6 May 2022 18:05
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
6 May 2022
Transaction in own shares
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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: | 6 May 2022 |
Number of ordinary shares of US$0.50 each purchased: | 1,600,000 |
Highest price paid per share: | £5.086000 |
Lowest price paid per share: | £5.008000 |
Volume weighted average price paid per share: | £5.052593 |
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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.
Following the cancellation of the shares repurchased on the UK Venues, the Company will have 20,446,700,612 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 20,121,427,205.
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.
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http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/6816K_1-2022-5-6.pdf
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This announcement will also be available on HSBC's website at www.hsbc.com/sea
Enquiries to:
Lee DavisCorporate Governance & Secretariat
+44 (0) 207 991 3048
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HSBC Holdings (HSBA)