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12 December 2017

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

On 11 December, awards (the "Awards") of US$0.50 ordinary shares (the "Shares") in HSBC Holdings�plc (the "Company") were granted under the HSBC fixed pay allowance arrangements. Awards comprise part of the relevant employees' fixed remuneration for 2017. The Awards were made in London and are based upon the closing Share price on the London Stock Exchange on 8�December of �7.3320.

The Awards vest in full on the date of grant. Individual tax liabilities in respect of the vesting of the Awards were satisfied in cash. The number of Shares received by the Directors named below is therefore net of tax.

The Award will be released in five equal annual instalments starting from March 2018.

Directors

Name	Number of Shares vested
Stuart Gulliver	30,721
Iain Mackay	17,167
Marc Moses	17,167

 

 

In addition to the above, on 12 December 2017, Iain Mackay sold 177,069 Shares, 263 at £7.4763 per share and 176,806 at £7.4841 per share.

 

 

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              Stuart Gulliver

2 - Reason for the notification

Position/status 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   2017-12-11 Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each GB0005405286 London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) GBP - British Pound   Nature of Transaction:   Acquisition   Price Volume Total £7.33 30,721 £225,246.37 Aggregated £7.332 30,721 £225,246.37

 

 

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

Name of natural person              Iain Mackay

2 - Reason for the notification

Position/status Group Finance 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   2017-12-11 Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each GB0005405286 London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) GBP - British Pound   Nature of Transaction:   Acquisition   Price Volume Total £7.33 17,167 £125,868.44 Aggregated £7.332 17,167 £125,868.44                       Date of Transaction Financial Instrument Identification Code Place of Transaction Currency   2017-12-12 Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each GB0005405286 London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) GBP - British Pound   Nature of Transaction:   Disposal   Price   Volume Total   £7.48 263 £1,966.27   £7.48 176,806 £ 1,323,233.78   Aggregated £7.484 177,069 £ 1,325,200.05

 

 

 

 

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   2017-12-11 Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each GB0005405286 London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) GBP - British Pound   Nature of Transaction:   Acquisition   Price Volume Total £7.33 17,167 £125,868.44 Aggregated £7.332 17,167 £125,868.44

 

 

 

For any queries related to this notification, please contact:  

L Wilson

Shareholder Services Team

+44 (0)20 7991 0595