Edgar Filing: HSBC HOLDINGS PLC

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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 August

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

9 August 2016

Transaction in own shares

HSBC Holdings plc (the Company) announces that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of US$0.50 each on the London Stock Exchange from Goldman Sachs International (Goldman Sachs) as part of its buyback programme announced on 4 August 2016.

Date of purchase:	9 August 2016

Number of ordinary shares of US$0.50 each purchased:	886,944

Highest price paid per share:	5.4000

Lowest price paid per share:	5.3750
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	5.3927

Following the purchase of these shares, the Company holds 2,884,232 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 19,921,361,522 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). Therefore the total voting rights in HSBC Holdings plc is 19,921,361,522. 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.

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 is set out below.

Schedule of purchases - individual transactions

Time	Price (p)	Quantity
08:01:22	539.10	1,047
08:01:23	539.80	800
08:01:23	539.80	1,000
08:01:23	539.80	1,000
08:01:28	540.00	1,584
08:01:36	540.00	100
08:01:36	540.00	200
08:01:36	540.00	1,973
08:01:36	540.00	490
08:01:36	540.00	120
08:01:38	539.80	1,680
08:01:53	539.80	836
08:01:53	539.80	1,264
08:02:01	539.20	240
08:02:01	539.20	1,642
08:02:03	538.90	144
08:02:03	538.90	4,836
08:02:03	538.90	1,406
08:02:23	538.70	1,654
08:02:29	538.70	1,707
08:02:29	538.70	1,283
08:03:33	538.50	1,359
08:03:34	538.50	2,441
08:03:36	538.40	313
08:03:36	538.40	686
08:05:03	538.80	1,184
08:05:03	538.80	1,300
08:05:08	538.80	1,184
08:05:08	538.80	1,200
08:05:08	538.80	686
08:05:15	538.40	4,912
08:05:33	538.70	1,184
08:05:33	538.70	1,584
08:05:33	538.70	832
08:05:33	538.70	595
08:05:59	538.60	800
08:06:04	538.60	800
08:06:04	538.60	821
08:06:15	538.60	760
08:07:29	538.90	760
08:07:35	538.90	645
08:07:44	538.70	4,400
08:07:44	538.70	580
08:08:26	538.80	565
08:09:16	538.80	740
08:09:16	538.80	1,585
08:09:21	538.90	2,470
08:10:13	539.10	478
08:10:13	539.10	400
08:10:13	539.10	790
08:10:18	539.20	893
08:10:18	539.20	237
08:10:28	539.20	981
08:10:28	539.20	790
08:11:15	539.10	970
08:11:15	539.10	154
08:11:20	539.30	970
08:11:20	539.30	1,300
08:11:26	539.30	470
08:11:26	539.30	530
08:12:03	539.50	2,000
08:12:03	539.60	12
08:12:03	539.60	970
08:12:03	539.60	1,024
08:12:03	539.60	809
08:12:17	539.40	4,584
08:13:41	539.00	1,085
08:13:41	539.00	3,515
08:13:41	538.90	925
08:13:41	538.90	198
08:14:04	538.70	966
08:14:07	538.70	2,000
08:14:07	538.70	966
08:14:19	538.70	966
08:14:24	538.70	966
08:14:42	539.00	966
08:14:42	539.00	937
08:14:59	539.10	4,637
08:15:16	539.10	670
08:15:16	539.10	530
08:15:21	538.90	670
08:15:21	538.90	530
08:15:26	538.90	370
08:15:26	538.90	530
08:15:26	538.90	473
08:15:26	538.90	630
