable at the option of the Holders at any time. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture or the Notes, including
Section 11.01 of the Base Indenture, the Company may only redeem or repurchase the Notes prior to the Maturity Date pursuant to Article Eleven of the Base Indenture if the Company has obtained any Relevant Supervisory Consent; 

(d) the Notes are not issued as Discount Debt Securities or as Indexed Securities and are not subject to a Solvency Condition;

 (e) the Company shall have no obligation to redeem or purchase the Notes pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provision; 
 (f) the Notes shall be issued only in denominations of £100,000 and integral multiples of £1,000 in
excess thereof; 
 (g) the Notes shall be denominated in the Applicable Currency; 

(h) 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 (g) above, shall be in the Applicable Currency; 
 (i) 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; 

(j) 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 HSBC Issuer Services Common Depository Nominee (UK) Limited, a nominee of the Common Depositary. Any proposed transfer of an interest in Notes held in the form of a global
security deposited with the Common Depositary shall be effected in the ordinary way following the applicable rules and operating procedures of Clearstream Luxembourg and/or Euroclear; 

  
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 (k) except in limited circumstances, the Notes will not be issued in
definitive form; 
 (l) the Notes shall be evidenced by one or more global securities in registered form substantially in the
form of Exhibit A; 
 (m) 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; and 
 (n) 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 Relevant Rules and, if required, subject to obtaining any Relevant Supervisory Consent. 
 ARTICLE 3 

INTEREST CALCULATION IN RESPECT OF THE NOTES 

SECTION 3.01. Interest Rate on the Notes. 

(a) 

(i) From (and including) the Issue Date to (but excluding) July 22, 2027, the interest rate on the Notes shall be the
Initial Interest Rate. From (and including) the Reset Date to (but excluding) the Maturity Date, the per annum interest rate shall be equal to the sum of (i) the Mid-Market Swap Rate on the Reset
Determination Date and (ii) the Margin. There will be a short first coupon in respect of the period from (and including) the Issue Date to (but excluding) July 22, 2019. The interest rate on the Notes during the Reset Period shall in no
event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by law or lower than 0% per annum. 
 (ii) Notwithstanding Section 3.01
of the Base Indenture, interest on the Notes will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days in the period for which interest is being calculated divided by the actual number of days from and including the last day interest was paid on
the Notes, to but excluding the next Interest Payment Date; provided that for the interest period from and including the Issue Date to but excluding the first Interest Payment Date, interest on the Notes will be computed on the basis of the
actual number of days in such interest period divided by 365. 
 (b) If any scheduled Interest Payment Date is not a Business
Day, the Company shall pay interest on the next succeeding Business Day, but interest on that payment shall not accrue during the period from and after the scheduled Interest Payment Date. If the date of redemption or repayment is not a Business
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period from and after the date of redemption or repayment. If the Reset Date is not a Business Day, the Reset Date shall occur on the next succeeding Business Day (the “Adjusted Reset
Date”). For the avoidance of doubt, if the Reset Date is not a Business Day and accordingly the Reset Date occurs on the Adjusted Reset Date, the annual payment of interest on the next Interest Payment Date shall reflect interest for the
entire Reset Period (including any portion of the Reset Period occurring between the originally scheduled Reset Date and the Adjusted Reset Date) at the interest rate determined based on the Adjusted Reset Date, and not at the Initial Interest Rate.
In addition and for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with any optional redemption of the Notes, if the Reset Date is not a Business Day, as described above, the Company shall pay interest together with the principal on the Adjusted Reset Date,
but interest on that payment shall not accrue during the period from and after the Reset Date. 
 SECTION 3.02.
Calculation Agent. 
 (a) The “Mid-Market Swap Rate” is the Mid-Market Swap Rate Quotation that appears for “GBP LIBOR IRS & Swap Spreads” as displayed on the Bloomberg ICAP page (or such other page as may replace such page on Bloomberg or such other
information service, in each case, as may be nominated by the person providing or sponsoring the information appearing on such page for purposes of displaying comparable rates) (the “Relevant Screen Page”) as of approximately 11:00
a.m. (London time) on the Reset Determination Date, all as determined by the Calculation Agent; provided, however, that if no such rate appears on the Relevant Screen Page for a one-year term,
then the Mid-Market Swap Rate shall be determined through the use of straight-line interpolation by reference to two rates, one of which shall be determined in accordance with the above provisions, but as if
the Reset Period were the period of time for which rates are available next shorter than the length of the actual Reset Period and the other of which shall be determined in accordance with the above provisions, but as if the Reset Period were the
period of time for which rates are available next longer than the length of the actual Reset Period; provided further that if on the Reset Determination Date the Relevant Screen Page is not available or the Mid-Market Swap Rate does not appear on the Relevant Screen Page, subject to the first proviso in the definition of Mid-Market Swap Rate Quotation, the Calculation Agent shall
request the principal office in London of four major banks in the swap, money, securities or other market most closely connected with the relevant Mid-Market Swap Rate (as selected by the Company on the advice
of an investment bank of international repute) (the “Reference Banks”) to provide it with its Mid-Market Swap Rate Quotation as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Reset
Determination Date. If two or more of the Reference Banks provide the Calculation Agent with Mid-Market Swap Rate Quotations, the interest rate for the Reset Period shall be the sum of (i) the Margin and
(ii) the arithmetic mean) of the relevant Mid-Market Swap Rate Quotations, as determined by the Calculation Agent. If only one or none of the Reference Banks provides the Calculation Agent with a Mid-Market Swap Rate Quotation, the interest rate shall be determined to be the Initial Interest Rate. 

