Base prospectus supplement dated 10 May 2017

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC

BASE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED 10 MAY 2017

A Base Prospectus Supplement dated 10 May 2017 to the Base Prospectus dated 14 March 2017 relating to the Debt Issuance Programme prepared by HSBC Holdings plc has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

To view the Base Prospectus Supplement, please paste the following URL into the address bar of your browser:

http://www.hsbc.com/investor-relations/fixed-income-investors/issuance-programmes

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The HSBC Group

HSBC Holdings plc, the parent company of the HSBC Group, is headquartered in London. The Group serves customers worldwide from around 4,000 offices in 70 countries and territories in Europe, Asia, North and Latin America, and the Middle East and North Africa. With assets of US$2,416bn at 31 March 2017, HSBC is one of the world's largest banking and financial services organisations.

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