FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a - 16 or 15d - 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the
month of August
HSBC Holdings plc
42nd
Floor, 8 Canada Square, London E14 5HQ, England
(Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F).
Form
20-F X Form 40-F
(Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information
to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934).
Yes
No X
(If
"Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the
registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-
).
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT RELATES TO THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION RELATING
TO SECURITIES SUBJECT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFERS AND CONCURRENT CASH
TENDER OFFERS THAT QUALIFIED AS INSIDE INFORMATION WITHIN THE
MEANING OF ARTICLE 7(1) OF REGULATION (EU) NO 596/2014 AS IT FORMS
PART OF THE DOMESTIC LAW OF THE UNITED KINGDOM BY VIRTUE OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018.
NOT FOR
RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR
INTO ANY JURISDICTION INTO WHICH SUCH DISTRIBUTION WOULD BE
UNLAWFUL. THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY AND IS NOT AN OFFER
TO EXCHANGE, PURCHASE OR SELL SECURITIES. THE EXCHANGE OFFERS AND
CONCURRENT CASH TENDER OFFERS DISCUSSED BELOW ARE BEING MADE SOLELY
PURSUANT TO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND THE OFFER TO PURCHASE,
RESPECTIVELY.
HSBC Holdings plc Amends Consideration for the Exchange Offers and
Concurrent Cash Tender Offers for Subordinated Notes and Extends
Expiration Deadline
London,
England -- HSBC Holdings plc (the ‘Company’) announces today that it
has amended the consideration and extended the expiration deadline
for (i) its offers to exchange (the ‘Exchange Offers’ and each, an
‘Exchange
Offer’) any and all validly tendered (and not validly
withdrawn) and accepted notes of the series of Original Notes (as
defined below) for corresponding series of Exchange Notes (as
defined below) that
will be registered under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the ‘Securities Act’), pursuant to a
Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-266456) (together
with the related prospectus dated 30 August 2022, the
‘Registration
Statement’) relating to the Exchange Offers which was
filed on 2 August 2022 with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission (the ‘SEC’) and which was declared
effective on 24 August 2022, and the related letter of transmittal,
copies of which may be obtained from the Exchange Agent; and (ii)
its offers to purchase for cash the Original 7.35% Notes due 2032,
the A Original 7.625% Notes due 2032 and the B Original 7.625%
Notes due 2032 (the ‘Cash
Tender Notes’), up to a maximum aggregate principal
amount of $70,000,000, solely to holders of such Cash Tender Notes
that (1) are not ‘qualified institutional buyers’ as
defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act; and (2) hold an
aggregate principal amount of less than $200,000 in the relevant
series of the Cash Tender Notes, under the terms and conditions of
the offer to purchase dated as of 2 August 2022, as amended on 30
August 2022 (the ‘Offer to
Purchase’) and the related certification instruction
letter, copies of which may be obtained from the Depositary and
Information Agent (the ‘Concurrent Cash Tender
Offers’).
Based
on investor feedback received by the Dealer Manager and the
Company, the Company is increasing the Participation Cash Incentive
(as defined below) in relation to the Exchange Offers and the Cash
Tender Notes Consideration (as defined below) in relation to the
Concurrent Cash Tender Offers. Due to these amendments to the
consideration payable by the Company in the Exchange Offers and the
Concurrent Cash Tender Offers, the Company is also extending the
expiration deadline in relation to the Exchange Offers and the
Concurrent Cash Tender Offers.
The Exchange Offers
The
Company has increased the Participation Cash Incentive and the
Total Consideration for the Exchange Offers to the amounts set out
in the table below. The Exchange Consideration per $1,000 principal
amount of the applicable series of Original Notes validly tendered
and accepted for exchange is unchanged and remains at $1,000
principal amount of the Exchange Notes of the corresponding
series.
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ISIN / CUSIP No.