(b) A “Mid-Market Swap Rate Quotation” means a quotation (expressed as
a percentage rate per annum) for the mean of the bid and offered rates for the fixed leg payable semi-annually (calculated on the basis of the actual number of days in the relevant period from (and including) the date on which interest begins to
accrue to (but excluding) the date on which it falls due divided by 365) of a fixed-for-floating interest rate swap transaction in the Applicable Currency which
transaction (i) has a one-year term commencing on the Reset Date, (ii) is in an amount that is representative for a single transaction in the Applicable Currency swap rate market at 11:00 a.m.
(London time) with an acknowledged dealer of good credit in the swap market and (iii) has a floating leg based on six-month LIBOR (calculated on the basis

  
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of the actual number of days in the relevant period from (and including) the date on which interest begins to accrue to (but excluding) the date on which it falls due divided by 365);
provided that, notwithstanding the second proviso in the definition of Mid-Market Swap Rate, if the Company (in consultation with the Calculation Agent) determines that the Mid-Market Swap Rate has ceased to be published on the Relevant Screen Page as a result of LIBOR ceasing to be calculated or administered for publication, the Company shall use reasonable efforts to appoint an
Independent Financial Adviser to determine the Alternative Base Rate and the Alternative Screen Page by no later than five Business Days prior to the Reset Determination Date (the “Reset Determination
Cut-off Date”). If the Company is unable to appoint an Independent Financial Adviser, or if the Independent Financial Adviser fails to determine the Alternative Base Rate and the Alternative Screen
Page prior to the Reset Determination Cut-off Date, Company shall determine the Alternative Base Rate and the Alternative Screen Page for the Reset Period. In either case, the
Mid-Market Swap Rate Quotation shall then be the quotation for the mean of bid and offered rates determined as provided above but as if the reference to LIBOR was a reference to the Alternative Base Rate on
the Alternative Screen Page with any required Calculation Changes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company does not determine the Alternative Base Rate and the Alternative Screen Page prior to the Reset Determination Date, the interest rate
for the Reset Period shall be equal to the Initial Interest Rate. 
 (c) If the Independent Financial Adviser or the Company
determines the Alternative Base Rate, the Independent Financial Adviser or the Company, as applicable, may also, following consultation with the Calculation Agent, make changes to the day count fraction, the business day convention and the
definition of Business Day, in each case in order to follow market practice, as well as any other changes (including to the Margin) that the Company, following consultation with the Independent Financial Adviser (if appointed), determines in good
faith are reasonably necessary to ensure the proper operation of the Alternative Base Rate or the Mid-Market Swap Rate, as well as the comparability of the interest rate determined by reference to the
Alternative Base Rate to the interest rate determined by reference to LIBOR (the “Calculation Changes”). 

