HSBC HOLDINGS PLC

20 March 2019

Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs")

The following disposals of ordinary shares of US$0.50 (the "Shares") took place on 19 March 2019.

Director

Name	Shares disposed	Price
Marc Moses	146,649	£6.2460

Other PDMRs

The following disclosures are made in accordance with Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014.

1 - Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

Name of natural person				Marc Moses

2 - Reason for the notification

Position/status				Group Chief Risk Officer

Initial notification/amendment				Initial Notification

3 - Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

Full name of the entity				HSBC Holdings plc

Legal Entity Identifier code				MLU0ZO3ML4LN2LL2TL39

4 - Details of the transaction(s)

Transaction(s) summary table
	Date of Transaction	Financial Instrument	Identification Code	Place of Transaction		Currency
	2019-03-19	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)		GBP - British Pound
	Nature of Transaction: Disposal			Price	Volume	Total
				£6.25	146,649	£915,969.65
			Aggregated	£6.246	146,649	£915,969.65

1 - Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

Name of natural person				Samir Assaf

2 - Reason for the notification

Position/status				Chief Executive, Global Banking and Markets

Initial notification/amendment				Initial Notification

3 - Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

Full name of the entity				HSBC Holdings plc

Legal Entity Identifier code				MLU0ZO3ML4LN2LL2TL39

4 - Details of the transaction(s)

Transaction(s) summary table

	Date of Transaction	Financial Instrument	Identification Code	Place of Transaction		Currency
	2019-03-19	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)		GBP - British Pound
	Nature of Transaction: Disposal			Price	Volume	Total
				£6.25	100,457	£627,454.42
			Aggregated	£6.246	100,457	£627,454.42

1 - Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

Name of natural person				Patrick Burke

2 - Reason for the notification

Position/status				President and Chief Executive of HSBC US

Initial notification/amendment				Initial Notification

3 - Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

Full name of the entity				HSBC Holdings plc

Legal Entity Identifier code				MLU0ZO3ML4LN2LL2TL39

4 - Details of the transaction(s)

Transaction(s) summary table

	Date of Transaction	Financial Instrument	Identification Code	Place of Transaction		Currency
	2019-03-19	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)		GBP - British Pound
	Nature of Transaction: Disposal			Price	Volume	Total
				£6.25	30,448	£190,312.18
			Aggregated	£6.25	30,448	£190,312.18

For any queries related to this notification, please contact:

JJ Williams

Shareholder Services

020 3268 3568