Director/PDMR Shareholding

Hargreaves Lansdown plc

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

DIRECTOR / PDMR Shareholding

23rd December 2013

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

Hargreaves Lansdown plc has received notification today from Nigel Bence, a PDMR, that on 23rd December 2013, his wife Mrs C Bence sold a total of 40,000 ordinary shares of 0.4 pence in the Company ("ordinary shares") at a price of £13.25 per share. The number of ordinary shares sold represented 0.0084% of the ordinary shares in issue.

Following this transaction, the beneficial shareholding of Nigel Bence (including his connected persons) is 189,118 ordinary shares representing 0.04% 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 23rd 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