HSBC Holdings PLCLSE: HSBA

HSBC Holdings: Total Voting Rights

· Issued by HSBC Holdings PLC

Summary by 6ix AI

On October 6, 2026, HSBC Holdings plc cancelled 6,918,800 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each that it had previously bought back on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. After the cancellation, the company has 17,135,023,491 ordinary shares in issue, which is also its total number of voting rights.

Key details

  • The cancelled shares were repurchased under the share buy-back the company announced on August 5, 2026.
  • No shares are held in treasury (shares a company has bought back and holds rather than cancels).
  • Shareholders may use the 17,135,023,491 figure to work out whether they must disclose their holdings, or changes to them, under the UK Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules and/or Part XV of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Ordinance.

6ix AI wrote this summary from the release below and checked it against the release.

HSBC Holdings PLC
06 October 2026
 

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC

6 October 2026

Voting Rights and Capital

On 6 October 2026, 6,918,800 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each in HSBC Holdings plc (the "Company") were cancelled. These ordinary shares were awaiting cancellation having previously been repurchased on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under the Company's buy-back announced on 5 August 2026.

Following cancellation of those shares, the Company has 17,135,023,491 ordinary shares in issue. No shares are held in treasury.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in HSBC Holdings plc is 17,135,023,491. 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 Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules and/or under Part XV of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Ordinance. Any such notification should be sent to [email protected] and [email protected].

Lee Davis  

Group Governance

[email protected]

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