Director/PDMR Shareholding

HSBC Holdings PLC
02 April 2008

 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

       M F Geoghegan, 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

       Release of 2005 Performance Share award (EPS element) of 131,176 shares 
       under the HSBC Share Plan. The trustees of the Plan sold 53,782 shares to 
       meet the tax liability and have transferred 77,394 to M F Geoghegan.

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

       Acquisition of 77,394 shares from the release of 2005 Performance Share 
       award (EPS element) under the HSBC Share Plan.

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

       53,782

7      Price per share of shares sold

       £8.558621

8      Date and place of transactions

       1 April 2008, London

9      Date issuer informed of transactions

       2 April 2008

10     Total holding following notification

       1,469,345

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

       Paul Stafford, Deputy Group Company Secretary, 020 7992 1509

12     Date of notification

       2 April 2008




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