HSBC HOLDINGS PLC - Transaction in own shares

15 August 2019

Hamilton, Bermuda —15 August 2019 – In a filing with the Bermuda Stock Exchange (“BSX”), HSBC Holdings plc (Ticker: HSBC BH) announced the repurchase of HSBC’s ordinary shares. The filing stated:

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 Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc (“Morgan Stanley”) as part of its buy-back announced on 6 August 2019.

Date of purchase:	15 August 2019
Number of ordinary shares of US$0.50 each purchased:	5,101,181
Highest price paid per share:	£5.9880
Lowest price paid per share:	£5.8870
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	£5.9342

Following the cancellation of the repurchased shares, the Company will have 20,578,153,389 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 20,252,879,982. 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, a full breakdown of the individual trades is attached to this announcement.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/2495J_1-2019-8-15.pdf

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

Enquiries to:

Larissa Wilson

Shareholder Services

+44 (0) 20 7991 0595