Welcome to our dedicated page for Hsbc Holdings Plc SEC filings (Ticker: HSBC), a comprehensive resource for investors and traders seeking official regulatory documents including 10-K annual reports, 10-Q quarterly earnings, 8-K material events, and insider trading forms.
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 has provided a monthly update on the proposed privatisation of Hang Seng Bank Limited by The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited via a scheme of arrangement under section 673 of the Companies Ordinance, alongside a proposed withdrawal of Hang Seng Bank’s listing.
HSBC Holdings, HSBC Asia Pacific and Hang Seng Bank are preparing the Scheme Document and arranging a High Court hearing to seek directions for convening the Hang Seng Bank Court Meeting to consider and, if thought fit, approve the scheme. The Scheme Document will be despatched on or before 17 December 2025, with a detailed timetable to be set out in that document and a related joint announcement.
The update reiterates that the proposal will proceed only if all conditions are satisfied or, where applicable, waived by the long stop date, and it advises shareholders and potential investors in HSBC Holdings and Hang Seng Bank to exercise caution when dealing in their securities.
HSBC Holdings plc reported a PDMR share sale. On 11 November 2025, Barry O’Byrne, Chief Executive, International Wealth and Premier Banking, sold 92,389 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each at £11.010132 per share on the London Stock Exchange.
The disclosed transaction value was £1,017,215.09, made under the UK version of Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014.
HSBC Holdings plc announced the appointment of Wei Sun Christianson as an Independent non-executive Director, effective 1 January 2026, and as a member of the Group Risk Committee and the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee. The Board determined she is independent in line with UK and Hong Kong Corporate Governance Codes.
Her appointment is subject to election at the 2026 AGM, with an initial three-year term running to the 2029 AGM if elected. As an Independent non-executive Director, she will receive total annual fees of £213,150 (£136,500 Director; £42,000 Group Risk Committee; £34,650 Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee). Christianson brings extensive experience from senior roles at Morgan Stanley and the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, and currently serves as an independent director at LVMH.
HSBC Holdings plc furnished a Form 6-K to incorporate specific documents into registration statement file number 333-277306.
The filing includes a Thirty-seventh Supplemental Indenture to the Senior Securities Indenture dated November 6, 2025, and legal opinions from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP acting as special US and special English counsel, each dated November 6, 2025.
The report is signed by James Murphy, Global Head of Markets Treasury, on November 6, 2025.
HSBC Holdings plc issued senior unsecured notes in three tranches: US$2,250,000,000 4.619% fixed-to-floating notes due 2031, US$2,250,000,000 5.133% fixed-to-floating notes due 2036, and US$500,000,000 floating-rate notes due 2031.
Application will be made to list the notes on the New York Stock Exchange. The notes were issued under an indenture dated 26 August 2009, as most recently amended by the 37th supplemental indenture dated 6 November 2025, and were offered pursuant to an effective shelf registration on Form F-3 via a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus.
HSBC Holdings plc cancelled 26,782,800 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each on 6 November 2025. These shares had been repurchased on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under the buy-back announced on 31 July 2025.
After this cancellation, HSBC has 17,175,239,862 ordinary shares in issue, with no shares held in treasury. The total number of voting rights is 17,175,239,862, which shareholders may use as the denominator for disclosure calculations under applicable UK and Hong Kong rules.
HSBC Holdings plc reported the grant of conditional awards to employees and former employees to subscribe for a total of 501,618 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each under the HSBC Share Plan 2011. The purchase price of the awards is GBP 0, and the closing market price on the London Stock Exchange on the grant date was GBP 10.75.
Under the group-wide deferral policy, vesting occurs over three years with 33% on the first and second anniversaries and 34% on the third; certain Material Risk Takers may have vesting up to seven years. Awards may carry a six- or 12‑month retention period. Some awards are tied to completion of a strategically important project; clawback applies in line with internal policy and buy-out award terms. Shares available for future issue under plan limits are 989,931,663 (10% limit) and 275,655,010 (5% limit).
HSBC Holdings plc reported a management dealing: on 4 November 2025, Ian Stuart, Chief Executive of HSBC UK Bank plc, exercised options to purchase 11,419 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each under the HSBC Holdings Savings-Related Share Option Plan at an option price of £2.627 per share.
The transaction was recorded on the London Stock Exchange Main Market. The filing’s transaction table shows a total of £29,997.71 for the exercise.
The New York Stock Exchange LLC filed a Form 25 to remove from listing and/or registration, under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, HSBC Holdings plc 7.336% Fixed Rate/Floating Rate Senior Unsecured Notes due 2026.
The notice references compliance with Exchange rules to strike the class from listing and includes statements regarding issuer compliance with voluntary withdrawal requirements.
HSBC Holdings plc launched three senior unsecured note offerings: $2,250,000,000 4.619% fixed-to-floating notes due 2031, $2,250,000,000 5.133% fixed-to-floating notes due 2036, and $500,000,000 floating-rate notes due 2031. The 2031 series pay 4.619% until November 6, 2030, then a SOFR-based floating rate plus 1.190% to maturity on November 6, 2031. The 2036 series pay 5.133% until November 6, 2035, then a SOFR-based floating rate plus 1.430% to maturity on November 6, 2036. The $500,000,000 tranche pays a SOFR-based floating rate plus 1.190% to November 6, 2031.
Redemption terms include make-whole for the fixed/floating tranches and par calls on November 6, 2030 (2031 notes) and November 6, 2035 (2036 notes); the floating-rate notes are callable at par on November 6, 2030. Expected NYSE listing is within 30 days of initial delivery. Stated proceeds before expenses are $2,243,250,000, $2,241,000,000, and $498,500,000, with underwriting discounts shown as 0.300%, 0.400%, and 0.300%, respectively. Key risks include agreement to UK bail-in powers and limited remedies with no acceleration for non-payment except upon certain winding-up events.