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RNS Number : 8946V  HSBC Holdings PLC  12 August 2022

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC

ISSUANCE OF SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES

 

HSBC Holdings plc has on 11 August 2022 issued US$2,250,000,000 5.210% Fixed
Rate/Floating Rate Senior Unsecured Notes due 2028 (the '2028 Fixed/Floating
Rate Notes') and US$2,500,000,000 5.402% Fixed Rate/Floating Rate Senior
Unsecured Notes due 2033 (the '2033 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes' and, together
with the 2028 Fixed/Floating Rate Notes, the 'Notes') pursuant to an indenture
dated 26 August 2009 (as amended or supplemented from time to time and as most
recently amended and supplemented by a twenty-sixth supplemental indenture
dated 11 August 2022).

 

Application will be made to list the Notes on the New York Stock Exchange.

 

Investor enquiries to:

Greg Case                               +44 (0)
20 7992 3825              investorrelations@hsbc.com
(mailto:investorrelations@hsbc.com)

Media enquiries to:
Ankit Patel                               +44
(0) 20 7991 9813              ankit.patel@hsbc.com

 

Disclaimers

 

The offering was made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on
Form F-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the 'SEC'). The
offering was made solely by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying
prospectus which have been filed with the SEC. You may obtain these documents
for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov or by writing or
telephoning us at either of the following addresses:

 

Group Company Secretary

HSBC Holdings plc

8 Canada Square

London E14 5HQ

United Kingdom

Tel: +44 20 7991 8888

HSBC Holdings plc

c/o HSBC Bank USA, National Association

452 Fifth Avenue

New York, New York, 10018

Attn: Company Secretary

Tel: +1 212 525 5000

 

The distribution of this announcement in certain jurisdictions may be
restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this announcement comes are
required to inform themselves about and to observe any such restrictions.

 

This announcement does not constitute an offer or an invitation to subscribe
or purchase any of the Securities. No action has been taken in any
jurisdiction to permit a public offering of the Securities where such action
is required other than in the US. The offer and sale of the Securities may be
restricted by law in certain jurisdictions.

 

This document is for distribution only to persons who (i) have professional
experience in matters relating to investments and who fall within Article
19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion)
Order 2005 (as amended, the 'Financial Promotion Order'), (ii) are persons
falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) ('high net worth companies,
unincorporated associations etc.') of the Financial Promotion Order, (iii) are
outside the United Kingdom ('UK'), or (iv) are persons to whom an invitation
or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section
21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 ('FSMA') in connection with
the issue or sale of any securities may otherwise lawfully be communicated or
caused to be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as
"relevant persons"). This document is directed only at relevant persons and
must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not relevant persons. Any
investment or investment activity to which this document relates is available
only to relevant persons and will be engaged in only with relevant persons.

 

EU PRIIPs REGULATION/PROHIBITION OF SALES TO EEA RETAIL INVESTORS. The Notes
are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should
not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the
European Economic Area ('EEA'). For these purposes, a retail investor means a
person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11)
of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, 'MiFID II'); or (ii) a
customer within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/97 ( the 'IDD'), where that
customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10)
of Article 4(1) of MiFID II. Consequently, no key information document
required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as amended, the 'EU PRIIPs
Regulation') for offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them
available to retail investors in the EEA has been prepared and therefore
offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail
investor in the EEA may be unlawful under the EU PRIIPs Regulation.

 

UK PRIIPS REGULATION-PROHIBITION OF SALES TO UK RETAIL INVESTORS. The Notes
are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should
not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the
UK. For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more)
of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (8) of Article 2 of Regulation
(EU) No 2017/565 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European
Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended (the 'EUWA'); (ii) a customer within
the meaning of the provisions of the FSMA and any rules or regulations made
under the FSMA to implement Directive (EU) 2016/97, where that customer would
not qualify as a professional client, as defined in point (8) of Article 2(1)
of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue
of the EUWA. Consequently, no key information document required by the
Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of
the EUWA (the 'UK PRIIPs Regulation') for offering or selling the Notes or
otherwise making them available to retail investors in the UK has been
prepared and therefore offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them
available to any retail investor in the UK may be unlawful under the UK PRIIPs
Regulation.

 

For and on behalf of

HSBC Holdings plc

Aileen Taylor

Group Company Secretary and Chief Governance Officer

Notes to editors:

 

1. HSBC Holdings plc

HSBC Holdings plc, the parent company of the HSBC Group, is headquartered in
London. The HSBC Group serves customers worldwide from offices in 63 countries
and territories in its geographical regions: Europe, Asia, North America,
Latin America, and Middle East and North Africa. With assets of US$2,985bn at
30 June 2022, HSBC is one of the world's largest banking and financial
services organisations.

 

2. The Board of Directors of HSBC Holdings plc as at the date of this
announcement comprises:

Mark Tucker*, Noel Quinn, Geraldine Buckingham(†), Rachel Duan(†), Carolyn
Julie Fairbairn(†), James Anthony Forese(†), Steven Guggenheimer(†) ,
José Antonio Meade Kuribreña(†), Eileen K Murray(†), David Nish(†),
Ewen Stevenson and Jackson Tai(†).

 

* Non-executive Group Chairman

(†) Independent non-executive Director

 

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