HSBC HOLDINGS PLC (a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales) Senior Debt Securities Subordinated Debt Securities UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT – STANDARD PROVISIONS Dated: [__________________]Underwriting Agreement • February 26th, 2021 • HSBC Holdings PLC • Savings institution, federally chartered • New York
HSBC Holdings plc, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell from time to time, either together or separately, (i) senior debt securities (“Senior Debt Securities”) consisting of debentures, notes and/or other evidences of senior indebtedness and (ii) subordinated debt securities (“Subordinated Debt Securities”, and together with the Senior Debt Securities, “Debt Securities”) consisting of debentures, notes and/or other evidences of subordinated indebtedness, in one or more offerings on terms determined at the time of sale and set forth in a terms agreement (the “Terms Agreement”), substantially in the form of Annex I hereto, with such additions and deletions as the parties thereto may determine. The time and date of the execution of the Terms Agreement entered into in connection with the offering of any Securities, is hereinafter referred to as the “Execution Time”.
