Form 6-K HSBC HOLDINGS PLC For: May 24

 

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 May

 

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 ☒     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 ☒

 

(If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- ..............).

 

 

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC

 

24 May 2022

 

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 as disclosed in the announcement dated 3 May 2022.

 

UK Venues

 

Date of purchase:	24 May 2022
Number of ordinary shares of US$0.50 each purchased:	129,936
Highest price paid per share:	£5.130000
Lowest price paid per share:	£5.101000
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	£5.115623

 

All repurchases on the London Stock Exchange, Aquis Exchange, BATS, Chi X and/or Turquoise ("UK Venues") are "on Exchange" transactions (as such term is defined in the rules of the London Stock Exchange) and "on market" for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006.

 

Hong Kong Stock Exchange

 

Date of purchase:	24 May 2022
Number of ordinary shares of US$0.50 each purchased:	148,000
Highest price paid per share:	HK$49.4500
Lowest price paid per share:	HK$48.6500
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	HK$49.1054

 

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.

 

Following the cancellation of the shares repurchased on the UK Venues, the Company will have 20,428,684,797 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 20,103,411,390. 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 Merrill Lynch on behalf of the Company is available via the link below.

 

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/6710M_1-2022-5-24.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

 

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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: 24 May 2022

 

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