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
(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-
).
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
23 September 2019
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 Morgan Stanley & Co.
International plc ("Morgan
Stanley") as part of its
buy-back announced on 6 August 2019.
Date of
purchase:
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23
September 2019
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Number
of ordinary shares of US$0.50 each purchased:
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2,748,521
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Highest
price paid per share:
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£6.1500
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Lowest
price paid per share:
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£6.0670
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Volume
weighted average price paid per share:
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£6.1092
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Following the cancellation of the repurchased shares, the Company
will have 20,479,989,534 ordinary shares in issue, including
325,273,407 ordinary shares which are held in treasury. Therefore
the total voting rights in the Company will be 20,154,716,127. 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, a full breakdown of the individual trades is
attached to this announcement.
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3603N_1-2019-9-23.pdf
This announcement will also be available on HSBC's website
at www.hsbc.com/sea
Enquiries to:
JJ Williams
Shareholder Services
+44 (0) 20 3268 3568
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
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By:
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Name:
Richard Gray
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Title:
Group Company Secretary
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Date:
23 September
2019
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