Company: HBCYF
Filing Date: 2025-03-03
Form Type: 8-A12B
Source: 0001193125-25-043858
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Company: HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Filing Date: 2025-03-03
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 |
| 4.899% Fixed Rate/Floating Rate Senior Unsecured Notes due 2029 |     | New York Stock Exchange        |
| 5.130% Fixed Rate/Floating Rate Senior Unsecured Notes due 2031 |     | New York Stock Exchange        |
| 5.450% Fixed Rate/Floating Rate Senior Unsecured Notes due 2036 |     | New York Stock Exchange        |
| Floating Rate Senior Unsecured Notes due 2029                   |     | New York Stock Exchange        |
| Floating Rate Senior Unsecured Notes due 2031                   |     | 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.