Director/PDMR Shareholding

Hargreaves Lansdown plc

("Hargreaves Lansdown plc" or "the Company")

DIRECTOR / PDMR Shareholding

27th February 2012

Notification of Transaction of Directors, Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR") or Connected Persons

Hargreaves Lansdown plc (the "Company") received notification today from Lee Gardhouse, a PDMR, that on 27th February 2012, he bought a total of 663 ordinary shares of 0.4 pence in the Company ("ordinary shares") at a price of 445.803p per share. The purchases were on behalf of connected persons as follows:

Miss ER Gardhouse 221 shares

Miss CM Gardhouse 221 shares

Miss EF Gardhouse 221 shares

The total number of ordinary shares purchased represents 0.00014% of the ordinary shares in issue.

Following this transaction, the beneficial shareholding of Lee Gardhouse (including his connected persons) is 917,192 ordinary shares representing 0.19% of the ordinary shares in issue.

Hargreaves Lansdown (Nominees) Limited is the registered shareholder as nominee for the above PDMR. The transaction took place in Bristol on 27th February 2012.

This announcement is made under the UKLA's Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.2R.

Enquiries:

Hargreaves Lansdown

Judy Matthews

0117 980 9989