Issuance of Senior Unsecured Notes

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC

ISSUANCE OF SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES

HSBC Holdings plc has today issued US$3,000,000,000 3.973% Fixed Rate/Floating Rate Senior Unsecured Notes due 2030 (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 twelfth supplemental indenture dated 22 May 2019).

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

Investor enquiries to:Greg Case +44 (0) 20 7992 3825 [email protected]

Media enquiries to:Ankit Patel +44 (0) 20 7991 9813 [email protected]

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HSBC Holdings plc

HSBC Holdings plc, the parent company of HSBC, is headquartered in London. HSBC serves customers worldwide from offices in 66 countries and territories in our geographical regions: Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America, and Middle East and North Africa. With assets of US$2,659bn at 31 March 2019, HSBC is one of the world's largest banking and financial services organisations.

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