Overseas Regulatory Announcement - Grant of Awards
HSBC Holdings plc · published 12 October 2026 09:00 UTC · HSBC UK Bank credit rating and record
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HSBC Holdings PLC
12 October 2026
The following is the text of an announcement released to The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited on
12 October 2026
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.
12 October 2026
(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 2026, HSBC Holdings plc (the “
Company
”) granted conditional awards (“
Awards
”) to employees to subscribe for a total of 274,529.87745 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:
Grant date
9 October 2026
Category of grantee
Employees
Number
of
shares
under Awards
142,259.68627
LSE listed shares
132,270.19118 HKSE listed shares
Closing market price of the ordinary shares on the London Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on the date of grant
GBP 13.958
HKD 145.20
Purchase price of Awards granted
GBP 0
Vesting period of the Awards
2 years
Performance Targets and Clawback
Grants of Awards under the Plan do not have performance conditions or clawback provisions due to the all-employee nature of the Plan
Arrangements for the Company or a subsidiary to provide financial assistance to the grantees
None
Number of shares available for future grant under the plan mandate
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 1,102,270,815.
For and on behalf of
HSBC
Holdings
plc
Angela McEntee
Group 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
†
, Wei Sun Christianson
†
, Rachel Duan
†
, Dame Carolyn Julie Fairbairn
†
, James Anthony Forese
†
, Steven Craig Guggenheimer
†
, Manveen (Pam) Kaur, Dr José Antonio Meade Kuribreña
†
, Richard Henry Meddings
†
, Kalpana Jaisingh Morparia
†
, Eileen K Murray
†
, Elizabeth Alison Platt
†
and Swee Lian Teo
†
.
*
Independent
non-executive
Chairman
†
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
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