HSBC HOLDINGS PLC

20 June 2018

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 9 May 2018.

Date of purchase:

20 June 2018

Number of ordinary shares of US$0.50 each purchased:

2,301,203

Highest price paid per share:

£7.3520

Lowest price paid per share:

£7.2780

Volume weighted average price paid per share:

£7.3112

Following the cancellation of the repurchased shares, the Company will have 20,336,617,536 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 20,011,344,129. 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/0588S_1-2018-6-20.pdf

This announcement will also be available on HSBC's website atwww.hsbc.com/sea Enquiries to:

JJ Williams Shareholder Services + 44 (0) 203 268 3568

HSBC Holdings plc

Registered Office and Group Head Office:

8 Canada Square, London E14 5HQ, United Kingdom Web:www.hsbc.com

Incorporated in England with limited liability. Registered number 617987

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