HSBC France € 20,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme

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PART B – OTHER INFORMATION
1. RISK FACTORS
[Insert any risk factors that are material to the Notes being offered and/or admitted to trading in order to
assess the market risk associated with these Notes and that may affect the Issuer’s ability to fulfil its
obligations under the Notes which are not covered under "Risk Factors" in the Base Prospectus. If any such
additional risk factors need to be included, consideration should be given as to whether they constitute
"significant new factors" and consequently trigger the need for a supplement to the Base Prospectus under
Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive.]
2. [PUBLIC OFFER(S)
(i) Public offer(s):
[Yes/Not Applicable]
(ii) Member State:
[the Notes will be offered to the public in [•] (insert any Member
State of the European Economic Area where the Notes will be offered
to the public/Not Applicable] 14
3. LISTING AND ADMISSION TO TRADING
(i) Listing(s): [Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange(Bourse de
Luxembourg)/other (specify)/None]
(ii) [(a)] Admission to trading: Application has been made by the Issuer (or on its behalf) for the
Notes to be admitted to trading on [Luxembourg Stock Exchange
Regulated Market (Bourse de Luxembourg)/other (specify)] with
effect from [=].][Application is expected to be made by the Issuer (or
on its behalf) for the Notes to be admitted to trading on [Luxembourg
Stock Exchange Regulated Market (Bourse de Luxembourg)/other
(specify)] with effect from [=].] / [Not Applicable]
(Where documenting a fungible issue need to indicate that original
securities are already admitted to trading.)
[(b) Regulated Markets or
equivalent markets on which,
to the knowledge of the
Issuer, securities of the same
class of the Notes to be
offered or admitted to trading
are already admitted to
trading: [=]]
14 Not required for Notes with a denomination per unit of at least €50,000.