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$750,000,000 Floating Rate Senior Unsecured Notes due 2026 (the "2026 Notes") and US$2,500,000,000 4.292% Fixed Rate/Floating Rate Senior Unsecured Notes due 2026 (together with the 2021 Notes and the 2026 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 ninth supplemental indenture dated 12 September 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 investorrelations@hsbc.com

Media enquiries to:Ankit Patel +44 (0) 20 7991 9813 ankit.patel@hsbc.com

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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 3,800 offices in 66 countries and territories in Europe, Asia, North and Latin America, and the Middle East and North Africa. With assets of US$2,607bn at 30 June 2018, HSBC is one of the world's largest banking and financial services organisations.

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