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Existing notes to be exchanged (collectively, the ‘Original
Notes’ and each, a ‘series’)
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Aggregate principal amount outstanding1
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New notes to be issued in exchange(collectively, the
‘Exchange Notes’ and each, a
‘series’)
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Total Consideration(1)(2)
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Exchange Consideration (principal amount) (1)
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Participation Cash Incentive(4)
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US404280AE90/
404280AE9
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7.35%
Subordinated Notes Due 2032 (the ‘Original 7.35% Notes due
2032’)
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$222,042,000
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7.35%
Subordinated Notes Due 2032 (the ‘Exchange 7.35% Notes due
2032’)
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$1,000
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$15
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$1,015
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US404280AF65/
404280AF6
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7.625%
Subordinated Notes Due 2032 (the ‘A Original 7.625% Notes due
2032’)
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$483,613,000
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7.625%
Subordinated Notes Due 2032 (the ‘Exchange 7.625% Notes due
2032’)
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$1,000
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$15
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$1,015
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Rule
144A Notes:
US404280AD18/
404280AD1
Reg S
Notes: USG4634UAV47/ G4634UAV4
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7.625%
Subordinated Notes Due 2032 (the ‘B Original 7.625% Notes due 2032’)
(3)
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$4,300,000
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Exchange
7.625% Notes due 2032
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$1,000
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$15
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$1,015
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US404280AG49/
404280AG4
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6.5%
Subordinated Notes Due 2036 (the ‘Original Notes due
2036’)
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$2,000,000,000
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6.5%
Subordinated Notes Due 2036 (the ‘Exchange Notes due
2036’)
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$1,000
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$15
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$1,015
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US404280AH22/
404280AH2
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6.5%
Subordinated Notes Due 2037 (the ‘Original Notes due
2037’)
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$2,500,000,000
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6.5%
Subordinated Notes Due 2037 (the ‘Exchange Notes due
2037’)
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$1,000
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$15
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$1,015
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US404280AJ87/
404280AJ8
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6.8%
Subordinated Notes Due 2038 (the ‘Original Notes due
2038’)
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$1,500,000,000
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6.8%
Subordinated Notes Due 2038 (the ‘Exchange Notes due
2038’)
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$1,000
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$15
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$1,015
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(1)
Consideration per
$1,000 principal amount of the applicable series of Original Notes
validly tendered and accepted for exchange. Holders of Original
Notes must tender a minimum aggregate principal amount of $200,000
of a series of Original Notes in order to participate in the
Exchange Offer for such series.
(2)
Includes the
Participation Cash Incentive (as defined below) payable for the
applicable series of Original Notes validly tendered and not
validly withdrawn prior to the New Expiration Deadline (as defined
below).
(3)
The B Original
7.625% Notes due 2032 are not registered under the Securities Act
and were issued and sold by the Company in reliance upon an exemption from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
(4)
Participation Cash
Incentive per $1,000 principal amount of Original Notes validly
tendered and accepted for exchange pursuant to the Exchange
Offer.
In
exchange for each $1,000 principal amount of Original Notes of a
series that is validly tendered prior to the New Expiration
Deadline (as defined below) and not validly withdrawn prior to the
New Expiration Deadline (as defined below) of the relevant Exchange
Offer, holders will be eligible to receive the total consideration
set out in the table above (the ‘Total Consideration’), comprising
$1,000 principal amount of Exchange Notes of the corresponding
series (the ‘Exchange
Consideration’) and the cash incentive specified in
the table above (the ‘Participation Cash
Incentive’).
The
expiration deadline for the Exchange Offers, which was originally
scheduled to take place at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on 29
August 2022, has been extended until 11:59 p.m., New York City
time, on 13 September 2022, unless further extended (the
‘New Expiration
Deadline’).
Except
as set forth in this announcement, all other terms of the Exchange
Offers remain unchanged.
The
Company was advised by Global Bondholder Services Corporation as
the Exchange Agent and Information Agent that, as of 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on 29 August
2022 (which was the original expiration deadline),
$70,278,000 aggregate principal amount of the Original 7.35% Notes
due 2032, $101,614,000 aggregate principal amount of the A Original
7.625% Notes due 2032, $4,300,000 aggregate principal amount of the
B Original 7.625% Notes due 2032, $155,177,000 aggregate principal
amount of the Original Notes due 2036, $324,562,000 aggregate
principal amount of the Original Notes due 2037 and $330,008,000
aggregate principal amount of the Original Notes due 2038 had been
validly tendered and not validly withdrawn.
