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 December
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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in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
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Act of 1934).
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..............).
HSBC
HOLDINGS PLC
19
December 2016
Transaction
in own shares and completion of Buy-back
HSBC
Holdings plc (the Company) announces that it has purchased the
following number of its ordinary shares of US$0.50 each ( Ordinary
Shares) on the London Stock Exchange from Goldman Sachs
International ( Goldman Sachs) as part of its buy-back programme
announced on 4 August 2016 ( Buy-back).
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Date of
purchase:
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19
December 2016
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Number
of Ordinary Shares purchased:
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10,228
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Highest
price paid per Ordinary Share:
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£6.5870
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Lowest
price paid per Ordinary Share:
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£6.5600
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Volume
weighted average price paid per Ordinary Share:
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£6.5855
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Following the
purchase of these shares, the Company holds 325,273,407 of its
Ordinary Shares in treasury and has 19,865,723,608 Ordinary Shares
in issue (excluding treasury shares). Therefore the total voting
rights in HSBC Holdings plc is 19,865,723,608. 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
Buy-back has completed. Since the commencement of the Buy-back, the
Company has repurchased 325,273,407 Ordinary Shares at a volume
weighted average price of £6.0567 per Ordinary Share for a
total consideration of approximately US$2,500 million.
In
accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the
Market Abuse Regulation), a schedule of individual trades by
Goldman Sachs on 19 December 2016 is set out below.
Schedule
of purchases - individual transactions
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Time
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Price (p)
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Quantity
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08:10:28
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658.50
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1,206
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08:10:28
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658.50
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515
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08:10:28
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658.50
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1,643
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08:10:39
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658.60
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85
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08:10:44
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658.70
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1,246
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08:10:57
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658.60
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1,621
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08:11:07
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658.70
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1,390
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08:11:07
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658.70
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424
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08:11:13
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658.50
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379
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08:11:19
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658.40
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231
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08:11:19
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658.40
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1,398
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08:11:30
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658.20
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32
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08:11:31
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658.20
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15
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08:11:31
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658.20
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15
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08:24:09
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656.00
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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:
19 December 2016
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