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
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of March 2016
HSBC Holdings plc
42nd Floor, 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 ¨
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).
Yes ¨ No x
(If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- ).
This Report on Form 6-K is hereby incorporated by reference in the following HSBC Holdings plc registration statement: file number 333-202420
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 333-202420.
| Exhibit |
Description of Document | |
| 4.1 | First Supplemental Indenture to the Senior Indenture, dated March 8, 2016. | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, special US counsel to the Registrant, dated March 8, 2016. | |
| 5.2 | Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, special English solicitors to the Registrant, dated March 8, 2016. | |
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: 8 March 2016 | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Douglas Flint | |||||
| Name: | Douglas Flint | |||||
| Title: | Group Chairman | |||||