(d) The Company shall promptly give notice of the determination of the Alternative Base Rate, the Alternative Screen Page and
any Calculation Changes to the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Calculation Agent and the Holders, provided that failure to provide such notice shall have no impact on the effectiveness of, or otherwise invalidate, any such
determination. 
 (e) All percentages resulting from any calculation of 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, and all Applicable Currency amounts shall be rounded to the nearest pence
or cent, as applicable, with one-half pence or one-half cent, as applicable, being rounded upward. 

(f) All determinations and any calculations made by the Calculation Agent for the purposes of calculating the applicable
interest on the Notes shall be conclusive and binding on the Holders, the Company, the Trustee and the Paying Agent, absent manifest error. The Calculation Agent shall not be responsible to the Company, the Holders or any third party for any failure
of the Reference Banks to provide quotations as requested of them or as a result of the Calculation Agent having acted on any quotation or other information given by any Reference Bank which subsequently may be found to be incorrect or inaccurate in
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 (g) 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 Independent Financial Adviser’s or the Company’s determination of the Alternative Base Rate, the Alternative Screen Page and any
Calculation 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 for, agrees not to initiate a suit against the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Calculation Agent in respect of, and agrees that none of the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Calculation Agent
shall be liable for, the determination of or the failure to determine any Alternative Base Rate, any Alternative Screen Page, and any Calculation Changes and any losses suffered in connection therewith and (iii) agrees that none of the Trustee,
the Paying Agent or the Calculation Agent shall have any obligation to determine any Alternative Base Rate, any Alternative Screen Page and any Calculation Changes (including any adjustments thereto), including in the event of any failure by the
Company to determine any Alternative Base Rate, any Alternative Screen Page and any Calculation Changes. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on this deemed consent in connection with any supplemental indenture and/or amendment to the Indenture or
the Notes necessary to effectuate any Alternative Base Rate, any Alternative Screen Page or any Calculation Changes. 
 ARTICLE 4

 AMENDMENTS TO THE BASE INDENTURE 

APPLICABLE TO THE NOTES ONLY 

SECTION 4.01. Definitions. With respect to the Notes only: 

(a) Any reference to “Depositary” in the Base Indenture and any amendment thereto shall be deemed to refer to the
Clearing Systems; 
 (b) Any reference to “DTC” in the Base Indenture and any amendment thereto shall be deemed to
refer to the Clearing Systems. 
 SECTION 4.02. Redemption of Debt Securities. With respect to the Notes only, Article
Eleven of the Base Indenture is amended by adding Section 11.09, which shall read as follows:  

Section 11.09. Optional Redemption of the Notes. The Company may redeem the Notes in whole (but not in
part) in its sole discretion on the Reset Date (the “Optional Redemption Date”). The redemption price shall be equal to 100% of their principal amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest to (but excluding) the Optional Redemption
Date. 
 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. 

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

(A) an order is made by an English court which is not successfully appealed within 30 days after the date such order was made
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 (B) 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. 

(ii) A “Default” with respect to the Notes means any one of the following events: 

(A) failure to pay principal or premium, if any, on the Notes at maturity, and such default continues for a period of 30 days;
or 
 (B) failure to pay any interest on the Notes when due and payable, which failure continues for 30 days. 

(iii) 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. 

(iv) 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: 
 (A) 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 
 (B) 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. 
 (v) 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, will waive any and all claims, in law and/or in equity, against the Trustee for, agree not to initiate a suit against the Trustee in respect of, and agree
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. 

  
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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, 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 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 Notes related to the UK Bail-in Power, LIBOR 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. 

