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 May 2025

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		Thirty-sixth Supplemental Indenture to the Senior Securities Indenture, dated May 13, 2025.
5.1		Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, special US counsel to the Registrant, dated May 13, 2025.
5.2		Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, special English counsel to the Registrant, dated May 13, 2025.

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: May 13, 2025				By:		/s/ James Murphy
				Name:		James Murphy
				Title:		Global Head of Markets Treasury

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Form 6-K Relating to the Senior Issuance]