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The HSBC Holdings plc (HSBC) SEC filings page provides access to the company’s regulatory disclosures as a foreign private issuer. HSBC files annual reports on Form 20‑F and frequent current reports on Form 6‑K, which together give investors detailed information about its global banking and financial services operations, capital structure, governance, and risk profile.
Form 6‑K filings for HSBC include a variety of disclosures, such as dividend announcements, voting rights and capital updates, board and senior management changes, and information on regulatory matters like Bank of England bank capital stress test results. Other 6‑K submissions cover employee share and incentive plans, including block listing six‑monthly returns and grants of conditional awards under the HSBC International Employee Share Purchase Plan and other share plans.
Filings also document transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities (PDMRs), where HSBC reports acquisitions of ordinary shares through dividend reinvestment or other mechanisms, in line with market abuse regulations. In addition, HSBC uses SEC filings to communicate significant group developments, such as joint announcements related to the proposed privatization of Hang Seng Bank Limited and associated listing withdrawal processes.
On Stock Titan, these filings are updated in near real time from the SEC’s EDGAR system. AI‑powered summaries help explain the content of lengthy documents, highlighting key points from annual reports (Form 20‑F), interim updates, dividend declarations, capital and voting rights notices, and share plan disclosures. Investors can quickly see what has changed, how board and governance announcements may affect oversight, and how share‑based compensation plans impact potential dilution.
Users interested in insider‑related activity can review PDMR transaction notices, while those focused on earnings, capital, and risk can turn to dividend and stress test‑related filings. Together, these documents form an official record of HSBC’s regulatory communications, supporting deeper analysis of HSBC stock.
HSBC Holdings plc details share-based compensation and related transactions for senior management for the 2025 performance year. Long-term incentive awards in ordinary shares of US$0.50 each were granted to Executive Directors and other PDMRs, based on an average share price of
The Group also granted annual incentive awards under the HSBC Share Plan 2011, split between immediately vested and deferred shares. Immediately vested awards were subject to sales of a portion of shares, generally around
HSBC Holdings plc has granted conditional share awards over 35,019,686 ordinary shares under its HSBC Share Plan 2011 to directors, employees and former employees. Director Georges Elhedery received awards over 842,628 shares and director Manveen (Pam) Kaur received awards over 491,419 shares, both with a purchase price of GBP 0 per share.
For these directors, half of the 2025 annual incentive is delivered in immediately vested shares with a 12‑month retention period, while a 2026‑2028 long‑term incentive vests in five equal instalments from the third anniversary, each followed by a 12‑month retention period and subject to performance outcomes.
Other employees and former employees received awards over 33,685,639 shares, generally vesting over three years under HSBC’s deferral policy, with some subject to longer vesting or project completion. Long‑term incentive awards use performance measures based on average return on tangible equity with a CET1 underpin, relative total shareholder return, and environmental metrics, and all awards are subject to clawback. The plan remains within overall 10% and 5% share capital limits for future issuance.
HSBC Holdings plc submitted a Form 6-K as a foreign private issuer, primarily to incorporate specific documents into its existing registration statement with file number 333-277306. This is an administrative step tying new legal documentation to a previously filed securities registration.
The filing lists a Thirty-eighth Supplemental Indenture to the Senior Securities Indenture dated March 10, 2026, along with two legal opinions from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP acting as special US and English counsel. The report is signed on behalf of HSBC by James Murphy, Global Head of Markets Treasury.
HSBC Holdings plc has issued four new US dollar senior unsecured notes to global investors. The bank sold US$2,000,000,000 4.398% Fixed/Floating Notes due 2030, US$2,000,000,000 4.675% Fixed/Floating Notes due 2032, US$2,750,000,000 5.279% Fixed/Floating Notes due 2037 and US$1,250,000,000 Floating Rate Notes due 2032.
These notes were issued under an existing shelf registration on Form F-3 and an amended indenture, and application will be made to list them on the New York Stock Exchange. HSBC notes it is one of the world’s largest banking groups, with assets of US$3,233bn as of 31 December 2025.
HSBC Holdings PLC has voluntarily withdrawn the listing and registration of its 4.300% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2026 from the New York Stock Exchange. The Exchange and the issuer state the withdrawal complies with the procedures of 17 CFR 240.12d2-2 and related Exchange rules.
HSBC Holdings plc is offering four series of senior unsecured notes: $2.0B 4.398% fixed-to-floating notes due
The notes pay fixed interest initially and convert to SOFR-based compounded daily floating rates after specified fixed periods, include issuer redemption features (make-whole and par redemptions), and contain provisions consenting to the possible exercise of UK bail-in powers and benchmark transition mechanisms.
HSBC Holdings plc reported that Surendra Rosha, Co-Chief Executive for Asia and Middle East, disposed of 308,400 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each on 3 March 2026. The shares were sold in Hong Kong from a nominee account held jointly with his spouse at HK$139.974 per share, for total proceeds of HK$43,167,981.60.
HSBC Holdings plc announced a planned leadership change at key subsidiary HSBC UK Bank plc. Dame Clara Furse will retire as non-executive Chair in the first half of 2026 after nine years in the role. Dame Carolyn Fairbairn, currently Chair of the HSBC Group Remuneration Committee, is expected to become non-executive Chair of HSBC UK Bank plc by the end of the first half of 2026, subject to regulatory approval. She will remain an independent non-executive Director of HSBC Holdings plc and continue to chair the Group Remuneration Committee. At the same time, Group Chairman Brendan Nelson will step down as an independent non-executive Director of HSBC UK Bank plc when Dame Carolyn joins the HSBC UK board.
HSBC Holdings plc has filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2025 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The report is available on the company’s investor website and has also been submitted to the UK National Storage Mechanism for public inspection.
HSBC Holdings plc reported share transactions by two senior executives. On 26 February 2026, Group Chief Operating Officer Suzanna White sold 35,000 ordinary shares at £13.766 per share, for a total of £481,810.00, on the London Stock Exchange.
On the same date, Group Chief Information Officer Stuart Riley sold 124,586 ordinary shares at an aggregated price of £13.762 per share, for a total of £1,714,552.53. These disposals were disclosed in line with EU Market Abuse Regulation requirements.