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

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[(iii) Estimate of total expenses
related to admission to trading:
(iv) Additional publication of Base
Prospectus and Final Terms:
[=] 15 ]
[=] (See paragraph 10 of the section "General Information" of the
Base Prospectus which provides that (i) the Base Prospectus will be
published on the websites of (a) the Luxembourg Stock Exchange
(www.bourse.lu) during at least a period of twelve months from the
date of the Base Prospectus and (b) the Issuer (www.hsbc.fr) and (ii)
so long as Notes are admitted to trading on any Regulated Market in
accordance with the Prospectus Directive, the relevant Final Terms
and Base Prospectus will be published on the websites of the (a)
Luxembourg Stock Exchange (www.bourse.lu) and (b) the Issuer
(www.hsbc.fr).
Please provide for additional methods of publication in respect of an
admission to trading on a Regulated Market other than the
Luxembourg Stock Exchange, for example, Paris)
4. RATINGS
Ratings:
The Notes to be issued have been rated:
[S & P: [=]]
[Moody's: [=]]
[Fitch: [=]]
[[Other]: [=]]
[Need to include a brief explanation of the meaning of the ratings if
this has previously been published by the rating provider. 16 ]
(The above disclosure should reflect the rating allocated to Notes of
the type being issued under the Programme generally or, where the
issue has been specifically rated, that rating.)
5. [NOTIFICATION
The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier, which is the competent authority in Luxembourg
for the purpose of the Prospectus Directive has been requested to provide the [include names of competent
authorities of host Member States] with a certificate of approval attesting that the Base Prospectus has been
drawn up in accordance with the Prospectus Directive.]
6. [THIRD PARTY INFORMATION AND STATEMENT BY EXPERTS AND DECLARATIONS OF
ANY INTEREST
If advisors are mentioned in these Final Terms, specify the capacity in which the advisors have acted.
15 Required only for Notes with a denomination per unit of at least €50,000
16 Not required for Notes with a denomination per unit of at least €50,000