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

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCEThis Base Prospectus shall be read and construed in conjunction with the following documents (excluding anydocuments incorporated by reference in such documents) which have been previously published and filed withthe CSSF and which are incorporated by reference in, and shall be deemed to form part of, this Base Prospectus:- the English translation of the Actualisation du Document de référence 2011 filed with the Autorité desmarchés financiers on 30 August 2012 under No. D. 12-0413-A01 (the Update to the 2011Registration Document);- the English translation of the Issuer's 2011 Document de référence filed with the Autorité des marchésfinanciers on 25 April 2012 under No. D. 12-0413 (the 2011 Registration Document); and- the English translation of the Issuer's 2010 Document de référence filed with the Autorité des marchésfinanciers on 26 April 2011 under No D. 11-0365 (the 2010 Registration Document).- the section "Terms and Conditions" of the following base prospectuses / offering circular relating to theProgramme: (i) Offering Circular dated 20 September 2004 (pages 15 to 50), (ii) Base Prospectus dated28 November 2005 (pages 40 to 74), (iii) Base Prospectus dated 15 September 2006 (pages 56 to 116),(iv) Base Prospectus dated 13 November 2007 (pages 57 to 118), (v) Base Prospectus dated 21 October2008 (pages 54 to 115), (vi) Base Prospectus dated 5 October 2009 (pages 42 to 103) and (vii) BaseProspectus dated 5 October 2011 (pages 45 to 106).save that any statement contained in a document which is incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed tobe modified or superseded for the purpose of this Base Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained hereinmodifies or supersedes such earlier statement (whether expressly, by implication or otherwise).The non incorporated parts of the documents incorporated by reference in this Base Prospectus shall not formpart of this Base Prospectus and are not relevant for the investors.All documents incorporated by reference in this Base Prospectus may be obtained, without charge on request, atthe principal office of the Issuer and the Paying Agent set out at the end of this Base Prospectus during normalbusiness hours so long as any of the Notes are outstanding. In addition such documents will be published on thewebsite of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (www.bourse.lu).The information incorporated by reference in this Base Prospectus shall be read in connection with the crossreference list below. Any information not listed in the cross reference list but included in the documentsincorporated by reference is given for information purposes only.CROSS REFERENCE LISTINFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCEAnnex XI of the European Regulation 809/2004/ECREFERENCE2. STATUTORY AUDITORS Update to the 2011 Registration Documentpage 43.2011 Registration Document page 245.2010 Registration Document page 244.44