The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares. Following the above transaction, the Company will have 2,702,377,492 shares in issue.
Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company will be 2,702,377,492 and this figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator when determining whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
All shares were purchased from the Bank as an on-exchange transaction subject to the rules of the London Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Code on Share Buy-backs.
|