FORM
6-K
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
Report of
Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule
13a - 16 or 15d - 16 of
the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of
October
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
The following
is the text of an announcement released to The Stock Exchange of
Hong Kong Limited on 10 October 2025 pursuant to rules
17.06A, 17.06B and 17.06C of the Rules Governing the Listing of
Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong
Limited:
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of
Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this
document, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness
and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss
howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of
the contents of this document.
10 October
2025
(Hong Kong
Stock Code: 5)
HSBC
HOLDINGS PLC
GRANT OF CONDITIONAL AWARDS
This
announcement is made pursuant to Rules 17.06A, 17.06B and 17.06C of
the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange
of Hong Kong Limited.
On 9
October 2025, HSBC Holdings plc (the "Company") granted conditional awards
("Awards")
to employees to subscribe for a total of 321,679.21759 ordinary
shares of US$0.50 each of the Company under the HSBC International
Employee Share Purchase Plan (the "Plan").
The following
are the details of the grants:
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Grant
date
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9 October
2025
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Category of
grantee
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Employees
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Number of
shares under Awards
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161,206.61948 LSE listed shares
160,472.59811 HKSE listed shares
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Closing market
price of the ordinary shares on the London Stock Exchange and the
Hong Kong Stock Exchange on the date of grant
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GBP 10.086
HKD 104.00
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Purchase price
of Awards granted
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GBP 0
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Vesting period
of the Awards
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2
years
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Performance
Targets and Clawback
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Grants of
Awards under the Plan do not have performance conditions or
clawback provisions due to the all-employee nature of the
Plan
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Arrangements
for the Company or a subsidiary to provide financial assistance to
the grantees
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None
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Number of
shares available for future grant under the plan
mandate
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The Plan is
subject to a limit on the number of Shares committed to be issued
under all Plan Awards:
10% of the
ordinary share capital of the Company in issue immediately before
that day, when added to the number of Shares which have been
issued, or committed to be issued, to satisfy Awards under the
Plan, or options or awards under any other employee share plan
operated by the Company granted in the previous 10 years. The
number of Shares available to issue under this limit is
976,861,180.
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For and on
behalf of
HSBC Holdings plc
Aileen Taylor
Company
Secretary
The Board of
Directors of HSBC Holdings plc as at the date of this announcement
comprises:
Brendan Robert Nelson*, Georges Bahjat
Elhedery, Geraldine Joyce Buckingham†,
Rachel Duan†,
Dame Carolyn Julie Fairbairn†,
James Anthony Forese†,
Ann Frances Godbehere†,
Steven Craig Guggenheimer†,
Manveen (Pam) Kaur, Dr José Antonio Meade
Kuribreña†,
Kalpana Jaisingh Morparia†,
Eileen K Murray† and
Swee Lian Teo†.
* Independent
non-executive Chair
† Independent
non-executive Director
HSBC Holdings plc
Registered Office and Group Head Office:
8 Canada Square, London E14 5HQ, United
Kingdom Web: www.hsbc.com
Incorporated in England and Wales with limited liability.
Registration number 617987
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.
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HSBC Holdings
plc
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By:
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Name: Aileen
Taylor
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Title: Group Company Secretary and
Chief Governance Officer
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Date: 10 October
2025
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