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(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F).

HSBC Holdings plc ("HSBC" or the "Company") announces that it has purchased for cancellation the following number of its ordinary shares of US$0.50 from Merrill Lynch International ("Merrill Lynch") as part of its buy-back announced on 22 February 2024.

Date of purchase:	23 April 2024
Number of ordinary shares of US$0.50 each purchased:	1,225,000
Highest price paid per share:	£6.6960
Lowest price paid per share:	£6.6380
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	£6.6678

All repurchases on the London Stock Exchange, Cboe Europe Limited (through the BXE and CXE order books) and/or Turquoise ("UK Venues") are implemented as "on Exchange" transactions (as such term is defined in the rules of the London Stock Exchange) and as "market purchases" for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006.

Date of purchase:	23 April 2024
Number of ordinary shares of US$0.50 each purchased:	1,285,200
Highest price paid per share:	HK$64.6500
Lowest price paid per share:	HK$64.0500
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	HK$64.3006

All repurchases on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited ("Hong Kong Stock Exchange") are "off market" for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006 but are transactions which occur "on Exchange" for the purposes of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and which constitute an "on-market share buy-back" for the purposes of the Codes on Takeovers and Mergers and Share Buy-backs.

Following the cancellation of the shares repurchased on the UK Venues, the Company's issued ordinary share capital will consist of 18,877,015,995 ordinary shares with voting rights. There are no ordinary shares held in treasury. Cancellation of the shares repurchased on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange takes longer than those repurchased on the UK Venues and a further announcement of total voting rights will be made once those shares have been cancelled.

The above figure of 18,877,015,995 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.

The Company announces that, following the purchase of these shares, the buy-back has concluded. Since the commencement of the buy-back, the Company has repurchased for cancellation 127,570,463 ordinary shares on the UK Venues at a volume weighted average price of £6.2034 per ordinary share, and 127,412,800 ordinary shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange at a volume weighted average price of HK$61.3458 per ordinary share, for a total consideration of approximately US$2bn.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (as it forms part of domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018), a full breakdown of the individual trades made by Merrill Lynch on behalf of the Company is available via the link below.

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: Aileen Taylor
	Title: Group Company Secretary and Chief Governance Officer

	Date: 23 April 2024