Base Prospectus Supplement

5 November 2015

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC

BASE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED

4 NOVEMBER 2015

A Base Prospectus Supplement dated 4 November 2015 to the Base Prospectus dated 12 March 2015 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.

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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 over 6,100 offices in 72 countries and territories in Asia, Europe, North and Latin America, and the Middle East and North Africa. With assets of US$2,549bn at 30 September 2015, HSBC is one of the world's largest banking and financial services organisations.

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