HSBC : Director/PDMR Shareholding

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC

16 September 2020

Notification of a Transaction by a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

On 14 September 2020, Ian Stuart cancelled his options to purchase 3,406 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each (the "Shares") in HSBC Holdings plc at an option price of £4.4037 per Share. The options had been granted under the HSBC Holdings Savings-Related Share Option Plan.

The following disclosure is 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	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	Financial		Identification	Place of Transaction	Currency
	Transaction	Instrument		Code
	2020-09-14	Ordinary		GB0005405286	Outside a trading	GBP - British
		shares of			venue		Pound
		US$0.50
		each
	Nature of Transaction:			Price	Volume	Total
	Cancellation of options			£4.40	3,406	£14,999.00
	granted under the HSBC
	Holdings Savings-Related
	Share Option Plan
				Aggregated	£4.404	3,406	£14,999.00

For any queries related to this notification, please contact:

Lee Davis Shareholder Services 020 7991 3048

HSBC Holdings plc

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