Issuance of senior unsecured notes

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC

ISSUANCE OF SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES

HSBC Holdings plc has today issued US$2,000,000,000 Floating Rate Senior Unsecured Notes due 2021 (the '2021 Notes'), US$2,000,000,000 Floating Rate Senior Unsecured Notes due 2024 (the '2024 Notes') and US$2,000,000,000 3.950% Fixed Rate/Floating Rate Senior Unsecured Notes due 2024 (together with the 2021 Notes and the 2024 Notes, the 'New 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 sixth supplemental indenture dated 18 May 2018).

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

Investor enquiries to:Richard O'Connor +44 (0) 20 7991 6590 [email protected]

Media enquiries to:Heidi Ashley +44 (0) 20 7992 2045 [email protected]

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HSBC Holdings plc

HSBC Holdings plc, the parent company of the HSBC Group, is headquartered in London. The Group serves customers worldwide from around 3,900 offices in 67 countries and territories in Europe, Asia, North and Latin America, and the Middle East and North Africa. With assets of US$2,652bn at 31 March 2018, HSBC is one of the world's largest banking and financial services organisations.

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