26 February 2024
HSBC BANK PLC
PUBLICATION OF BASE PROSPECTUS
SUPPLEMENT
The following base prospectus supplement (the
"Base Prospectus
Supplement") has been approved by the Financial Conduct
Authority and is available for viewing:
Base prospectus supplement to: (i) the base
prospectus dated 25 May 2023 relating to the issuance of Market
Access Notes and Warrants under the Programme for the Issuance of
Notes and Warrants and the supplement thereto dated 2 August 2023
(the "Market Access Base
Prospectus"); (ii) the base prospectus dated 15 June 2023
relating to the issuance of Preference Share-Linked Notes under the
Programme for the Issuance of Notes and Warrants and the supplement
thereto dated 2 August 2023 (the "Preference Share-Linked Base
Prospectus"); (iii) the base prospectus dated 18 May 2023
relating to the Debt Issuance Programme and the supplement thereto
dated 2 August 2023 (the "DIP Base
Prospectus"); and (iv) the base prospectus dated 23 June
2023 relating to the issuance of Index-Linked Notes and Warrants
under the Programme for the Issuance of Notes and Warrants and the
supplement thereto dated 2 August 2023 (the "Index-Linked Notes and Warrants Base
Prospectus") (the Market Access Base Prospectus, the
Preference Share-Linked Base Prospectus, the Index-Linked Notes and
Warrants Base Prospectus and the DIP Base Prospectus together being
hereafter referred to as the "Base
Prospectuses" and, each, a "Base Prospectus")
To view the full document, please paste the
following URL into the address bar of your browser:
https://www.hsbc.com/investors/fixed-income-investors/issuance-programmes.
A copy of the above document has been submitted
to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for
inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
DISCLAIMER - INTENDED ADDRESSEES
IMPORTANT: You must read the
following before continuing: The following applies to the Base
Prospectus Supplement available by clicking on the link above, and
you are therefore advised to read this carefully before reading,
accessing or making any other use of the Base Prospectus
Supplement. In accessing the Base Prospectus Supplement, you agree
to be bound by the following terms and conditions, including any
modifications to them, any time you receive any information from us
as a result of such access.
THE BASE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT MAY
NOT BE FORWARDED OR DISTRIBUTED OTHER THAN AS PROVIDED BELOW AND
MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER. THE BASE
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT MAY ONLY
BE DISTRIBUTED OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO PERSONS THAT ARE NOT
U.S. PERSONS AS DEFINED IN, AND IN RELIANCE ON, REGULATION S UNDER
THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE 'SECURITIES ACT') OR WITHIN THE UNITED
STATES TO QIBs (AS DEFINED BELOW) IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144A
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT ('RULE
144A'). ANY FORWARDING, DISTRIBUTION OR REPRODUCTION OF THE
BASE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
IN WHOLE OR IN PART IS PROHIBITED. FAILURE TO
COMPLY WITH THIS NOTICE MAY RESULT IN A VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES
ACT OR THE APPLICABLE LAWS OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
NOTHING IN THIS ELECTRONIC
PUBLICATION CONSTITUTES AN OFFER OF SECURITIES FOR SALE IN ANY
JURISDICTION WHERE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO DO SO. ANY NOTES, WARRANTS OR
CERTIFICATES ISSUED OR TO BE ISSUED PURSUANT TO ANY BASE PROSPECTUS
AS SUPPLEMENTED BY THE BASE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT HAVE NOT BEEN,
AND WILL NOT BE, REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION. ANY NOTES, WARRANTS OR CERTIFICATES ISSUED OR TO BE
ISSUED PURSUANT TO ANY BASE PROSPECTUS AS SUPPLEMENTED BY THE BASE
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (1) IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT TO PERSONS REASONABLY BELIEVED TO BE QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS (EACH A 'QIB') WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A
(IN THE CASE OF NOTES, WARRANTS OR CERTIFICATES THE SUBJECT OF THE
MARKET ACCESS BASE PROSPECTUS OR THE DIP BASE PROSPECTUS ONLY) OR
(2) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF A PERSON
THAT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904
OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
Please note that the information
contained in the Base Prospectus Supplement may be addressed to and/or
targeted at persons who are residents of particular countries
(specified in the relevant Base Prospectus and subject to the
selling restrictions therein) only and is not intended for use and
should not be relied upon by any person outside these countries
and/or to whom the offer contained in the relevant Base Prospectus
is not addressed. Prior to relying on the information contained in
the relevant Base Prospectus and the Base Prospectus Supplement you
must ascertain from the relevant Base Prospectus whether or not you
are part of the intended addressees of the information contained
therein.
Confirmation of your Representation: In order to be eligible to view the Base Prospectus
Supplement or make an
investment decision with respect to any Notes, Warrants or
Certificates issued or to be issued pursuant to the relevant Base
Prospectus as supplemented by the Base Prospectus Supplement, you
must be (i) a person other than a U.S. person (as defined in
Regulation S under the Securities Act); or (ii) (in the case of
Notes, Warrants or Certificates the subject of the Market Access
Base Prospectus or the DIP Base Prospectus only) a QIB that is
acquiring the securities for its own account or for the account of
another QIB. By accessing the Base Prospectus Supplement, you shall
be deemed to have represented that you and any customers you
represent are not a U.S. person or that you are a QIB (as the case
may be), and that you consent to delivery of the Base Prospectus
Supplement via electronic publication.
You are reminded that the Base
Prospectus Supplement has been made available to you on the basis
that you are a person into whose possession the Base Prospectus
Supplement may be lawfully delivered in accordance with the laws of
the jurisdiction in which you are located and you may not, nor are
you authorised to, deliver the Base Prospectus Supplement to any
other person.
The Base Prospectus Supplement does
not constitute, and may not be used in connection with, an offer or
solicitation in any place where offers or solicitations are not
permitted by law. If a jurisdiction requires that the offering be
made by a licensed broker or dealer and the underwriters or any
affiliate of the underwriters is a licensed broker or dealer in
that jurisdiction, the offering shall be deemed to be made by the
underwriters or such affiliate on behalf of HSBC Bank plc in such
jurisdiction. Under no circumstances shall the Base Prospectus
Supplement constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an
offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of any Notes, Warrants or
Certificates issued or to be issued pursuant to any Base Prospectus
as supplemented by the Base Prospectus Supplement, in any
jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful.
The Base Prospectus Supplement has
been made available to you in an electronic form. You are reminded
that documents transmitted via this medium may be altered or
changed during the process of electronic transmission and
consequently none of HSBC Bank plc, its advisers, any person who
controls HSBC Bank plc or any director, officer, employee or agent
of HSBC Bank plc or affiliate of any such person accepts any
liability or responsibility whatsoever in respect of any difference
between the Base Prospectus Supplement made available to you in
electronic format and the hard copy version available to you on
request from HSBC Bank plc.