08:15:26	538.90	618
08:15:33	538.60	670
08:15:39	538.50	3,670
08:15:45	538.50	4,743
08:15:45	538.50	530
08:15:45	538.50	670
08:15:45	538.50	95
08:16:51	538.10	4,400
08:16:51	538.10	311
08:16:51	538.10	1,926
08:17:26	537.90	1,706
08:17:26	537.90	273
08:17:54	538.50	840
08:17:59	538.50	940
08:17:59	538.50	840
08:18:04	538.50	940
08:18:04	538.50	840
08:18:53	538.70	2,970
08:18:53	538.70	2,010
08:18:53	538.70	1,447
08:19:48	538.60	730
08:19:48	538.60	686
08:20:00	538.60	730
08:20:00	538.60	568
08:20:00	538.60	1,583
08:21:13	537.90	4,094
08:21:13	537.90	679
08:21:13	537.90	580
08:21:13	537.90	567
08:21:52	538.20	2,000
08:21:52	538.20	1,000
08:22:02	538.10	1,600
08:22:02	538.10	183
08:22:33	538.10	1,094
08:22:33	538.00	2,000
08:22:33	538.00	1,000
08:22:38	537.70	608
08:22:40	537.70	608
08:22:40	537.80	2,000
08:22:40	537.80	1,218
08:22:40	537.80	1,154
08:23:07	537.80	1,466
08:23:31	537.70	2,714
08:23:34	537.70	1,807
08:25:16	537.50	1,288
08:25:16	537.50	2,519
08:25:21	537.70	2,000
08:25:21	537.70	2,661
08:25:53	537.80	600
08:26:02	537.90	800
08:26:35	538.90	1,500
08:26:35	538.90	1,300
08:26:35	538.90	878
08:26:40	539.10	1,244
08:26:53	538.70	800
08:26:53	538.70	843
08:26:58	538.70	800
08:27:02	538.50	1,624
08:27:13	538.50	610
08:27:17	538.40	4,537
08:27:47	538.10	4,980
08:29:01	538.20	748
08:29:01	538.20	1,583
08:29:15	538.30	1,230
08:29:15	538.30	1,583
08:29:15	538.30	677
08:30:15	537.70	4,077
08:30:37	538.20	2,000
08:30:52	538.20	2,000
08:30:52	538.20	1,300
08:30:59	538.20	2,000
08:30:59	538.20	1,300
08:30:59	538.20	507
08:31:10	538.10	275
08:31:17	538.10	4,333
08:32:09	538.10	544
08:32:14	538.10	544
08:32:14	538.10	664
08:33:57	537.80	3,848
08:34:55	537.80	3,992
08:35:00	537.70	4,980
08:35:00	537.70	1,065
08:35:17	537.50	1,400
08:35:17	537.50	1,241
08:35:17	537.60	2,000
08:35:17	537.60	916
08:36:27	537.50	1,537
08:36:27	537.50	2,033
08:36:27	537.50	1,200
08:37:09	537.70	220
08:37:09	537.70	3,604
08:40:09	537.90	1,400
08:40:17	537.90	902
08:40:17	537.90	200
08:40:37	537.90	595
08:40:37	537.90	200
08:40:37	537.90	913
08:40:42	537.80	2,000
08:40:42	537.80	84
08:43:01	537.60	3,193
08:43:02	537.60	1,006
08:45:18	538.00	940
08:45:18	538.00	1,060
08:45:18	538.00	847
08:46:13	538.40	700
08:46:13	538.40	970
08:46:13	538.40	596
08:46:13	538.40	894
08:46:18	538.40	2,000
08:46:23	538.40	2,000
08:46:23	538.40	20
08:48:30	538.70	1,300
08:48:55	538.70	1,808
08:48:55	538.70	1,157
08:50:04	538.50	1,835
08:50:09	538.50	986
08:50:09	538.50	1,586
08:50:14	538.50	1,111
08:52:02	538.90	1,200
08:52:02	538.90	2,913
08:52:13	538.80	2,000
08:52:13	538.80	1,736
08:52:13	538.80	1,244
08:52:18	538.80	1,017
08:53:08	539.30	2,000
08:55:13	539.90	1,873
08:55:13	539.90	703
08:55:18	539.90	703
08:55:23	539.90	703
08:55:28	540.00	703
08:55:48	540.00	44
08:56:31	540.00	650
08:56:36	539.90	650
08:56:49	539.90	650
08:56:54	539.90	650
08:56:54	539.90	1,241
08:56:54	539.90	1,200
08:56:54	539.90	4
08:57:05	539.40	3,696
08:57:09	539.40	1,113
09:01:06	539.90	783
09:01:11	539.90	1,449
