HSBC : Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") (Form 6-K)

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

The following transactions of US$0.50 ordinary shares (the "Shares") in HSBC Holdings plc (the "Company"), relating to the interim dividend for the 2021 half-year (the "interim dividend"):

1. Shares allocated in lieu of the interim dividend

The following transactions took place on 30 September and relate to additional Shares being allocated to PDMRs' unvested share plan interests in lieu of the interim dividend. The price per Share was US$5.4067.

Directors

Name	Shares allocated
Noel Quinn	681

Other PDMRs

Name	Shares allocated
Colin Bell	507
Georges Elhedery	199
Pam Kaur	522
David Liao	3,303
Nuno Matos	161
Stephen Moss	189
Surendra Rosha	129
Ian Stuart	444

2. Acquisitions as part of the reinvestment of the interim dividend

The following transactions took place on 1 October and relate to additional Shares being added to PDMRs' vested share plan interests through the automatic reinvestment of the interim dividend.The price per Share was £3.88172.

Other PDMRs

Name	Shares acquired
David Liao	2,169
Nuno Matos	1,988.27628
Stephen Moss	1,950
Barry O'Byrne	1,182
Michael Roberts	3,982
Surendra Rosha	1,095.356291

1 Includes 1.07868 Shares purchased on 4 October on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange at HK$40.3175 per Share.

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	Noel Quinn
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
	2021-09-30	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)	USD - United States Dollar
	Nature of Transaction: Shares allocated in lieu of the interim dividend for the 2021 half-year		Price	Volume	Total
	US$5.41	681	US$3,681.96
Aggregated	US$5.407	681	US$3,681.96

1 - Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
Name of natural person	Colin Bell
2 - Reason for the notification
Position/status	Chief Executive, HSBC Bank plc and HSBC Europe
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
	2021-09-30	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)	USD - United States Dollar
	Nature of Transaction: Shares allocated in lieu of the interim dividend for the 2021 half-year		Price	Volume	Total
	US$5.41	507	US$2,741.20
Aggregated	US$5.407	507	US$2,741.20

1 - Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
Name of natural person	Georges Elhedery
2 - Reason for the notification
Position/status	Co-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
	2021-09-30	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)	USD - United States Dollar
	Nature of Transaction: Shares allocated in lieu of the interim dividend for the 2021 half-year		Price	Volume	Total
	US$5.41	199	US$1,075.93
Aggregated	US$5.407	199	US$1,075.93

1 - Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
Name of natural person	Pam Kaur
2 - Reason for the notification
Position/status	Group Chief Risk and Compliance 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
	2021-09-30	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)	USD - United States Dollar
	Nature of Transaction: Shares allocated in lieu of the interim dividend for the 2021 half-year		Price	Volume	Total
	US$5.41	522	US$2,822.30
Aggregated	US$5.407	522	US$2,822.30

1 - Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
Name of natural person	David Liao
2 - Reason for the notification
Position/status	Co-Chief Executive of Asia Pacific and 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
	2021-09-30	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)	USD - United States Dollar
	Nature of Transaction:		Price	Volume	Total
Shares allocated in lieu of the interim dividend for the 2021 half-year		US$5.41	3,303	US$17,858.33
Aggregated	US$5.407	3,303	US$17,858.33
	Date of Transaction	Financial Instrument	Identification Code	Place of Transaction	Currency
	2021-10-01	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)	GBP - British Pound
	Nature of Transaction: Acquisition as part of the reinvestment of the interim dividend for the 2021 half-year		Price	Volume	Total
	£3.88	2,169	£8,419.45
Aggregated	£3.882	2,169	£8,419.45

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 Transaction	Financial Instrument	Identification Code	Place of Transaction	Currency
	2021-09-30	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)	USD - United States Dollar
	Nature of Transaction: Shares allocated in lieu of the interim dividend for the 2021 half-year		Price	Volume	Total
	US$5.41	161	US$870.48
Aggregated	US$5.407	161	US$870.48
	Date of Transaction	Financial Instrument	Identification Code	Place of Transaction	Currency
	2021-10-01	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)	GBP - British Pound
	Nature of Transaction:		Price	Volume	Total
Acquisition as part of the reinvestment of the interim dividend for the 2021 half-year		£3.88	1,988.27628	£7,717.93
Aggregated	£3.882	1,988.27628	£7,717.93

1 - Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
Name of natural person	Stephen Moss
2 - Reason for the notification
Position/status	Chief Executive, Middle East, North Africa and Turkey
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
	2021-09-30	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)	USD - United States Dollar
	Nature of Transaction:		Price	Volume	Total
Shares allocated in lieu of the interim dividend for the 2021 half-year		US$5.41	189	US$1,021.87
Aggregated	US$5.407	189	US$1,021.87
	Date of Transaction	Financial Instrument	Identification Code	Place of Transaction	Currency
	2021-10-01	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)	GBP - British Pound
	Nature of Transaction: Acquisition as part of the reinvestment of the interim dividend for the 2021 half-year		Price	Volume	Total
		£3.88	1,950	£7,569.35
	Aggregated	£3.882	1,950	£7,569.35

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	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
	2021-10-01	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)	GBP - British Pound
	Nature of Transaction: Acquisition as part of the reinvestment of the interim dividend for the 2021 half-year		Price	Volume	Total
		£3.88	1,182	£4,588.19
	Aggregated	£3.882	1,182	£4,588.19

1 - Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
Name of natural person	Michael Roberts
2 - Reason for the notification
Position/status	Chief Executive, US and Americas
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
	2021-10-01	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)	GBP - British Pound
	Nature of Transaction: Acquisition as part of the reinvestment of the interim dividend for the 2021 half-year		Price	Volume	Total
	£3.88	3,982	£15,457.01
Aggregated	£3.882	3,982	£15,457.01

1 - Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
Name of natural person	Surendra Rosha
2 - Reason for the notification
Position/status	Co-Chief Executive of Asia Pacific and 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
	2021-09-30	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)	USD - United States Dollar
	Nature of Transaction:		Price	Volume	Total
Shares allocated in lieu of the interim dividend for the 2021 half-year		US$5.41	129	US$697.46
Aggregated	US$5.407	129	US$697.46
	Date of Transaction	Financial Instrument	Identification Code	Place of Transaction	Currency
	2021-10-01	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)	GBP - British Pound
	Nature of Transaction: Acquisition as part of the reinvestment of the interim dividend for the 2021 half-year		Price	Volume	Total
	£3.88	1,094.27761	£4,247.68
Aggregated	£3.882	1,094.27761	£4,247.68
	Date of Transaction	Financial Instrument	Identification Code	Place of Transaction	Currency
	2021-10-04	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	Hong Kong Stock Exchange	HKD - Hong Kong Dollar
	Nature of Transaction: Acquisition as part of the reinvestment of the interim dividend for the 2021 half-year		Price	Volume	Total
		HKD40.32	1.07868	HKD43.49
	Aggregated	HKD40.318	1.07868	HKD43.49

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
	2021-09-30	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)	USD - United States Dollar
	Nature of Transaction:		Price	Volume	Total
Shares allocated in lieu of the interim dividend for the 2021 half-year		US$5.41	444	US$2,400.57
Aggregated	US$5.407	444	US$2,400.57

For any queries related to this notification, please contact:

Lee Davis

Shareholder Services

020 7991 3048