The
Company intends to issue the Exchange Notes promptly after the New
Expiration Deadline. In order to be exchanged, an Original Note
must be validly tendered, not validly withdrawn and accepted prior
to the relevant New Expiration Deadline for such series of Original
Notes. The Company intends to exchange all Original Notes that are
validly tendered and not validly withdrawn, subject to the
satisfaction or waiver of the conditions of the Exchange Offers
(see ‘Conditions to the
Exchange Offers’ in the Registration
Statement).
The
terms and conditions of the Exchange Offers are described in the
Registration Statement and the related letter of
transmittal.
The Concurrent Cash Tender Offers
The
Company has amended the consideration (the ‘Cash Tender Notes Consideration’)
payable for each $1,000 principal amount of each series of Cash
Tender Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior
to the New Expiration Deadline and accepted by the Company, by
decreasing the applicable Fixed Spread for each series of Cash
Tender Notes (as set forth in the table below), which is used to
determine the consideration payable for the Cash Tender Notes in
accordance with the formula contained in the Offer to
Purchase.
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Cash Tender Notes
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CUSIP
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Principal Amount Outstanding
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Reference Security
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Fixed Spread
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Original
7.35% Notes due 2032
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404280AE9
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$222,042,000
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US
Treasury 2.875% due May 15, 2032 (US91282CEP23)
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+220
bps
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A
Original 7.625% Notes due 2032
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404280AF6
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$483,613,000
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US
Treasury 2.875% due May 15, 2032 (US91282CEP23)
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+220
bps
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B
Original 7.625% Notes due 2032
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Rule
144A
Notes:
404280AD1
Reg S
Notes:G4634UAV4
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$4,300,000
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US
Treasury 2.875% due May 15, 2032 (US91282CEP23)
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+220
bps
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The
Cash Tender Notes Consideration will be calculated at or around
11:00 a.m., New York City Time, on 13 September 2022, unless
extended by the Company.
The
expiration deadline for the Concurrent Cash Tender Offers, which
was originally scheduled to take place at 11:59 p.m., New York City
time, on 29 August 2022, has been extended until the New Expiration
Deadline.
Except
as set forth in this announcement, all other terms of the
Concurrent Cash Tender Offers remain unchanged.
The
Company was advised by Global Bondholder Services Corporation as
the Depositary and Information Agent that, as of 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on 29 August
2022 (which was the original expiration deadline),
$5,319,000 aggregate principal amount of the Original 7.35% Notes
due 2032, $546,000 aggregate principal amount of the A Original
7.625% Notes due 2032 and $0 (nil) aggregate principal amount of
the B Original 7.625% Notes due 2032 had been validly tendered and
not validly withdrawn.
The
terms and conditions of the Concurrent Cash Tender Offers are
described in the Offer to Purchase and the related certification
instruction letter.
For the
avoidance of doubt, holders of Original Notes or Cash Tender Notes
already validly tendered, and not validly withdrawn by the New
Expiration Deadline, into either of the Exchange Offers or the
Concurrent Cash Tender Offers, as applicable, shall be eligible to
receive the increased Participation Cash Incentive or the Cash
Tender Notes Consideration as calculated on the basis of the
decreased Fixed Spread, respectively, with no need to resubmit
their tenders.
Tenders
of Original Notes tendered in the Exchange Offers or of Cash Tender
Notes tendered in the Concurrent Cash Tender Offers, respectively,
may be withdrawn at any time before the New Expiration
Deadline.
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Holders of Original Notes and/or Cash Tender Notes are advised to
check with any bank, securities broker or other intermediary
through which they hold Original Notes and/or Cash Tender Notes, as
applicable, as to when such intermediary would need to receive
instructions from a beneficial owner in order for that beneficial
owner to be able to participate in, or withdraw their instruction
to participate in, an Exchange Offer and/or a Cash Offer before the
deadline specified herein, in the Registration Statement or in the
Offer to Purchase, as applicable. The deadlines set by any such
intermediary and The Depository Trust Company for the submission
and withdrawal of tender instructions will be earlier than the
relevant deadline specified herein, in the Registration Statement
or in the Offer to Purchase, as applicable.
