HSBC : Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities - Announcement made to the HK stock exchange

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HSBC Holdings plc

Overseas Regulatory Announcement

The attached announcement has been released to the other stock exchanges on which HSBC Holdings plc is listed.

The Board of Directors of HSBC Holdings plc as at the date of this announcement comprises: Mark Tucker*, Noel Quinn, Laura Cha† , Henri de Castries† , James Anthony Forese† , Steven Guggenheimer† , Irene Lee† , José Antonio Meade Kuribreña† , Heidi Miller† , Eileen K Murray† , David Nish† , Ewen Stevenson, Jackson Tai† and Pauline van der Meer Mohr† .

* Non-executive Group Chairman

• Independentnon-executive Director
  Hong Kong Stock Code: 5

HSBC Holdings plc

Registered Office and Group Head Office:

8 Canada Square, London E14 5HQ, United Kingdom Web: www.hsbc.com

Incorporated in England with limited liability. Registered in England: number 617987

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC

25 September 2020

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

On 24 September 2020, the following PDMRs were granted options to purchase US$0.50 ordinary shares under the HSBC Holdings Savings-Related Share Option Plan. The price per option was £2.6270.

Name	Options Granted
John Hinshaw	6,851
Stephen Moss	5,709
Ian Stuart	11,419

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	John Hinshaw
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	Financial		Identification	Place of Transaction	Currency
	Transaction	Instrument		Code
	2020-09-24	Ordinary		GB0005405286	London Stock		GBP - British
		shares of			Exchange, Main	Pound
		US$0.50			Market (XLON)
		each
	Nature of Transaction:			Price		Volume	Total
	Acquisition of options			£2.63		6,851	£17,997.58
	granted under the HSBC
	Holdings Savings-Related
	Share Option Plan
				Aggregated	£2.627		6,851	£17,997.58

HSBC Holdings plc

Registered Office and Group Head Office:

8 Canada Square, London E14 5HQ, United Kingdom Web: www.hsbc.com

Incorporated in England with limited liability. Registered number 617987

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

Name of natural person	Stephen Moss
2 - Reason for the notification
Position/status	Regional Chief Executive for Europe; the
	Middle East, North Africa and Turkey; Latin
	America; and Canada
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	Financial		Identification	Place of Transaction	Currency
	Transaction	Instrument		Code
	2020-09-24	Ordinary		GB0005405286	London Stock		GBP - British
		shares of			Exchange, Main	Pound
		US$0.50			Market (XLON)
		each
	Nature of Transaction:			Price		Volume	Total
	Acquisition of options			£2.63		5,709	£14,997.54
	granted under the HSBC
	Holdings Savings-Related
	Share Option Plan
				Aggregated	£2.627		5,709	£14,997.54

HSBC Holdings plc

Registered Office and Group Head Office:

8 Canada Square, London E14 5HQ, United Kingdom Web: www.hsbc.com

Incorporated in England with limited liability. Registered number 617987

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	Financial		Identification	Place of Transaction	Currency
	Transaction	Instrument		Code
	2020-09-24	Ordinary		GB0005405286	London Stock		GBP - British
		shares of			Exchange, Main	Pound
		US$0.50			Market (XLON)
		each
	Nature of Transaction:			Price		Volume	Total
	Acquisition of options			£2.63		11,419	£29,997.71
	granted under the HSBC
	Holdings Savings-Related
	Share Option Plan
				Aggregated	£2.627		11,419	£29,997.71

For any queries related to this notification, please contact:

Larissa Wilson Shareholder Services 020 7991 0595

HSBC Holdings plc

Registered Office and Group Head Office:

8 Canada Square, London E14 5HQ, United Kingdom Web: www.hsbc.com

Incorporated in England with limited liability. Registered number 617987