HSBC : Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

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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

• Independent non-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

28 April 2021

Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

The following acquisitions of ordinary shares of US$0.50 each (the "Shares") in HSBC Holdings plc (the "Company") took place in London on 27 April 2021. The Shares were acquired under the Company's UK Share Incentive Plan ("SIP") at £4.36727 per Share.

Name	Number of
Shares acquired
Nuno Matos	34
Stephen Moss	28
Barry O'Byrne	34

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

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

Name of natural person	Nuno Matos
2 - Reason for the notification
Position/status	Chief Executive, Wealth and Personal 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	Financial		Identification	Place of Transaction	Currency
	Transaction	Instrument		Code
	2021-04-27	Ordinary		GB0005405286	London Stock		GBP - British
		shares of			Exchange, Main	Pound
		US$0.50			Market (XLON)
		each
	Nature of Transaction:			Price		Volume	Total
	Acquisition under the UK			£4.37		34	£148.49
	Share Incentive Plan
				Aggregated	£4.367		34	£148.49

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

HSBC Holdings plc MLU0ZO3ML4LN2LL2TL39

Barry O'Byrne

Chief Executive, Global Commercial Banking Initial Notification

HSBC Holdings plc MLU0ZO3ML4LN2LL2TL39

Stephen Moss

Chief Executive, Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT)

Initial Notification

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

Name of natural person

2 - Reason for the notification

Position/status

Initial notification/amendment

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

Full name of the entity

Legal Entity Identifier code

4 - Details of the transaction(s)

Transaction(s) summary table

	Date of	Financial	Identification	Place of Transaction	Currency
	Transaction	Instrument	Code
	2021-04-27	Ordinary	GB0005405286	London Stock		GBP - British
		shares of		Exchange, Main	Pound
		US$0.50		Market (XLON)
		each
	Nature of Transaction:		Price		Volume	Total
	Acquisition under the UK		£4.37		28	£122.28
	Share Incentive Plan
			Aggregated	£4.367		28	£122.28

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

Name of natural person

2 - Reason for the notification

Position/status

Initial notification/amendment

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

Full name of the entity

Legal Entity Identifier code

4 - Details of the transaction(s)

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

	Transaction(s) summary table
	Date of	Financial	Identification	Place of Transaction	Currency
	Transaction	Instrument	Code
	2021-04-27	Ordinary	GB0005405286	London Stock	GBP - British
		shares of		Exchange, Main	Pound
		US$0.50		Market (XLON)
		each
	Nature of Transaction:		Price	Volume	Total
	Acquisition under the UK		£4.37	34	£148.49
	Share Incentive Plan
			Aggregated	£4.367	34	£148.49

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