  
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 SECTION 5.08. Counterparts. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed
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/ Iain MacKinnon

	Name:	 	Iain MacKinnon
	Title:	 	Group Treasurer
	
	 THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
 LONDON
BRANCH,

		 	as Trustee
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Thomas Vanson

	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	
	
	HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
		 	as Paying Agent, Registrar and Calculation Agent
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Fernando Acebedo

	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	

 [Signature Page to the Eleventh Supplemental Indenture] 

 EXHIBIT A 

FORM OF 3.000% RESETTABLE GLOBAL SECURITY 

CUSIP No.: 404280 CB3 
 ISIN:
XS1961843171 
 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 (A) THE EFFECT OF THE EXERCISE OF ANY UK BAIL-IN POWER BY THE RELEVANT UK RESOLUTION AUTHORITY THAT MAY INCLUDE AND RESULT IN ANY OF THE
FOLLOWING, OR SOME COMBINATION THEREOF: (I) THE REDUCTION OF ALL, OR A PORTION, OF THE AMOUNTS DUE (AS DEFINED ON THE REVERSE OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY); (II) 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; (III) THE CANCELLATION OF THE DEBT SECURITIES; AND/OR (IV) 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 (B) 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 NOTES OR OF THE COMPANY’S FAILURE TO PERFORM ANY OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER OR IN RESPECT OF THE NOTES. PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE NOTES 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 
 £[•]

 3.000% RESETTABLE 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 HSBC Issuer Services Common Depository Nominee (UK) Limited, or registered assigns on
July 22, 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 March 12, 2019 (the “Issue
Date”) or the most recent Interest Payment Date on which interest has been paid or duly provided for until maturity in accordance with the following provisions: 

(1) Interest on the Debt Securities shall be payable annually in arrear on July 22 of each year, beginning on July 22, 2019. 

(2) From (and including) Issue Date to (but excluding) July 22, 2027, the interest rate on the Debt Securities shall be 3.000% per annum
(the “Initial Interest Rate”). During the Reset Period, the per annum interest rate shall be equal to the sum of (i) the Mid-Market Swap Rate on the Reset Determination Date and (ii)
1.650% (the “Margin”). The interest rate on the Debt Securities during the Reset Period shall in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by law or lower than 0% per annum. 

(3) Interest on the Debt Securities shall be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days in the period for which interest is being
calculated divided by the actual number of days from and including the last day interest was paid on the Debt Securities, to but excluding the next scheduled Interest Payment Date provided that for the interest period from and including the Issue
Date to but excluding the first Interest Payment Date, interest on the Debt Securities will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days in such interest period divided by 365. 

(4) If any scheduled Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, the Issuer shall pay interest on the next succeeding Business Day, but
interest on that payment shall not accrue during the period from and after the scheduled Interest Payment Date. If the date of redemption or repayment is not a Business Day, the Issuer shall pay interest and principal on the next succeeding Business
Day, but interest on that payment shall not accrue during the period from and after the date of redemption or repayment. If the Reset Date is not a Business Day, the Reset Date shall occur on the next succeeding Business Day (the “Adjusted
Reset Date”). For the avoidance of doubt, if the Reset Date is not a Business Day and accordingly the Reset Date occurs on the Adjusted Reset Date, the annual payment of interest on the next Interest Payment Date shall reflect interest for
the entire Reset Period (including any portion of the Reset Period occurring between the originally scheduled Reset Date and the Adjusted Reset Date) at the interest rate determined based on the Adjusted Reset Date, and not at the Initial Interest
Rate. In addition and for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with any optional redemption of the Debt Securities, if the Reset Date is not a Business Day, as described above, the Issuer shall pay interest together with the principal on the
Adjusted Reset Date, but interest on that payment shall not accrue during the period from and after the Reset Date. 
 “Reset
Date” means July 22, 2027. 

