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

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Listing and admission to
trading:
Offer to the public:
Rating:
Selling Restrictions:
The Luxembourg Stock Exchange’s Regulated Market and/or any other
Regulated Markets in the EEA in accordance with the Prospectus Directive or
an unregulated stock exchange or market as specified in the relevant Final
Terms. As specified in the relevant Final Terms, a Series of Notes may be
unlisted and not admitted to trading.
The Notes may be offered to the public in any Member State of the EEA only if
so specified in the relevant Final Terms and in accordance with any applicable
laws and regulations.
Notes issued under the Programme may, or may not, be rated. The rating (if
any) will be specified in the relevant Final Terms. A rating is not a
recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to
suspension, change, or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency.
There are restrictions on the offer and sale of Notes and the distribution of
offering material in various jurisdictions. See "Subscription and Sale". In
connection with the offering and sale of a particular Tranche, additional selling
restrictions may be imposed which will be set out in the relevant Final Terms.
The Issuer is Category 2 for the purposes of Regulation S under the United
States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Materialised Notes will be issued in compliance with U.S. Treas. Reg. §1.163-
5(c)(2)(i)(D) (the "D Rules") unless (i) the relevant Final Terms states that
such Materialised Notes are issued in compliance with U.S. Treas. Reg.
§1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(C) (the "C Rules") or (ii) such Materialised Notes are issued
other than in compliance with the D Rules or the C Rules but in circumstances
in which the Notes will not constitute "registration required obligations" under
the United States Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982
("TEFRA"), which circumstances will be referred to in the relevant Final
Terms as a transaction to which TEFRA is not applicable.
Dematerialised Notes do not require compliance with the TEFRA Rules.
Available information:
So long as Notes are capable of being issued under the Programme, copies of
documents relating to the Issuer (notably statuts and financial statements), this
Base Prospectus together with all supplements thereto from time to time and
the Final Terms related to Notes listed and admitted to trading on a Regulated
Market of the EEA or offered to the public in a Member State of the EEA, in
each case in accordance with the Prospectus Directive, and the Agency
Agreement will, when published, be available during usual business hours on
any weekday (Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays excepted), at the
registered office of the Issuer and at the specified office of the Paying Agent(s).
The Base Prospectus together with all supplements thereto from time to time
and the Final Terms related to Notes listed and admitted to trading on a
Regulated Market of the EEA or offered to the public in a Member State of the
EEA, in each case in accordance with the Prospectus Directive will be
available on the website of the Issuer (www.hsbc.fr) and on the website of the
Luxembourg Stock Exchange (www.bourse.lu ).