HSBC Holdings plc (HSBC) reports further progress on its share buy-back programme announced on August 5, 2026, by repurchasing additional ordinary shares for cancellation on September 14, 2026. The company bought 800,000 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each on UK trading venues and 314,400 ordinary shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
On UK venues, prices ranged between £15.2980 and £15.5660 per share, with a volume-weighted average price of £15.3331. In Hong Kong, prices ranged between HK$163.1000 and HK$164.9000, with a volume-weighted average of HK$164.0240. Since the start of this buy-back, HSBC has repurchased 29,531,814 shares for approximately US$609.6 million. Following cancellation of the UK-venue shares bought on September 14, 2026, the company’s issued ordinary share capital and total voting rights are 17,158,692,183, with no ordinary shares held in treasury; a further total voting rights announcement will follow once the Hong Kong repurchases are cancelled.
HSBC Holdings plc (HSBC) has approved a second interim dividend for the financial year ending December 31, 2026 of US$0.10 per ordinary share. The dividend will be paid on September 25, 2026 to shareholders on the UK Principal Register, or the Hong Kong or Bermuda Overseas Branch Registers, who were on record on August 14, 2026.
The dividend is payable in cash in US dollars, sterling or Hong Kong dollars. Using forward exchange rates on September 14, 2026, HSBC set the equivalent amounts at HK$0.784088 and £0.074134 per ordinary share. Holders of American Depositary Shares, each representing five ordinary shares, will receive US$0.50 per ADS, also paid on September 25, 2026 to ADS holders of record on August 14, 2026.
HSBC Holdings plc (HSBC) filed a report as a foreign private issuer stating that it files annual reports on Form 20-F and incorporating this submission by reference into its existing registration statement with file number 333-277306. The report attaches a Forty-first Supplemental Indenture to the Senior Securities Indenture and related US and English legal opinions from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, each dated September 11, 2026.
HSBC Holdings plc (HSBC) reports another step in its ongoing share buy-back announced on August 5, 2026, repurchasing ordinary shares of US$0.50 each from BNP Paribas Financial Markets SNC for cancellation on September 11, 2026. On UK trading venues, HSBC bought 10,000 shares at prices between £15.3440 and £15.5860, with a volume-weighted average price of £15.4808. On the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, it bought 321,600 shares at prices between HK$161.6000 and HK$163.5000, with a volume-weighted average price of HK$162.4449.
Since the buy-back began, HSBC has repurchased 28,417,414 shares for approximate total consideration of US$586.5 million. Following cancellation of the shares repurchased on UK venues on September 11, 2026, HSBC’s issued ordinary share capital and total voting rights are 17,159,492,183 shares, with no ordinary shares held in treasury. A further update will follow once the Hong Kong repurchases from that date are cancelled.
HSBC Holdings plc (HSBC) reported the issuance of £750,000,000 of 6.061% Fixed Rate/Floating Rate Senior Unsecured Notes due 2035 under its existing indenture, most recently amended by a 41st supplemental indenture dated September 11, 2026. Application will be made to list these Notes on the New York Stock Exchange.
HSBC, the parent company of HSBC, is headquartered in London and served customers from 56 countries and territories, with US$3,438 billion of assets as of June 30, 2026.
HSBC Holdings plc reported the issuance of three Japanese yen-denominated senior unsecured callable bond tranches on September 11, 2026. The company issued ¥21,600,000,000 of 2.769% Senior Unsecured Callable Bonds due September 2030, ¥25,700,000,000 of 3.227% Senior Unsecured Callable Bonds due September 2032, and ¥7,000,000,000 of 3.879% Senior Unsecured Callable Bonds due September 2037.
Application has been made to list and trade these bonds on the Official List and Global Exchange Market of Euronext Dublin. HSBC states that the bonds are not registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and may only be offered or sold pursuant to applicable exemptions.
HSBC Holdings plc (HSBC) reports further progress on its share buy-back programme announced on August 5, 2026. On September 10, 2026 it purchased for cancellation 530,000 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each on UK venues at a volume weighted average price of £15.2632 per share, and 300,000 ordinary shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange at a volume weighted average price of HK$164.4059 per share.
Since the commencement of this buy-back, HSBC has repurchased 28,085,814 shares for approximate total consideration of US$579.6 million. Following cancellation of the shares bought back on UK venues on September 10, 2026, the company’s issued ordinary share capital and total voting rights are 17,159,502,183 shares, with no ordinary shares held in treasury. A further voting rights update will follow once the Hong Kong repurchases are cancelled.
HSBC Holdings plc (HSBC) announced that Group CFO and Executive Director Pam Kaur plans to retire from the Group CFO role in 2027 and will not stand for re-election at the 2027 AGM. Her retirement date as Group CFO will be no later than that AGM.
After stepping down as Group CFO and leaving the Board, she is expected to stay on as adviser to the Group CEO through the end of 2028 to support strategic projects and an orderly transition. The Board has begun a process to identify her successor, considering internal and external candidates. Her exit terms, including incentive eligibility and treatment of deferred and long-term incentive awards under Good Leaver status, follow the Directors’ Remuneration Policy approved at the 2025 AGM.
HSBC Holdings plc (HSBC) reports further progress on its share buy-back announced on August 5, 2026, by purchasing ordinary shares for cancellation on September 9, 2026. On that date, it bought 10,000 ordinary shares on UK venues and 332,000 ordinary shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
The UK purchases were made at prices between £15.3860 and £15.6220 per share, with a volume-weighted average price of £15.4765. The Hong Kong purchases were made between HK$165.6000 and HK$166.6000 per share, with a volume-weighted average of HK$166.0649.
Since the start of this buy-back, HSBC has repurchased 27,255,814 shares for an approximate total consideration of US$562.3 million. Following cancellation of the shares bought on UK venues on September 9, 2026, the issued ordinary share capital and total voting rights stand at 17,160,032,183 shares; a further voting rights update will follow once the Hong Kong purchases are cancelled.
HSBC Holdings plc (HSBC) has elected to redeem in full its CHF 300,000,000 0.3200% Notes due 2027 (ISIN CH1145096140, Series 47) under its issuer call option. The notes will be redeemed on November 3, 2026 at CHF 200,000 per Calculation Amount plus accrued but unpaid interest.
Interest will accrue from and including November 3, 2025 to but excluding the Redemption Date. The last trading day of the notes on the SIX Swiss Exchange will be October 30, 2026, and noteholders are directed to SIX SIS AG, the clearing system, for repayment processing.