Director/PDMR Shareholding

HSBC Holdings PLC
08 October 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

       S W Newton, a person discharging managerial responsibilities and Sussex 
       Research Limited (corporation controlled by S W Newton)


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
        ii)  Acquisition / scrip dividend by corporation controlled    by director


5      Number of shares, derivatives or any other financial instruments relating 
       to shares acquired

        i)    56
       ii)    488


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

       N/A


7      Price per share or value of transactions

       US$17.5483


8      Date and place of transactions

       4 October 2007, London


9      Date issuer informed of transactions

       8 October 2007


10     Total holding following notification

       56,852


11     Name of duly authorised officer/official of issuer responsible for 
       making notification

       Nicola Black, Assistant Secretary, 020 7991 2652


12     Date of notification

       8 October 2007




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