09:01:11	539.90	711
09:01:17	539.90	783
09:01:29	539.90	783
09:02:30	539.70	3,530
09:02:30	539.70	950
09:02:30	539.70	561
09:04:28	539.90	4,018
09:04:28	539.90	1,290
09:09:42	540.00	3,853
09:13:12	539.80	4,326
09:16:14	540.00	261
09:16:14	540.00	1,049
09:16:14	540.00	610
09:16:19	540.00	610
09:16:19	540.00	1,003
09:16:19	540.00	1,613
09:22:40	539.80	2,000
09:22:40	539.80	2,000
09:22:40	539.80	27
09:22:40	539.70	846
09:22:40	539.70	630
09:24:55	539.90	996
09:24:55	539.90	1,582
09:24:55	539.90	670
09:25:00	539.90	243
09:25:00	539.90	1,330
09:26:22	539.70	860
09:26:22	539.70	1,002
09:26:22	539.70	1,075
09:26:22	539.70	245
09:26:22	539.70	860
09:26:23	539.70	860
09:29:06	539.60	3,494
09:29:32	539.50	1,027
09:33:00	539.90	383
09:33:05	539.90	220
09:33:21	539.90	1,449
09:33:21	539.90	2,000
09:33:21	539.90	2,980
09:39:45	540.00	2,265
09:39:45	540.00	948
09:39:45	540.00	457
09:43:48	539.90	4,521
09:43:53	539.90	344
09:43:58	539.90	344
09:43:58	539.90	958
09:44:03	539.90	3,184
09:46:16	539.90	2,000
09:46:21	539.90	2,000
09:46:21	539.90	989
09:51:11	540.00	1,100
09:51:11	540.00	328
09:51:12	540.00	1,400
09:51:12	540.00	328
09:51:12	540.00	1,596
09:54:13	539.80	2,500
09:54:13	539.80	1,627
09:55:17	539.80	1,091
09:56:01	539.90	1,207
09:56:01	539.90	1,148
09:56:06	539.90	2,000
09:56:06	539.90	219
09:57:32	539.80	2,000
09:57:32	539.80	1,200
09:57:32	539.80	560
09:57:33	539.80	387
09:57:50	539.80	400
09:57:50	539.80	724
10:00:19	539.80	3,351
10:00:19	539.80	1,757
10:01:28	539.90	267
10:01:28	539.90	1,252
10:01:28	539.90	1,668
10:01:28	539.90	57
10:01:53	539.80	1,160
10:03:02	540.00	1,052
10:03:02	540.00	1,045
10:19:28	540.00	2,000
10:19:28	540.00	940
10:19:28	540.00	1,243
10:19:42	540.00	2,000
10:19:42	540.00	881
10:19:42	540.00	940
10:19:42	540.00	410
10:19:42	540.00	697
10:23:09	540.00	4,507
10:23:09	540.00	1,128
10:25:26	539.90	3,446
10:25:26	539.90	1,100
10:25:26	539.90	110
10:28:48	539.60	1,600
10:28:48	539.60	790
10:28:48	539.60	1,758
10:29:06	539.50	850
10:29:06	539.50	355
10:31:12	540.00	1,252
10:31:12	540.00	927
10:31:22	540.00	650
10:31:22	540.00	1,310
10:31:42	539.90	998
10:33:58	539.80	605
10:34:11	539.80	1,555
10:34:25	539.90	508
10:34:26	539.90	1,526
10:37:18	539.40	4,079
10:37:18	539.40	680
10:37:18	539.40	912
10:43:11	539.50	200
10:43:11	539.50	100
10:43:11	539.50	3,050
10:43:11	539.50	540
10:43:11	539.50	604
10:49:43	539.60	650
10:49:43	539.60	3,440
10:49:43	539.60	650
10:49:43	539.60	27
10:49:43	539.60	633
10:52:49	539.00	2,000
10:52:49	539.00	1,454
10:52:49	539.00	15
10:52:54	539.00	2,000
10:52:54	539.00	560
10:52:54	539.00	840
10:52:59	539.00	2,000
10:52:59	539.00	560
10:57:54	539.20	2,219
10:57:54	539.20	1,663
10:57:54	539.20	1,200
10:57:54	539.20	397
11:00:48	539.50	2,000
11:00:48	539.50	1,022
11:00:53	539.50	1,919
11:03:47	539.30	2,682
11:03:47	539.30	1,139
11:04:01	539.20	1,223
11:06:18	538.90	2,577
11:06:21	538.90	1,715
11:07:19	539.10	3,908
11:07:19	539.00	1,200
11:07:19	539.00	327
11:08:46	539.00	1,000
11:08:46	539.00	1,241
