Issuance of Senior Unsecured Notes

22 March 2016

The following amendment has been made to the 'ISSUANCE OF SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES' announcement released on 15 March 2016 at 14:15 under RNS No 1766S.

The description of the HSBC Holdings plc issued EUR2,000,000,000 1.5% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2021 has been corrected to refer to HSBC Holdings plc issued EUR2,000,000,000 1.5% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2022.

All other details remain unchanged. The full amended text is shown below.

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC

ISSUANCE OF SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES

On 15 March 2016, HSBC Holdings plc issued EUR2,000,000,000 1.5% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2022 and EUR1,250,000,000 2.5% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2027 under its Debt Issuance Programme (the 'New Notes').

Application has been made to list the New Notes on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange.

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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 around 6,000 offices in 71 countries and territories in Asia, Europe, North and Latin America, and the Middle East and North Africa. With assets of US$2,410bn at 31 December 2015, HSBC is one of the world's largest banking and financial services organisations.