16 May 2024
HSBC BANK
PLC
PUBLICATION OF BASE PROSPECTUS AND REGISTRATION
DOCUMENT
The following base prospectus and
registration document have been approved by the Financial Conduct
Authority and are available for viewing:
Base Prospectus dated 16 May 2024
for the HSBC Bank plc Debt Issuance Programme
Registration Document dated 16 May
2024 in respect of HSBC Bank plc
To view the full documents, please
paste the following URL into the address bar of your
browser:
http://www.hsbc.com/investors/fixed-income-investors/issuance-programmes
A copy of each of the above documents
has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will
shortly be available for inspection at:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
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INTENDED ADDRESSEES
IMPORTANT: You must read the
following before continuing: The following applies to the above
base prospectus and registration document available by clicking on
the link above (together, the "Base Prospectus", which expression
includes the documents incorporated by reference therein), and you
are therefore advised to read this carefully before reading,
accessing or making any other use of the Base Prospectus. In
accessing the Base Prospectus, you agree to be bound by the
following terms and conditions, including any modifications to
them, any time you receive any information from us as a result of
such access.
THE BASE PROSPECTUS MAY NOT BE
FORWARDED OR DISTRIBUTED OTHER THAN AS PROVIDED BELOW AND MAY NOT
BE REPRODUCED IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER. THE BASE PROSPECTUS MAY
ONLY BE DISTRIBUTED OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO PERSONS THAT ARE
NOT U.S. PERSONS AS DEFINED IN, AND IN RELIANCE ON, REGULATION S
UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
'SECURITIES ACT') OR WITHIN
THE UNITED STATES TO QIBs (AS DEFINED BELOW) IN ACCORDANCE WITH
RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT ('RULE 144A'). ANY FORWARDING,
DISTRIBUTION OR REPRODUCTION OF THE BASE PROSPECTUS IN WHOLE OR IN
PART IS PROHIBITED. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS NOTICE MAY RESULT
IN A VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR THE APPLICABLE LAWS OF
OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
NOTHING IN THIS ELECTRONIC
PUBLICATION CONSTITUTES AN OFFER OF SECURITIES FOR SALE IN ANY
JURISDICTION WHERE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO DO SO. ANY NOTES ISSUED OR TO
BE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE BASE PROSPECTUS HAVE NOT BEEN, AND WILL
NOT BE, REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR THE SECURITIES LAWS
OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. ANY
NOTES ISSUED OR TO BE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE BASE PROSPECTUS MAY
NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (1)
IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT TO PERSONS
REASONABLY BELIEVED TO BE QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS (EACH A
'QIB') WITHIN THE MEANING
OF RULE 144A OR (2) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION TO OR FOR THE
BENEFIT OF A PERSON THAT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON IN ACCORDANCE WITH
RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT.
Please note that the information
contained in the Base Prospectus may be addressed to and/or
targeted at persons who are residents of particular countries
(specified in the Base Prospectus) only and is not intended for use
and should not be relied upon by any person outside these countries
and/or to whom the offer contained in the Base Prospectus is not
addressed. Prior to relying on the information contained in the
Base Prospectus you must ascertain from the Base Prospectus whether
or not you are part of the intended addressees of the information
contained therein.
Confirmation of your Representation:
In order to be eligible to view the Base Prospectus or make an
investment decision with respect to any Notes issued or to be
issued pursuant to the Base Prospectus, you must be (i) a person
other than a U.S. person (as defined in Regulation S under the
Securities Act); or (ii) a QIB that is acquiring the securities for
its own account or for the account of another QIB. By accessing the
Base Prospectus, you shall be deemed to have represented that you
and any customers you represent are not a U.S. person or that you
are a QIB, and that you consent to delivery of the Base Prospectus
and any supplements thereto via electronic publication.
You are reminded that the Base
Prospectus has been made available to you on the basis that you are
a person into whose possession the Base Prospectus may be lawfully
delivered in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which
you are located and you may not, nor are you authorised to, deliver
the Base Prospectus to any other person.
The Base Prospectus does not
constitute, and may not be used in connection with, an offer or
solicitation in any place where offers or solicitations are not
permitted by law. If a jurisdiction requires that the offering be
made by a licensed broker or dealer and the underwriters or any
affiliate of the underwriters is a licensed broker or dealer in
that jurisdiction, the offering shall be deemed to be made by the
underwriters or such affiliate on behalf of HSBC Bank plc in such
jurisdiction. Under no circumstances shall the Base Prospectus
constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to
buy, nor shall there be any sale of any Notes issued or to be
issued pursuant to the Base Prospectus, in any jurisdiction in
which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful.
The Base Prospectus has been made
available to you in an electronic form. You are reminded that
documents transmitted via this medium may be altered or changed
during the process of electronic transmission and consequently none
of HSBC Bank plc, its advisers, any person who controls HSBC Bank
plc or any director, officer, employee or agent of HSBC Bank plc or
affiliate of any such person accepts any liability or
responsibility whatsoever in respect of any difference between the
Base Prospectus made available to you in electronic format and the
hard copy version available to you on request from HSBC Bank
plc.
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