11:08:46	539.00	1,580
11:08:46	539.00	52
11:08:55	539.00	1,241
11:08:55	539.00	62
11:12:17	539.00	1,500
11:12:17	539.00	1,072
11:12:17	539.00	498
11:12:17	539.00	1,500
11:12:17	539.00	486
11:12:40	539.00	1,352
11:12:49	539.00	1,500
11:13:15	539.00	1,279
11:13:15	539.00	2,000
11:13:15	539.00	950
11:14:21	539.00	605
11:14:45	539.00	76
11:14:48	539.00	250
11:14:52	539.00	1,319
11:14:53	538.90	3,070
11:14:54	538.90	128
11:14:54	538.90	431
11:15:10	538.90	1,100
11:17:20	538.70	2,000
11:17:20	538.70	2,649
11:17:22	538.70	1,640
11:17:45	538.40	2,515
11:17:45	538.40	1,500
11:17:45	538.40	703
11:20:27	539.00	988
11:21:12	539.10	362
11:21:12	539.10	929
11:21:14	539.00	39
11:22:02	539.20	2,000
11:22:02	539.20	850
11:22:07	539.20	133
11:22:33	539.20	1,200
11:22:33	539.20	16
11:22:38	539.20	1,145
11:22:38	539.20	1,609
11:23:08	539.40	1,178
11:23:54	539.50	3,762
11:23:56	539.50	746
11:23:56	539.50	3,291
11:24:43	539.50	1,250
11:35:02	539.40	2,155
11:35:02	539.40	1,582
11:35:02	539.40	2,000
11:35:02	539.40	696
11:39:29	538.90	1,486
11:39:29	538.90	1,036
11:41:16	539.10	3,712
11:41:16	539.10	1,022
11:45:34	539.10	388
11:45:39	539.10	2,931
11:45:39	539.10	807
11:54:52	539.40	4,204
11:54:52	539.40	63
11:57:00	539.00	2,000
11:57:00	539.00	1,655
11:57:05	538.80	1,081
11:57:40	538.90	1,200
11:57:40	538.90	1,551
11:57:40	538.90	1,100
11:57:40	538.90	976
11:57:49	538.90	1,162
11:58:01	538.90	3,241
11:58:11	538.90	432
11:58:11	538.90	421
11:59:30	539.00	1,072
11:59:31	539.00	3,908
11:59:31	539.00	1,204
11:59:58	538.90	3,063
11:59:58	538.90	490
12:03:00	539.30	2,000
12:03:00	539.30	658
12:03:00	539.30	1,071
12:03:28	539.20	100
12:04:36	539.30	1,046
12:04:36	539.30	1,241
12:04:48	539.30	1,000
12:04:48	539.30	734
12:04:48	539.30	2,000
12:07:23	539.50	2,329
12:07:23	539.50	1,184
12:13:31	539.90	4,455
12:13:32	539.70	2,000
12:13:32	539.70	200
12:13:32	539.70	1,297
12:13:32	539.70	1,312
12:13:32	539.70	169
12:13:59	539.80	516
12:13:59	539.80	59
12:14:45	540.00	4,980
12:14:45	540.00	1,440
12:14:45	540.00	1,241
12:14:45	540.00	2,299
12:14:50	540.00	1,241
12:17:35	540.00	1,161
12:17:35	540.00	1,200
12:17:35	540.00	750
12:17:35	540.00	1,000
12:17:35	540.00	869
12:17:36	540.00	4,980
12:17:41	540.00	1,500
12:17:41	540.00	1,100
12:17:41	540.00	1,161
12:17:41	540.00	1,400
12:17:41	540.00	1,200
12:17:41	540.00	200
12:17:45	540.00	2,000
12:17:46	540.00	1,100
12:17:46	540.00	200
12:17:46	540.00	1,184
12:17:50	540.00	2,000
12:17:51	540.00	1,184
12:17:55	540.00	1,612
12:17:56	540.00	1,184
12:18:00	539.90	1,200
12:18:01	539.90	17
12:18:27	539.60	1,184
12:18:27	539.60	1,200
12:18:27	539.60	1,201
12:21:13	539.80	1,211
12:23:01	540.00	298
12:23:01	540.00	3,437
12:24:09	540.00	1,179
12:24:09	540.00	60
12:24:11	540.00	2,760
12:24:11	540.00	1,930
12:25:51	540.00	104
12:25:51	540.00	2,444
12:26:37	540.00	700
12:26:37	540.00	1,385
12:26:56	540.00	598
12:26:56	540.00	1,176
12:27:17	540.00	2,523
12:27:23	539.90	1,139
12:27:23	539.90	291
12:27:32	539.80	739
12:27:32	539.80	1,139
