HSBC HOLDINGS PLC

13 August 2019

Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") and a Closely Associated Person ("CAP")

The following transactions took place on 09 August 2019:

1. Andy Maguire transferred 17,000 HSBC Holdings plc ordinary shares of US$0.50 to his spouse and CAP, Joanne Dawson, for nil consideration.

2. Ian Stuart acquired 225,000 units of HSBC Bank plc autocallable notes linked to underlying indices at a price of £1 per unit.

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				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
	2019-08-09	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	Outside a trading venue		GBP - British Pound
	Nature of Transaction:			Price	Volume	Total
	Transfer of Ordinary shares to spouse/CAP			£0	17,000	£0
			Aggregated	£0	17,000	£0

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

Name of natural person				Joanne Dawson

2 - Reason for the notification

Position/status				Closely associated person of Andy Maguire, Group Chief Operating Officer, HSBC Holdings 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
	2019-08-09	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	Outside a trading venue		GBP - British Pound
	Nature of Transaction:			Price	Volume	Total
	Transfer of Ordinary shares from spouse/PDMR			£0	17,000	£0
			Aggregated	£0	17,000	£0

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 Bank plc

Legal Entity Identifier code				MP6I5ZYZBEU3UXPYFY54

4 - Details of the transaction(s)

Transaction(s) summary table

	Date of Transaction	Financial Instrument	Identification Code	Place of Transaction		Currency
	2019-08-09	EIS 853 GBP 5Y Decreasing Phoenix SPX UKX SX5E 95% to 75% 65% 8.30%	XS2041116695	Xtrakter (XCOR)		GBP - British Pound
	Nature of Transaction:			Price	Volume	Total
	Acquisition			£1	225,000	£225,000
			Aggregated	£1	225,000	£225,000

For any queries related to this notification, please contact:

Larissa Wilson

Shareholder Services

020 7991 0595