Holders
should consult their own tax, accounting, financial and legal
advisers regarding the suitability to themselves of the tax,
accounting, financial or legal consequences of participating in the
Exchange Offers or the Concurrent Cash Tender Offers.
Capitalised
terms used in this announcement and not defined herein have the
meanings given to them in the Registration Statement.
The
Registration Statement, the letter of transmittal, the Offer to
Purchase, each as updated as of the date hereof, and the related
certification instruction letter are available at the following
link: https://www.gbsc-usa.com/hsbc/.
HSBC
Securities (USA) Inc. is serving as Dealer Manager in connection
with the Exchange Offers and the Concurrent Cash Tender Offers. For
additional information regarding the terms of the Exchange Offers
and the Concurrent Cash Tender Offers, please contact: HSBC
Securities (USA) Inc. at +1 (888) HSBC-4LM (toll-free) or +1 (212)
525-5552 (collect), Europe: +44 (0)20 7992 6237. Requests for the
Registration Statement or the Offer to Purchase may be directed to
Global Bondholder Services Corporation, which is acting as the
Exchange Agent, Depositary and Information Agent for the Exchange
Offers and the Concurrent Cash Tender Offers, at (212) 430-3774 or
(855) 654-2014 (toll-free) or contact@gbsc-usa.com.
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This
announcement is released by HSBC Holdings plc and contains
information that qualified as inside information for the purposes
of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 as it forms part of the
domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the EUWA
(“UK MAR”),
encompassing information relating to Original Notes and Cash Tender
Notes subject to the Exchange Offers and the Concurrent Cash Tender
Offers described above. For the purposes of UK MAR, this
announcement is made by Richard O’Connor, Global Head of
Investor Relations, on behalf of HSBC Holdings plc.
This
announcement is for informational purposes only and does not
constitute an offer to exchange, purchase or sell, or a
solicitation of an offer to exchange, purchase or sell, any
security. No offer, solicitation, sale or exchange will be made in
any jurisdiction in which such an offer, exchange, solicitation, or
sale would be unlawful. The Exchange Offers and the Concurrent Cash
Tender Offers are only being made pursuant to the Registration
Statement and the Offer to Purchase, respectively. Holders of the
Original Notes are urged to carefully read the Registration
Statement and the Offer to Purchase, as applicable, before making
any decision with respect to the Exchange Offers or the Concurrent
Cash Tender Offers.
United Kingdom. This announcement and any other documents or
materials relating to the Exchange Offers or the Concurrent Cash
Tender Offers are not being made and such documents and/or
materials have not been approved by an authorised person for the
purposes of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act
2000. Accordingly, this announcement and such documents and/or
materials are not being distributed to, and must not be passed on
to, persons in the United Kingdom other than (i) to those persons
who are within Article 43 of the Financial Services and Markets Act
2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the ‘Financial Promotion Order’),
including existing members or creditors of the Company, or (ii) to
any other persons to whom it may otherwise lawfully be made (all
such persons together being referred to as ‘Relevant Persons’) and the
transactions contemplated by the Registration Statement or the
Offer to Purchase will be available only to, and engaged in only
with, Relevant Persons. Any person who is not a Relevant Person
should not act on or rely on this announcement or any of its
contents.
Belgium. Neither this announcement nor any other documents
or materials relating to the Exchange Offers or the Concurrent Cash
Tender Offers have been submitted to or will be notified to, and
neither this announcement nor any other documents or materials
relating to the Exchange Offers or the Concurrent Cash Tender
Offers have been or will be approved by, the Belgian Financial
Services and Markets Authority (‘Autoriteit voor
Financiële Diensten en Markten/Autorité des Services et
Marchés Financiers’). The Exchange Offers and the
Concurrent Cash Tender Offer may therefore not be made in Belgium
by way of a public takeover bid (openbaar overnamebod/offre
publique d’acquisition) as defined in Article 3 of the
Belgian Law of 1 April 2007 on public takeover bids, as amended
(the ‘Belgian Takeover
Law’), nor, with respect to the Exchange Offers, by
way of an offer to the public as defined in Regulation (EU)
2017/1129, as amended, save in those circumstances where a private
placement exemption is available.
