Director/PDMR Shareholding

HSBC Holdings PLC
09 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 K Green, a person discharging managerial responsibilities

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 / reinvestment of scrip dividend on HSBC Holdings UK 
            Share Ownership Plan holding

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

       i. 11,237
       ii. 4,536
       iii. 10

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) and ii) US$17.5483
       iii) £9.54

8      Date and place of transactions

       4 October 2007, London

9      Date issuer informed of transactions

       9 October 2007

10     Total holding following notification

       1,707,772

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

       Nicola Black, Assistant Secretary, 020 7991 2652

12     Date of notification

       9 October 2007



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