HSBC Holdings PLC Issuance of Senior Unsecured Notes (3874T)
March 24 2021 - 11:45AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 3874T
HSBC Holdings PLC
24 March 2021
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
ISSUANCE OF SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES
HSBC Holdings plc has today issued GBP1,000,000,000 1.750% Fixed
Rate/Floating Rate Senior Unsecured Notes due 2027 (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 twentieth supplemental indenture dated 24 March
2021).
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
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
Note 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 64 countries and territories in its geographical
regions: Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America, and Middle
East and North Africa. With assets of US$2,984bn at 31 December
2020, 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 is:
Mark Tucker*, Noel Quinn, Laura Cha , Henri de Castries , James
Anthony Forese , Steven Guggenheimer ,Irene Lee , José Antonio
Meade Kuribreña , Heidi Miller , Eileen K Murray , David Nish ,
Ewen Stevenson, Jackson Tai and Pauline van der Meer Mohr .
* Non-executive Group Chairman
Independent non-executive Director
ends/all
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