HSBC HOLDINGS PLC Current Report (Foreign Issuer)

Filing Explained

The August 14 filing adds a supplemental indenture and legal opinions to an existing registration statement, without disclosing a completed offering or issuance.

As a Form 6-K, this report furnishes interim information published by a foreign private issuer. On August 14, 2026, HSBC incorporated the listed exhibits into registration statement file number 333-277306, changing the registration record rather than documenting a completed sale or issuance.

The filing lists a Fortieth Supplemental Indenture dated August 14, 2026, plus opinions from U.S. and English counsel. Because the supplied filing contains only exhibit descriptions, it does not establish that securities were offered, sold, or issued, or that proceeds were received.

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Accepted by SEC EDGAR 08/14/2026 - 12:32 PM EDT Learn about SEC filing dates

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of August 2026

Commission File Number: 001-14930

HSBC Holdings plc

8 Canada Square, London E14 5HQ, England

(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F).

Form 20-F ☒   Form 40-F ☐

This Report on Form 6-K is hereby incorporated by reference in the following HSBC Holdings plc registration statement: file number 333-277306

HSBC Holdings plc (the “Registrant”) hereby incorporates by reference the following exhibits to this report on Form 6-K into its registration statement: file number 333-277306.

Exhibit No.		Description of Document
4.1		Fortieth Supplemental Indenture to the Senior Securities Indenture, dated August 14, 2026.
5.1		Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, special US counsel to the Registrant, dated August 14, 2026.
5.2		Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, special English counsel to the Registrant, dated August 14, 2026.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

				HSBC Holdings plc
Date: August 14, 2026				By:		/s/ James Murphy
				Name:		James Murphy
				Title:		Global Head of Markets Treasury

[Signature Page to Form 6-K]

Filing Exhibits & Attachments

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