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 April
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
(Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information
to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934).
Yes
No X
(If
"Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the
registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-
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HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
12 April 2017
Transaction in own shares
HSBC
Holdings plc (the Company)
announces that it has purchased for cancellation the following
number of its ordinary shares of US$0.50 each on the London Stock
Exchange from Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited
(Credit Suisse) as part of
its buyback announced on 22 February 2017 ("the
Buyback").
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Date of
purchase:
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12
April 2017
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Number
of ordinary shares of US$0.50 each purchased:
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140,000
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Highest
price paid per share:
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£6.5790
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Lowest
price paid per share:
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£6.5640
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Volume
weighted average price paid per share:
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£6.5724
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Following
the cancellation of the repurchased shares, the Company will have
20,374,381,776 ordinary shares in issue, including 325,273,407
ordinary shares which are held in treasury. Therefore the total
voting rights in HSBC Holdings plc will be 20,049,108,369. 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, HSBC Holdings plc under the FCA's
Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
The
Company announces that, following the purchase of these shares, the
Buyback has completed. Since the commencement of the Buyback, the
Company has repurchased for cancellation 122,599,324 Ordinary
Shares at a volume weighted average price of £6.5811 per
Ordinary Share for a total consideration of approximately
US$1billion.
In
accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the
Market Abuse Regulation), a full breakdown of the individual trades
is attached to this announcement.
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3839C_-2017-4-12.pdf
This announcement will also be available on HSBC's website
at www.hsbc.com/sea
Enquiries
to:
Lauren
Brown
Shareholder
Services Team
+44 (0)
207 992 3761
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:
Ben J S Mathews
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Title:
Group Company Secretary
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Date:
12 April 2017
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