12:27:32	539.80	1,164
12:27:32	539.80	1,000
12:27:33	539.80	1,551
12:27:33	539.80	903
12:27:35	539.70	1,854
12:27:43	539.60	1,101
12:32:28	539.60	1,400
12:32:28	539.60	1,252
12:32:28	539.60	1,080
12:34:53	539.50	1,010
12:38:01	539.60	2,000
12:38:01	539.60	1,000
12:38:01	539.60	1,551
12:38:01	539.60	415
12:39:41	539.60	3,899
12:39:41	539.60	1,049
12:43:08	539.80	3,845
12:43:08	539.80	1,190
12:48:25	539.90	2,678
12:48:25	539.90	2,000
12:48:56	539.80	1,308
12:50:27	539.70	1,245
12:50:38	539.70	1,426
12:50:58	539.80	1,184
12:50:58	539.80	294
12:52:16	539.90	3,547
12:52:16	539.90	1,181
12:52:21	539.90	1,650
12:52:37	539.90	2,224
12:52:37	539.90	1,003
12:55:28	539.90	200
12:55:28	539.90	1,440
12:55:33	539.90	1,739
12:55:33	539.90	1,363
12:58:31	539.90	4,498
12:58:32	539.90	200
12:58:32	539.90	1,218
12:58:37	539.90	1,233
13:02:13	540.00	183
13:04:20	540.00	1,787
13:08:37	540.00	4,060
13:08:37	540.00	1,947
13:11:43	539.80	234
13:13:22	539.80	2,151
13:13:22	539.80	1,232
13:15:18	539.70	3,485
13:15:23	539.70	790
13:16:11	539.70	1,252
13:16:11	539.70	512
13:16:53	539.80	1,851
13:16:53	539.80	819
13:16:53	539.80	1,699
13:18:25	539.60	2,000
13:18:25	539.60	1,404
13:18:26	539.60	1,378
13:20:25	539.50	2,000
13:20:27	539.40	182
13:20:39	539.40	1,057
13:20:39	539.40	593
13:20:39	539.40	1,239
13:23:08	539.70	3,808
13:23:08	539.70	247
13:23:09	539.70	1,161
13:23:09	539.70	108
13:28:50	539.80	3,382
13:28:53	539.70	1,203
13:31:16	539.80	3,467
13:31:16	539.80	1,067
13:35:01	539.80	2,000
13:35:06	539.80	1,300
13:35:06	539.80	1,100
13:35:39	539.80	1,300
13:36:32	539.70	2,514
13:36:32	539.70	371
13:37:05	539.60	1,085
13:43:56	539.90	4,211
13:43:56	539.90	1,145
13:44:05	539.80	1,124
13:45:28	539.70	2,921
13:45:29	539.70	1,161
13:51:50	540.00	311
13:52:14	540.00	2,868
13:52:14	540.00	1,055
13:54:17	540.00	4,652
13:54:17	540.00	1,212
13:54:17	540.00	29
13:54:22	540.00	1,240
13:55:45	539.90	2,455
13:55:57	539.80	1,156
13:58:15	540.00	3,916
13:58:15	540.00	1,200
13:58:15	540.00	36
14:02:22	539.70	3,676
14:02:22	539.70	1,064
14:04:35	540.00	4,980
14:04:35	540.00	1,153
14:04:53	540.00	2,000
14:04:53	540.00	1,000
14:05:03	540.00	2,000
14:05:03	540.00	250
14:07:00	539.90	2,934
14:08:07	539.90	1,115
14:13:04	539.60	4,028
14:13:32	539.70	1,761
14:15:04	539.90	852
14:15:17	539.90	500
14:15:21	539.80	2,539
14:16:29	539.80	4,449
14:16:29	539.80	1,171
14:16:29	539.80	70
14:16:29	539.80	723
14:20:21	540.00	3,671
14:23:00	540.00	725
14:23:38	540.00	624
14:23:38	540.00	1,376
14:24:51	540.00	3,677
14:24:58	540.00	1,296
14:25:06	540.00	541
14:25:11	540.00	2,000
14:25:11	540.00	1,713
14:25:11	540.00	486
14:25:46	540.00	3,550
14:25:46	540.00	3
14:25:51	540.00	1,868
14:30:09	540.00	3,247

This announcement will also be available on HSBC's website at www.hsbc.com/sea

Enquiries to:

Nickesha Graham-Burrell

Senior Assistant Company Secretary

+ 44 (0) 207 992 3633

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: Ben J S Mathews

Title: Group Company Secretary

Date: 09 August 2016