The
Exchange Offers and the Concurrent Cash Tender Offers are conducted
exclusively under applicable private placement exemptions. The
Exchange Offers and the Concurrent Cash Tender Offers may therefore
not be advertised and the Exchange Offer and the Concurrent Cash
Tender Offers will not be extended, and neither this announcement
nor any other documents or materials relating to the Exchange
Offers or the Concurrent Cash Tender Offers (including any
memorandum, information circular, brochure or any similar
documents) have been or shall be distributed or made available,
directly or indirectly, to any person in Belgium other than (i) to
‘qualified investors’ within the meaning of Article
2(e) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129, as amended and (ii) in any
circumstances set out in Article 6, §4 of the Belgian Takeover
Law or, with respect to the Exchange Offers, Article 1(4) of
Regulation (EU) 2017/1129, as amended. The Registration Statement
and the Offer to Purchase will be issued only for the personal use
of the above-mentioned qualified investors and exclusively for the
purpose of the Exchange Offers and Concurrent Cash Tender Offers,
respectively. Accordingly, the information contained in the
Registration Statement and the Offer to Purchase may not be used
for any other purpose or disclosed to any other person in
Belgium.
Italy. None of the Exchange Offers, the Concurrent Cash
Tender Offers, this announcement or any other document or materials
relating to the Exchange Offers or the Concurrent Cash Tender
Offers have been or will be submitted to the clearance procedures
of the Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa
(‘CONSOB’)
pursuant to Italian laws and regulations. The Exchange Offers and
the Concurrent Cash Tender Offers are being carried out in the
Republic of Italy as exempted offers pursuant to article 101-bis,
paragraph 3-bis of the Legislative Decree No. 58 of 24 February
1998, as amended (the ‘Financial Services Act’) and
article 35-bis, paragraph 4 of CONSOB Regulation No. 11971 of 14
May 1999, as amended. Holders or beneficial owners of the Original
Notes or the Cash Tender Notes that are located in Italy can offer
to exchange Original Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offers or can
tender the Cash Tender Notes for purchase in the Concurrent Cash
Tender Offers, respectively, through authorised persons (such as
investment firms, banks or financial intermediaries permitted to
conduct such activities in the Republic of Italy in accordance with
the Financial Services Act, CONSOB Regulation No. 20307 of 15
February 2018, as amended from time to time, and Legislative Decree
No. 385 of 1 September 1993, as amended) and in compliance with
applicable laws and regulations or with requirements imposed by
CONSOB or any other Italian authority.
Each
intermediary must comply with the applicable laws and regulations
concerning information duties vis-à-vis its clients in
connection with the Exchange Offers and the Concurrent Cash Tender
Offers.
Hong Kong. This announcement and any other documents or
materials relating to the Concurrent Cash Tender Offers and/or the
Cash Tender Notes is not being made in Hong Kong, by means of any
document, other than (i) in circumstances which do not
constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of the
Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap.
32, Laws of Hong Kong) (the ‘CWUMPO’), or (ii) to
‘professional investors’ as defined in the Securities
and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571, Laws of Hong Kong) (the
‘SFO’) and any
rules made thereunder, or (iii) in other circumstances which do not
result in the document being a ‘prospectus’ as defined
in the CWUMPO.
The
Exchange Notes have not been offered or sold and will not be
offered or sold in Hong Kong, by means of any document, other than
(a) to ‘professional investors’ as defined in the
Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any
rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances
which do not result in the document being a
‘prospectus’ as defined in the CWUMPO or which do not
constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that
Ordinance.
No
invitation, advertisement or document relating to the Exchange
Offers, the Concurrent Cash Tender Offers, the Exchange Notes
and/or the Cash Tender Notes has been or will be issued, or has
been or will be in the possession of any person for the purpose of
issue (in each case whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere), which is
directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or
read by, the public in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so
under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to
the Exchange Offers, the Concurrent Cash Tender Offers, the
Exchange Notes and/or the Cash Tender Notes which are or are
intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or
only to ‘professional investors’ as defined in the SFO
and any rules made thereunder.
