Company: HBCYF
Filing Date: 2025-10-28
Form Type: 6-K
Source: 0001089113-25-000056
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Company: HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Filing Date: 2025-10-28
Form: 6-K
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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 October 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 X Form 40-F ...... This Report on Form 6-K with respect to our quarterly results for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2025 is hereby incorporated by reference in HSBC Holdings plc’s registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-277306). Neither our website referred to herein, nor any of the information contained on our website, is incorporated by reference in the Form 6-K.

| HSBC Holdings plc Earnings Release 3Q25 on Form 6-K |
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HSBC Holdings plc Earnings Release 3Q25 28 October 2025

Georges Elhedery, Group CEO, said: “We are becoming a simple, more agile, focused bank, built on our core strengths. The intent with which we are executing our strategy is reflected in our performance this quarter, despite taking legal provisions related to historical matters. The positive progress we are making gives us confidence in our ability to upgrade our targets and we now expect 2025 RoTE excluding notable items to be mid-teens, or better. We remain fully focused on helping our customers navigate new economic realities, putting their changing needs at the heart of everything we do.“

Financial performance in 3Q25 – Reported profit before tax of $7.3bn was $1.2bn lower compared with 3Q24 . The reduction reflected an increase in operating expenses, mainly from notable items in 3Q25, including legal provisions of $1.4bn . This was partly offset by r evenue growth, which included an increase in banking net interest income (‘banking NII‘) and a strong performance in Wealth, while fee and other income fell in Global Foreign Exchange and in Debt and Equity Markets. Profit after tax of $5.5bn was $1.2bn lower than in 3Q24. –