Director/PDMR Shareholding

HSBC Holdings PLC
17 May 2007

 NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY
                            AND/OR CONNECTED PERSONS



This notification relates to a transaction notified in accordance with DTR 3.1.2
R and 3.1.4 R (1)(a)


1      Name of the issuer
       HSBC Holdings plc

2      Name of the person discharging managerial responsibilities or, where applicable, the name of the
       person connected with a person discharging managerial responsibilities
       D J Flint, a person discharging managerial responsibilities and for iii) D J Flint and his spouse Mrs
       F I L Flint

3      Description of shares (including class), debentures, derivatives or any other financial instruments
       relating to shares
       US$0.50 ordinary shares

4      State the nature of the transactions
       i.     Acquisition / scrip dividend on conditional awards under Restricted Share Plan and The HSBC
       Share Plan

       ii.    Acquisition /scrip dividend

       iii.   Acquisition / scrip dividend on shares held jointly with spouse in The Soggs No. 1 Settlement
       Trust

       iv.    Acquisition / reinvestment of dividend on HSBC Holdings UK Share Ownership Plan holding

       v.     Acquisition / reinvestment of dividend in ISA/PEPs

5      Number of shares, derivatives or any other financial instruments relating to shares acquired
       i.    15,097

       ii.   1,474

       iii.  581

       iv.   21

       v.    93

6      Number of shares, derivatives or any other financial instruments relating to shares disposed
       N/A

7      Price per share or value of transactions
       i, ii, iii) US$17.4801

       iv) £9.3650

       v) £9.5395

8      Date and place of transactions
       i, ii, iii and iv) 10 May 2007, London

       v) 11 May 2007, London

9      Date issuer informed of transactions
       17 May 2007

10     Total holding following notification
       856,111

11     Name of duly authorised officer/official of issuer responsible for making notification
       Nicola Black, Assistant Secretary, 020 7991 2652

12     Date of notification

       17 May 2007




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