Canada
Concurrent Cash Tender
Offers. Any
offer or solicitation in Canada must be made through a dealer that
is appropriately registered under the laws of the applicable
province or territory of Canada, or pursuant to an exemption from
that requirement. Where the Dealer Manager or any affiliate thereof
is a registered dealer or able to rely on an exemption from the
requirement to be registered in such jurisdiction, the Concurrent
Cash Tender Offers shall be deemed to be made by such Dealer
Manager, or such affiliate, on behalf of the relevant company in
that jurisdiction.
Exchange Offers. The Exchange Offers and any solicitation in
respect thereof, and the sale of the Exchange Notes, are not being
made, directly or indirectly, in Canada or to holders of the
Original Notes who are resident and/or located in any province or
territory of Canada. The Registration Statement has not been filed
with any securities commission or similar regulatory authority in
Canada in connection with the Exchange Offers, and the Exchange
Notes have not been, and will not be, qualified for sale under the
securities laws of Canada or any province or territory thereof and
no securities commission or similar regulatory authority in Canada
has reviewed or in any way passed upon the Registration Statement,
any other documents or materials relating to the Exchange Offers or
the merits of the Exchange Notes and any representation to the
contrary is an offence. Accordingly, Canadian holders of the
Original Notes are hereby notified that, to the extent such holders
of Original Notes are persons or entities resident and/or located
in Canada, the Exchange Offers is not available to them and they
may not accept the Exchange Offers. As such, any tenders of
Original Notes received from such persons or entities shall be
ineffective and void. No Exchange Notes may be offered, sold,
delivered or exchanged, nor may copies of the Registration
Statement or of any other document relating to the Exchange Notes
and the Exchange Offers be distributed or made available in Canada.
The Registration Statement and any other documents or offering
materials relating to the Exchange Offers or the Exchange Notes may
not be distributed in Canada and the Registration Statement does
not constitute an offer or an invitation to participate in the
Exchange Offers to any person resident in Canada.
France. This announcement and any other offering material
relating to the Exchange Offers or the Concurrent Cash Tender
Offers may not be distributed in the Republic of France except to
qualified investors as defined in Article 2(e) of Regulation (EU)
2017/1129, as amended. Neither this announcement, nor any other
such offering material has been or will be submitted for clearance
to, nor approved by, the Autorité des Marchés
Financiers.
.....
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking
Statements
In this
announcement the Company has made forward-looking statements. All
statements other than statements of historical fact are, or may be
deemed to be, forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements may be identified by the use of terms such as
‘believes’, ‘expects’,
‘estimate’, ‘may’, ‘intends’,
‘plan’, ‘will’, ‘should’,
‘potential’, ‘reasonably possible’ or
‘anticipates’ or the negative thereof or similar
expressions, or by discussions of strategy. We have based the
forward-looking statements on current expectations and projections
about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject
to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us, as described
under ‘Risk Factors’ in the Registration Statement and
in the Offer to Purchase. We undertake no obligation to publicly
update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise. In light of
these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking
events discussed herein might not occur. You are cautioned not to
place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak
only as of their dates.
Investor enquiries
to:
Greg
Case
+44 20 7992
3825 investorrelations@hsbc.com
Media enquiries
to:
Ankit
Patel
+44 (0) 20 7991
9813 ankit.patel@hsbc.com
Note to editors:
HSBC Holdings plc
HSBC
Holdings plc, the parent company of the HSBC Group, is
headquartered in London. HSBC serves customers worldwide from
offices in 63 countries and territories in our geographical
regions: Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America, and Middle
East and North Africa. With assets of US$2,985bn at 30 June
2022, HSBC is one of the world’s largest banking and
financial services organisations.
ends/all
[1] The
'$' symbol refers to U.S. dollars.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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HSBC
Holdings plc
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By:
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Name:
Aileen Taylor
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Title:
Group Company Secretary and Chief Governance Officer
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Date:
30 August
2022
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