Director Shareholding

HSBC Holdings PLC
14 March 2005

                                  SCHEDULE 11

          NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS

1) Name of company

HSBC Holdings plc

2) Name of director

D J Flint

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


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

Turnsonic Nominees Limited 6,575
Abacus Corporate Trustee Limited 564,640
Computershare Trustees Limited Account SIP 661
D J Flint 47,491
D J Flint & F I L Flint A/C Soggs1 27,000

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

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

 i. Sale of shares following release of 2000 Restricted Share Plan award

ii) Termination of an interest in one share following release of 2000 Restricted
Share plan award


7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired


8) Percentage of issued class


9) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

 i. 38,502
ii. 1


10) Percentage of issued class

De minimis


11) Class of security

Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each




12) Price per share

 i. £8.515
ii. Nil



13) Date of transactions

10 March 2005


14) Date company informed

11 March 2005


15) Total holding following this notification

646,367


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

Nicola Black, Assistant Secretary 020 7991 2652

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

As in 24) above


Date of Notification 14 March 2005


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