Company: HBCYF
Filing Date: 2025-09-10
Form Type: 8-A12B
Source: 0001193125-25-200040
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Company: HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Filing Date: 2025-09-10
Form: 8-A12B
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-A FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) or (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 HSBC HOLDINGS PLC (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

| England and Wales               |     | None               |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of 
 Incorporation or Organization)  |     | -I.R.S. Employer   
 Identification No. |

8 Canada Square London E14 5HQ United Kingdom (Address of Principal Executive Offices) Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

| Title of each class to be so                                          
 registered                                                            |     | Name of each exchange on which each 
 class is to be registered           |
| 5.741% Fixed Rate/Floating Rate Subordinated Unsecured Notes due 2036 |     | New York Stock Exchange             |

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box. ☒ If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box. ☐ If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. ☐ Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates: 333-277306 Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None (Title of Class)

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT On February 23, 2024, HSBC Holdings plc (the Registrant) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) a Registration Statement on Form F-3(File No. 333-277306)(the Registration Statement) relating to, among other securities, dated subordinated debt securities of the Registrant. On February 23, 2024, the Registrant filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), the base prospectus dated February 23, 2024, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement dated September 2, 2025 (the