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 June
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).
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HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
16 June 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 Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc ("Morgan Stanley") as part of its buy-back announced on 9 May 2023.
UK Venues
| Date of purchase: | 16 June 2023 |
| Number of ordinary shares of US$0.50 each purchased: | 2,354,402 |
| Highest price paid per share: | £6.1200 |
| Lowest price paid per share: | £6.0740 |
| Volume weighted average price paid per share: | £6.0996 |
All repurchases on the London Stock Exchange, Aquis 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.
Hong Kong Stock Exchange
| Date of purchase: | 16 June 2023 |
| Number of ordinary shares of US$0.50 each purchased: | 2,502,800 |
| Highest price paid per share: | HK$60.9000 |
| Lowest price paid per share: | HK$60.5000 |
| Volume weighted average price paid per share: | HK$60.6501 |
All repurchases on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited ("Hong Kong Stock Exchange") are "off market" for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006 but are transactions which occur "on Exchange" for the purposes of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and which constitute an "on-market share buy-back" for the purposes of the Codes on Takeovers and Mergers and Share Buy-backs.
Since the commencement of the buy-back, the Company has repurchased 131,390,962 ordinary shares for a total consideration of approximately US$994.4m.
Following the cancellation of the shares repurchased on the UK Venues, the Company will have 20,187,129,122 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 19,861,855,715. Cancellation of the shares repurchased on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange takes longer than those repurchased on the UK Venues and a further announcement of total voting rights will be made once those shares have been cancelled.
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 Morgan Stanley on behalf of the Company is available via the link below.
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/0611D_1-2023-6-16.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: 16 June 2023 | |