HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
16 August 2018
Transaction in own shares and completion of Buyback
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 9 May 2018.
Date of purchase: |
16 August 2018 |
Number of ordinary shares of US$0.50 each purchased: |
1,343,000 |
Highest price paid per share: |
£7.0600 |
Lowest price paid per share: |
£6.9860 |
Volume weighted average price paid per share: |
£7.0318 |
Following the cancellation of the repurchased shares, the Company will have 20,231,811,598 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 19,906,538,191. 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 210,466,091 Ordinary Shares at a volume weighted average price of £7.1883 per Ordinary Share for a total consideration of approximately US$2billion.
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/0877Y_1-2018-8-16.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