HSBC HOLDINGS PLC

30 September 2019

Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") and a person closely associated with a PDMR

1. Dividends

The following transactions relating to dividends of US$0.50 ordinary shares (the "Shares") in HSBC Holdings plc (the "Company") were made on 26 September 2019:

Directors

Name	Shares acquired/allocated	Price per Share/ADS
Kathleen Casey	27 American Depositary Shares (representing 135 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each)	US$36.2385¹
Henri de Castries	258	US$7.2477
Irene Lee	159	US$7.2477
Heidi Miller	12 American Depositary Shares (representing 60 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each)	US$38.2950¹
Marc Moses	13,001	US$7.2477
Noel Quinn	1,917	US$7.2477
Mark Tucker	4,129	US$7.2477

¹American Depositary Shares ('ADS') are categorised as equity derivatives under Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance of Hong Kong. Each ADS represents five HSBC Holdings plc ordinary shares. ADS are traded in New York.

Other PDMRs

Name	Shares acquired/allocated	Price per Share
Samir Assaf	4,504	US$7.2477
Patrick Burke	2,309 6,011	US$7.2477 £6.2190
Andy Maguire	3,030	US$7.2477
Paulo Maia	2,207 4,651 7	US$7.2477 £6.2323 £6.2311
Charlie Nunn	695	US$7.2477
Barry O'Byrne	270 6	US$7.2477 £6.2323
Antonio Simoes	1,971	US$7.2477
Ian Stuart	729	US$7.2477
Peter Wong²	2,455 21,153 368	US$7.2477 £6.2323 US$7.2477

²Peter Wong's acquisition includes via a person closely associated - details below.

The Company has been informed that one Share of Paulo Maia's dividend of Shares acquired on 21 November 2018 had not been reported. The amount reported on 23 November 2018 was 5 Shares at £6.5380 per Share and should have been 6 Shares at £6.5380 per Share.

2. UK Share Incentive Plan

On 27 September 2019, Barry O'Byrne acquired 24 Shares in the Company at £6.2641 per Share under the Company's UK Share Incentive Plan.

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				Kathleen Casey

2 - Reason for the notification

Position/status				Non-executive Director

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
	2019-09-26	American Depositary Shares ('ADS'). Each ADS represents five HSBC Holdings plc Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	Outside a trading venue		USD - United States Dollar
	Nature of Transaction:			Price	Volume	Total
	Acquisition			US$36.24	27	US$978.44
			Aggregated	US$36.238	27	US$978.44

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

Name of natural person				Henri de Castries

2 - Reason for the notification

Position/status				Non-executive Director

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
	2019-09-26	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)		USD - United States Dollar
	Nature of Transaction:			Price	Volume	Total
	Acquisition			US$7.25	258	US$1,869.91
			Aggregated	US$7.248	258	US$1,869.91

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

Name of natural person				Irene Lee

2 - Reason for the notification

Position/status				Non-executive Director

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
	2019-09-26	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)		USD - United States Dollar
	Nature of Transaction:			Price	Volume	Total
	Acquisition			US$7.25	159	US$1,152.38
			Aggregated	US$7.248	159	US$1,152.38

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

Name of natural person				Heidi Miller

2 - Reason for the notification

Position/status				Non-executive Director

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
	2019-09-26	American Depositary Shares ('ADS'). Each ADS represents five HSBC Holdings plc Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	Outside a trading venue		USD - United States Dollar
	Nature of Transaction:			Price	Volume	Total
	Acquisition			US$38.30	12	US$459.54
			Aggregated	US$38.295	12	US$459.54

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
	2019-09-26	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)		USD - United States Dollar
	Nature of Transaction:			Price	Volume	Total
	Acquisition			US$7.25	13,001	US$94,227.35
			Aggregated	US$7.248	13,001	US$94,227.35

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

Name of natural person				Noel Quinn

2 - Reason for the notification

Position/status				Interim Group Chief Executive

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
	2019-09-26	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)		USD - United States Dollar
	Nature of Transaction:			Price	Volume	Total
	Acquisition			US$7.25	1,917	US$13,893.84
			Aggregated	US$7.248	1,917	US$13,893.84

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

Name of natural person				Mark Tucker

2 - Reason for the notification

Position/status				Group Chairman

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
	2019-09-26	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)		USD - United States Dollar
	Nature of Transaction:			Price	Volume	Total
	Acquisition			US$7.25	4,129	US$29,925.75
			Aggregated	US$7.248	4,129	US$29,925.75

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
	2019-09-26	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)		USD - United States Dollar
	Nature of Transaction:			Price	Volume	Total
	Acquisition			US$7.25	4,504	US$32,643.64
			Aggregated	US$7.248	4,504	US$32,643.64

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
	2019-09-26	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)		USD - United States Dollar
	Nature of Transaction:			Price	Volume	Total
	Acquisition			US$7.25	2,309	US$16,734.94
			Aggregated	US$7.248	2,309	US$16,734.94

	Date of Transaction	Financial Instrument	Identification Code	Place of Transaction		Currency
	2019-09-26	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)		GBP - British Pound
	Nature of Transaction:			Price	Volume	Total
	Acquisition			£6.22	6,011	£37,382.41
			Aggregated	£6.219	6,011	£37,382.41

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

Name of natural person				Andy Maguire

2 - Reason for the notification

Position/status				Group Chief Operating 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
	2019-09-26	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)		USD - United States Dollar
	Nature of Transaction:			Price	Volume	Total
	Acquisition			US$7.25	3,030	US$21,960.53
			Aggregated	US$7.248	3,030	US$21,960.53

