Director/PDMR Shareholding

Hargreaves Lansdown plc

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

DIRECTOR / PDMR Shareholding

16th December 2013

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

Hargreaves Lansdown plc has received notification today from Stuart Louden, a PDMR, that on 16th December 2013, he sold a total of 12,675 ordinary shares of 0.4 pence in the Company ("ordinary shares") at a price of £12.93 per share. The number of ordinary shares sold represented 0.0027% of the ordinary shares in issue.

Following this transaction, the beneficial shareholding of Stuart Louden (including his connected persons) is 337,975 ordinary shares representing 0.07% 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 16th December 2013.

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