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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 February
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
27
February 2017
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 Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited
(Credit Suisse) as part of
its buyback announced on 22 February 2017.
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Date of
purchase:
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27
February 2017
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Number
of ordinary shares of US$0.50 each purchased:
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3,700,000
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Highest
price paid per share:
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£6.5780
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Lowest
price paid per share:
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£6.4790
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Volume
weighted average price paid per share:
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£6.5136
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Following
the cancellation of the repurchased shares, the Company will have
20,192,608,125 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 19,867,334,718. 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 full breakdown of the individual trades
is attached to this announcement.
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/9851X_-2017-2-27.pdf
This
announcement will also be available on HSBC's website at
www.hsbc.com/sea
Enquires
to:
Lauren
Brown
Shareholder
Services Team
+44 (0)
207 992 3761
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.
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HSBC
Holdings plc
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By:
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Name:
Ben J S Mathews
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Title:
Group Company Secretary
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Date:
27 February 2017
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