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

Name of natural person				Paulo Maia

2 - Reason for the notification

Position/status				Chief Executive, Latin America

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
	2019-09-26	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)		USD - United States Dollar
	Nature of Transaction:			Price	Volume	Total
	Acquisition			US$7.25	2,207	US$15,995.67
			Aggregated	US$7.248	2,207	US$15,995.67

	Date of Transaction	Financial Instrument	Identification Code	Place of Transaction		Currency
	2019-09-26	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)		GBP - British Pound
	Nature of Transaction:			Price	Volume	Total
	Acquisition			£6.23	4,651	£28,986.29
			Aggregated	£6.232	4,651	£28,986.29

	Date of Transaction	Financial Instrument	Identification Code	Place of Transaction		Currency
	2019-09-26	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)		GBP - British Pound
	Nature of Transaction:			Price	Volume	Total
	Acquisition			£6.23	7	£43.62
			Aggregated	£6.231	7	£43.62

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

Name of natural person				Paulo Maia

2 - Reason for the notification

Position/status				Chief Executive, Latin America

Initial notification/amendment In case of amendment, please enter the previous notification reference number and explain the error that this notification is amending.				Amendment to previous notification PDMR Notification reference 00052287 The Acquisition of shares at £6.5380 has changed from 5 to 6 shares.

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
	2018-11-21	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)		USD - United States Dollar
	Nature of Transaction:			Price	Volume	Total
	Acquisition			US$8.24	2,672	US$22,025.30
			Aggregated	US$8.24	2,672	US$22,025.30

	Date of Transaction	Financial Instrument	Identification Code	Place of Transaction		Currency
	2018-11-21	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)		GBP - British Pound
	Nature of Transaction:			Price	Volume	Total
	Acquisition			£6.54	6	£39.23
			Aggregated	£6.538	6	£39.23

	Date of Transaction	Financial Instrument	Identification Code	Place of Transaction		Currency
	2018-11-21	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)		GBP - British Pound
	Nature of Transaction:			Price	Volume	Total
	Acquisition			£6.55	3,231	£21,162.08
			Aggregated	£6.55	3,231	£21,162.08

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

Name of natural person				Charlie Nunn

2 - Reason for the notification

Position/status				Chief Executive, Retail Banking and Wealth Management

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
	2019-09-26	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)		USD - United States Dollar
	Nature of Transaction:			Price	Volume	Total
	Acquisition			US$7.25	695	US$5,037.15
			Aggregated	US$7.248	695	US$5,037.15

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

Name of natural person				Barry O'Byrne

2 - Reason for the notification

Position/status				Interim Chief Executive, Global Commercial Banking

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
	2019-09-26	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)			USD - United States Dollar
	Nature of Transaction:			Price		Volume	Total
	Acquisition			US$7.25		270	US$1,956.88
			Aggregated	US$7.248		270	US$1,956.88

	Date of Transaction	Financial Instrument	Identification Code	Place of Transaction			Currency
	2019-09-26	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)			GBP - British Pound
	Nature of Transaction:			Price	Volume		Total
	Acquisition			£6.23	6		£37.39
			Aggregated	£6.232	6		£37.39

	Date of Transaction	Financial Instrument	Identification Code	Place of Transaction			Currency
	2019-09-27	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)			GBP - British Pound
	Nature of Transaction:			Price		Volume	Total
	Acquisition under the UK Share Incentive Plan			£6.26		24	£150.34
			Aggregated	£6.264		24	£150.34

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

Name of natural person

Antonio Simoes

2 - Reason for the notification

Position/status

Chief Executive, Global Private Banking

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

2019-09-26

Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each

GB0005405286

London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

USD - United States Dollar

Nature of Transaction:

Price

Volume

Total

Acquisition

US$7.25

1,971

US$14,285.22

Aggregated

US$7.248

1,971

US$14,285.22

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

Name of natural person				Ian Stuart

2 - Reason for the notification

Position/status				Chief Executive, HSBC UK Bank plc

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
	2019-09-26	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)		USD - United States Dollar
	Nature of Transaction:			Price	Volume	Total
	Acquisition			US$7.25	729	US$5,283.57
			Aggregated	US$7.248	729	US$5,283.57

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

Name of natural person				Peter Wong

2 - Reason for the notification

Position/status				Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited

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
	2019-09-26	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)		USD - United States Dollar
	Nature of Transaction:			Price	Volume	Total
	Acquisition			US$7.25	2,455	US$17,793.10
			Aggregated	US$7.248	2,455	US$17,793.10

	Date of Transaction	Financial Instrument	Identification Code	Place of Transaction		Currency
	2019-09-26	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)		GBP - British Pound
	Nature of Transaction:			Price	Volume	Total
	Acquisition			£6.23	21,153	£131,831.23
			Aggregated	£6.232	21,153	£131,831.23

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

Name of natural person				Camay Wong

2 - Reason for the notification

Position/status				Closely associated person of Peter Wong, Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited

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
	2019-09-26	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)		USD - United States Dollar
	Nature of Transaction:			Price	Volume	Total
	Acquisition			US$7.25	368	US$2,667.15
			Aggregated	US$7.248	368	US$2,667.15

For any queries related to this notification, please contact:

JJ Williams

Shareholder Services

020 3268 3568