Director/PDMR Shareholding

Hargreaves Lansdown plc

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

DIRECTOR / PDMR Shareholding

25th October 2012

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

Hargreaves Lansdown plc (the "Company") has received notification today from Ian Hunter, a PDMR, that on 25th October 2012 he sold a total of 200,000 ordinary shares of 0.4 pence in the Company ("ordinary shares") at a price of 754.75p per share. The number of ordinary shares sold represented 0.0422% of the ordinary shares in issue.

Following this transaction, the beneficial shareholding of Ian Hunter (including his connected persons) is 556,916 ordinary shares representing 0.12% of the ordinary shares in issue.

Hargreaves Lansdown (Nominees) Limited is the registered shareholder as nominee for the above PDMR.

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

Enquiries:

Judy Matthews

Company Secretary

Hargreaves Lansdown

+44 (0) 117 988 9880