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accession: "0000083246-25-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000083246"
company_name: "HSBC USA INC /MD/"
filed_at: "2025-04-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T06:25:53.842372+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HSBC USA Inc. amends bylaws to update gender-neutral language and extend non-executive director term flexibility

## Summary
- Board approved bylaw amendment effective April 24, 2025, replacing 'Chairman' with 'Chair' and 'his/her' with 'their'.
- Non-executive director appointments now expire on the third anniversary of appointment or at the first annual meeting after that date.
- Amendment affects two series of listed notes: HUSI/43 and HUSI/43A on NYSE.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000083246-25-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000083246
- company_name: HSBC USA INC /MD/
- filed_at: 2025-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.05
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/83246/000008324625000010/0000083246-25-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/83246/000008324625000010/hsbcusa-20250424.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000083246-25-000010
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000083246-25-000010.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000083246-25-000010.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  HSBC USA INC /MD/: Amended and restated bylaws to adopt gender-neutral language and extend non-executive director appointment terms to expire on the third anniversary or at the first annual meeting on or following that anniversary (effective 2025-04-24).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2025-04-24
  source text: On April 24, 2025 , the Board of Directors of HSBC USA Inc. (the "Board") approved an amendment to and a restatement of its bylaws (the "Bylaws"), which were effective immediately upon such approval by the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/83246/000008324625000010/0000083246-25-000010-index.htm

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