Director Shareholding

HSBC Holdings PLC
18 May 2004

                                  SCHEDULE 11

          NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS

1) Name of company

HSBC Holdings plc

2) Name of director

S K Green

3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest

In respect of the Director and his spouse

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them (if notified)

HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt (International) SA 15,413
Abacus Corporate Trustee Limited 515,672
Computershare Trustees Limited Account SIP 500
S K Green 182,003
Stephen Keith Green & Janian Green  45,355

5) Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected
with the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s)

In respect of the Director and his spouse


6) Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions
please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non
discretionary

 i. Acquisition/scrip dividend on spouse's holding (242 shares)
ii. Acquisition/scrip dividend on conditional award under Restricted Share Plan
    (8,092 shares)
iii. Acquisition/reinvestment of dividend on HSBC Holdings UK Share Ownership
    Plan holdings (7 shares)
iv. Acquisition/scrip dividend (669 shares)


7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

9,010

8) Percentage of issued class

De minimis

9) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

10) Percentage of issued class

11) Class of security

Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each


12) Price per share

 i. ii. And iv. US$15.0552

iii. £8.19


13) Date of transaction

5 May 2004 (Director was made aware of the transactions on 18 May 2004)

14) Date company informed

18 May 2004


15) Total holding following this notification

758,943


16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

De minimis


If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the
following boxes

17) Date of grant

18) Period during which or date on which exercisable

19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option

20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number

21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price
is to be fixed at time of exercise

22) Total number of shares or debentures over which options held
following this notification

23) Any additional information

24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Robert Musgrove, Assistant Secretary, 020 7992 1504

25) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

As in 24) above


Date of Notification 18 May 2004


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