a9250l
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 September
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
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
8 September 2023
Transaction in own shares
HSBC Holdings plc ("HSBC" or the "Company") announces that it has purchased for
cancellation the following number of its ordinary shares of US$0.50
from Merrill Lynch International ("Merrill
Lynch") as part of its
buy-back announced on 2 August 2023.
UK Venues
Date of purchase:
|
8 September 2023
|
Number of ordinary shares of US$0.50 each purchased:
|
1,853,006
|
Highest price paid per share:
|
£5.8450
|
Lowest price paid per share:
|
£5.7690
|
Volume weighted average price paid per share:
|
£5.8087
|
All repurchases on the London Stock Exchange, Cboe Europe Limited
(through the BXE and CXE order books) and/or Turquoise
("UK
Venues") are implemented as "on
Exchange" transactions (as such term is defined in the rules of the
London Stock Exchange) and as "market purchases" for the purposes
of the Companies Act 2006.
There were no repurchases on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong
Limited.
Since the commencement of the buy-back announced on 2 August 2023,
the Company has repurchased 116,224,142 ordinary
shares for a total consideration of approximately
US$891.3m.
Following the cancellation of the shares repurchased on the UK
Venues, the Company will have 19,945,467,431 ordinary shares in
issue, including 325,273,407 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each which
are held in treasury. Therefore, the total voting rights in the
Company will be 19,620,194,024.
This figure for the total number of voting rights may be used by
shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they
will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or
a change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial
Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency
Rules.
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse Regulation
(EU) No 596/2014 (as it forms part of domestic law of the United
Kingdom by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018), a
full breakdown of the individual trades made by Merrill Lynch on
behalf of the Company is available via the link below.
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/9246L_1-2023-9-8.pdf
This announcement will also be available on HSBC's website
at www.hsbc.com/sea
Enquiries to:
Lee Davis
Corporate Governance & Secretariat
+44 (0) 207 991 3048
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
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
Name:
Aileen Taylor
|
|
Title:
Group Company Secretary and Chief Governance Officer
|
|
|
|
Date: 8
September 2023
|