HSBC : Director/PDMR Shareholding - 10 January 2019

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC

10 January 2019

Notification of Transactions by a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR")

and a Person Closely Associated with a PDMR

John Flint reported to HSBC Holdings plc that he had been advised by his investment manager on 8 January 2019 that 5,439 HSBC Holdings plc ordinary shares of US$0.50 (the "Holding") acquired during 2018 within a discretionary portfolio structure in which he has an investment jointly with his spouse and closely associated person, Lilian Flint, should be categorised as a beneficial holding in his and Mrs Flint's name. The transactions within the Holding were executed on an entirely discretionary basis by the investment manager and are set out below.

Date	Number of shares purchased	Price
6 June 2018	4,836	£7.2810
30 August 2018	603	£6.8220

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 Flint
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
2018-06-06	Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each	GB0005405286		London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)		GBP - British Pound
Nature of Transaction: Acquisition		Price		Volume		Total
		£7.28		4,836		£35,210.92
		Aggregated	£7.281		4,836		£35,210.92

Date of	Financial
Transaction	Instrument
2018-08-30	Ordinary
shares of
US$0.50 each

Identification	Place of	Currency
Code	Transaction
GB0005405286	London Stock	GBP - British
Exchange, Main	Pound
Market (XLON)
Nature of Transaction:	Price	Volume	Total
Acquisition	£6.82	603	£4,113.67
£4,113.67

Aggregated £6.822

603

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