  
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 “Reset Determination Date” means the second London Banking Day immediately
preceding the Reset Date. 
 “Reset Period” means the period from (and including) the Reset Date to (but excluding) the
Maturity Date. 
 The “Mid-Market Swap Rate” is the
Mid-Market Swap Rate Quotation that appears for “GBP LIBOR IRS & Swap Spreads” as displayed on the Bloomberg ICAP page (or such other page as may replace such page on Bloomberg or such other
information service, in each case, as may be nominated by the person providing or sponsoring the information appearing on such page for purposes of displaying comparable rates) (the “Relevant Screen Page”) as of approximately 11:00
a.m. (London time) on the Reset Determination Date, all as determined by the Calculation Agent; provided, however, that if no such rate appears on the Relevant Screen Page for a one-year term, then the Mid-Market Swap Rate will be determined through the use of straight-line interpolation by reference to two rates, one of which will be determined in accordance with the above provisions, but as if the Reset Period
were the period of time for which rates are available next shorter than the length of the actual Reset Period and the other of which will be determined in accordance with the above provisions, but as if the Reset Period were the period of time for
which rates are available next longer than the length of the actual Reset Period; provided further that if on the Reset Determination Date the Relevant Screen Page is not available or the Mid-Market Swap Rate
does not appear on the Relevant Screen Page, subject to the first proviso in the definition of Mid-Market Swap Rate Quotation below, the Calculation Agent will request the principal office in London of four
major banks in the swap, money, securities or other market most closely connected with the relevant Mid-Market Swap Rate (as selected by the Issuer on the advice of an investment bank of international repute)
(the “Reference Banks”) to provide it with its Mid-Market Swap Rate Quotation as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Reset Determination Date. If two or more of the Reference
Banks provide the Calculation Agent with Mid-Market Swap Rate Quotations, the interest rate for the Reset Period will be the sum of the Margin and the arithmetic mean of the relevant Mid-Market Swap Rate Quotations, as determined by the Calculation Agent. If only one or none of the Reference Banks provides the Calculation Agent with a Mid-Market Swap Rate
Quotation, the interest rate will be determined to be the Initial Interest Rate. 
 A
“Mid-Market Swap Rate Quotation” means a quotation (expressed as a percentage rate per annum) for the mean of the bid and offered rates for the fixed leg payable semi- annually (calculated on
the basis of the actual number of days in the relevant period from (and including) the date on which interest begins to accrue to (but excluding) the date on which it falls due divided by 365) of a fixed-for-floating interest rate swap transaction in the Applicable Currency which transaction (i) has a one-year term commencing on the Reset Date, (ii) is
in an amount that is representative for a single transaction in the Applicable Currency swap rate market at 11:00 a.m. (London time) with an acknowledged dealer of good credit in the swap market and (iii) has a floating leg based on six-month LIBOR (calculated on the basis of the actual number of days in the relevant period from (and including) the date on which interest begins to accrue to (but excluding) the date on which it falls due divided
by 365); provided that, notwithstanding the second proviso in the definition of Mid-Market Swap Rate, if the Issuer (in consultation with the Calculation Agent) determine that the Mid-Market Swap Rate has ceased to be published on the Relevant Screen Page as a result of LIBOR ceasing to be calculated or administered for publication, the Issuer will use reasonable efforts to appoint an
Independent Financial Adviser to determine the Alternative Base Rate and the Alternative Screen Page by no later than five Business Days prior to the Reset Determination Date (the “Reset Determination
Cut-off Date”). If the Issuer is unable to appoint an Independent Financial Adviser, or if the Independent Financial Adviser fails to determine the Alternative Base Rate and the Alternative Screen
Page prior to the Reset Determination Cut-off Date, the Issuer will determine the Alternative Base Rate and the Alternative Screen Page for the Reset Period. In either case, the
Mid-Market Swap Rate Quotation will then be the quotation for the mean of bid and offered rates determined as provided above 

  
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but as if the reference to LIBOR was a reference to the Alternative Base Rate on the Alternative Screen Page with any required Calculation Changes (as defined below). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the Issuer does not determine the Alternative Base Rate and the Alternative Screen Page prior to the Reset Determination Date, the interest rate for the Reset Period will be equal to the Initial Interest Rate. 

If the Independent Financial Adviser or the Issuer determines the Alternative Base Rate, the Independent Financial Adviser or the Issuer, as
applicable, may also, following consultation with the Calculation Agent, make changes to the day count fraction, the business day convention and the definition of business day, in each case in order to follow market practice, as well as any other
changes (including to the Margin) that the Issuer, following consultation with the Independent Financial Adviser (if appointed), determine in good faith are reasonably necessary to ensure the proper operation of the Alternative Base Rate or the Mid-Market Swap Rate, as well as the comparability of the interest rate determined by reference to the Alternative Base Rate to the interest rate determined by reference to LIBOR (the “Calculation
Changes”). 
 The Issuer shall promptly give notice of the determination of the Alternative Base Rate, the Alternative Screen Page and
any Calculation Changes to the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Calculation Agent and the Holders; provided that failure to provide such notice shall have no impact on the effectiveness of, or otherwise invalidate, any such determination. 

