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 2021

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  ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):  ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):  ☐

This Report on Form 6-K is hereby incorporated by reference in the following HSBC Holdings plc

registration statement: file number 333-253632

 

 

 

 

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 333-253632.

 

Exhibit No.		Description of Document
4.1		Twenty-first Supplemental Indenture to the Senior Securities Indenture, dated May 24, 2021.
5.1		Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, special US counsel to the Registrant, dated May 24, 2021.
5.2		Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, special English counsel to the Registrant, dated May 24, 2021.

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 24, 2021
				By:		/s/ Ewen Stevenson
				Name:		Ewen Stevenson
				Title:		Group Chief Financial Officer