On October 22, 2024, HSBC Holdings plc purchased 1,197,136 ordinary shares at an average price of £6.7571 each in the UK and 852,800 shares at an average price of HK$68.2990 in Hong Kong as part of its buy-back program initiated on August 1, 2024. This brings the total repurchased shares to 339,555,119 for about US$2.95 billion, decreasing their issued ordinary share capital to approximately 18.17 billion shares.