All percentages resulting from any calculation of 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
the Applicable Currency amounts shall be rounded to the nearest pence or cent, as applicable, with one-half pence or one-half cent, as applicable, being rounded upward.

 All determinations and any calculations made by the Calculation Agent for the purposes of calculating the applicable interest on this
Global Security shall be conclusive and binding on the Holders, the Issuer, the Trustee and the Paying Agent, absent manifest error. The Calculation Agent shall not be responsible to the Issuer, the Holders or any third party for any failure of the
Reference Banks to provide quotations as requested of them or as a result of the Calculation Agent having acted on any quotation or other information given by any Reference Bank which subsequently may be found to be incorrect or inaccurate in any
way. 
 Each Holder of the Debt Securities (which, for these purposes, includes each beneficial owner of the Debt Securities) (i)
acknowledges, accepts, consents and agrees to be bound by the Independent Financial Adviser’s or the Issuer’s determination of the Alternative Base Rate, the Alternative Screen Page and any Calculation 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 for, agrees not to initiate a suit against the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Calculation Agent in respect of, and agrees that none of the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Calculation Agent shall be liable for, the determination of or the
failure to determine any Alternative Base Rate, any Alternative Screen Page, and any Calculation Changes and any losses suffered in connection therewith and (iii) agrees that none of the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Calculation Agent shall
have any obligation to determine any Alternative Base Rate, any Alternative Screen Page and any Calculation Changes (including any adjustments thereto), including in the event of any failure by the Issuer to determine any Alternative Base Rate, any
Alternative Screen Page and any Calculation Changes. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on this deemed consent in connection with any supplemental indenture and/or amendment to the Indenture or the Debt Securities necessary to effectuate any
Alternative Base Rate, any Alternative Screen Page or any Calculation Changes. 

  
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 “Alternative Base Rate” means the rate that has replaced LIBOR in customary
market usage for determining floating interest rates in respect of bonds denominated in the Applicable Currency or, if the Independent Financial Adviser or the Issuer (in consultation with the Calculation Agent and acting in good faith and a
commercially reasonable manner), as applicable, determine that there is no such rate, such other rate as the Independent Financial Adviser or the Issuer (in consultation with the Calculation Agent and acting in good faith and a commercially
reasonable manner), as applicable, determine in its or the Issuer’s sole discretion is most comparable to LIBOR. If the Alternative Base Rate is determined, such Alternative Base Rate will be the Alternative Base Rate for the entire Reset
Period. 
 “Alternative Screen Page” means the alternative screen page, information service or source on which the
Alternative Base Rate appears (or such other page, information service or source as may replace the alternative screen page, information service or source, in each case, as may be nominated by the person providing or sponsoring the information
appearing on such page for purposes of displaying comparable rates). 
 “Applicable Currency” means Pounds Sterling. 

“Independent Financial Adviser” means an independent financial institution of international repute or other independent
financial adviser experienced in the international capital markets, in each case appointed by the Issuer at the Issuer’s own expense. 

“LIBOR” means the interest rate benchmark known as the London interbank offered rate, which is calculated and published by a
designated distributor (on the Issue Date, Thomson Reuters) in accordance with the requirements from time to time of ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (or any other person which takes over the administration of that rate) based on the estimated
interbank borrowing rate for the Applicable Currency that is provided by a panel of contributor banks. 
 “London Banking
Day” means any day on which dealings in the Applicable Currency are transacted in the London interbank market. 
 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 (1) or (2) below: 
  

	 	(1)	 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.

  
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	 	(2)	 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. 

 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 any payments of principal or interest 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 principal or 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 principal or 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
principal or the interest, or a portion of either, 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 principal or 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. 

  
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 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. 

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 by manual signature, 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 under its
corporate seal. 
  

			
	By:	 	
                     

	[•]
	
	 HSBC Holdings plc,
 as
Issuer

 Dated: March 12, 2019 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION 

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

 

							
		 		 	By:	 	
                     
    

		 		 	[•]
	Dated: March 12, 2019	 	    	 		 	
		 		 	 The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch,

as Trustee

  
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 REVERSE OF GLOBAL SECURITY 

£[•] 
 3.000% 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 an Eleventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 12, 2019 (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 option, on not less than
30 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: 

(a) in making payment under the Debt Securities in respect of principal (or premium, if any) or interest 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 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 after the Issue Date; or 
 (b) 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 (a) 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 Debt
Securities may be redeemed, in whole but not in part, at the Issuer’s sole discretion, on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, on the Reset Date (the “Optional Redemption Date”). The redemption price shall be
equal to 100% of their principal amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest to (but excluding) the Optional Redemption Date. 

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. 

  
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 An “Event of Default” with respect to the Debt Securities means any one of
the following events: (A) 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 (B) 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: (A) 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 (B) 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: (A) 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 (B) 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. 
 “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 United Kingdom, including, without limitation to the generality of the
foregoing, any delegated or implementing acts (such as implementing or regulatory technical standards) adopted by the European Commission and applicable to the Issuer from time to time (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). 

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 

  
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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 (a) the effect of the exercise of any UK Bail-in Power by the
Relevant UK Resolution Authority that may include and result in any of the following, or some combination thereof: (i) the reduction of all, or a portion, of the Amounts Due; (ii) 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; (iii) the cancellation of the Debt Securities; and/or (iv) 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 (b) 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 

  
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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 but 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. 
 “BRRD” means Directive 2014/59/EU establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of
credit institutions and investment firms, as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time. 
 “UK Bail-in Power” means any write-down, conversion, transfer, modification or suspension power existing from time to time under, and exercised in compliance with, any laws, regulations, rules or requirements
in effect in the United Kingdom, relating to the transposition of the BRRD or otherwise, including but not limited to the Banking Act and the instruments, rules and standards created thereunder, pursuant to which (i) any obligation of a
Regulated Entity (or other affiliate of such Regulated Entity) can be reduced, cancelled, modified or converted into shares, other securities or other obligations of such Regulated Entity or any other person (or suspended for a temporary period);
and (ii) any right in a contract governing an obligation of a Regulated Entity may be deemed to have been exercised. 

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

“Regulated Entity” means any BRRD Undertaking as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook promulgated by the PRA, as
amended from time to time, which includes certain credit institutions, investment firms and certain of their parent or holding companies or any comparable future definition intended to designate entities within the scope of the UK recovery and
resolution regime. 
 “Relevant Regulator” means the PRA or any successor entity or other entity primarily responsible for
the prudential supervision of the Issuer. 
 “Relevant Rules” means, at any time, the laws, regulations, requirements,
guidelines and policies relating to capital adequacy (including, without limitation, as to leverage) then in effect in the United Kingdom including, without limitation to the generality of the foregoing, as may be required by CRD IV or BRRD or any
applicable successor legislation or any delegated or implementing acts (such as regulatory technical standards) adopted by the European Commission and applicable to the Issuer from time to time and any regulations, requirements, guidelines and
policies relating to capital adequacy adopted by the Relevant Regulator from time to time (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). 
 “Relevant Supervisory Consent” means as (and to the
extent) required, a consent or waiver to the relevant redemption or purchase from the Relevant Regulator 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 Relevant Rules (including, without limitation, Article 29(3) of Commission Delegated
Regulation (EU) No. 241/2014) 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 Relevant Rules or the Loss Absorption Regulations within the limits prescribed in such permission. 

  
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 “Relevant UK Resolution Authority” means any authority with the ability to
exercise a UK Bail-in Power. 
 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 4.11 (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. 

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. 

  
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 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 the Clearing Systems 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 the Clearing Systems and any direct participant in the Clearing Systems 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 and 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, LIBOR 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. 

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

exchange

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

  
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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
 and/or conversion

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

	  
	  	  
	  	  

  
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