Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) HARGREAVES LANSDOWN PLC

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN

EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS

(OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.

KEY INFORMATION

(a)

Name of exempt principal trader:

BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD

(b)

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

HARGREAVES LANSDOWN PLC

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected

HARGREAVES LANSDOWN PLC

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

02 Jul 2024

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

NO

2.

POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree

to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

Class of relevant security:

0.4p ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

830,279

0.18%

5,466,953

1.15%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

5,336,361

1.13%

639,578

0.13%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

6,166,640

1.30%

6,106,531

1.29%

(b)

Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists

Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

3.

DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Purchase and sales

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

Total number of securities

Highest price per unit paid/received

Lowest price per unit paid/received

0.4p ordinary

Purchase

280214

11.2450 GBP

11.1425 GBP

0.4p ordinary

Sale

140645

11.2450 GBP

11.1600 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security

Product description

Nature of dealing

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,300

11.2200 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,607

11.1433 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

450

11.2700 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,510

11.1874 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

798

11.1936 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

13,310

11.2212 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,235

11.2117 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,440

11.2200 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

255

11.2205 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

32,898

11.2210 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,256

11.2277 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

197

11.1636 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,942

11.1927 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

107

11.1950 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

36,721

11.2131 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,546

11.2194 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

47,381

11.2197 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,348

11.2240 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,344

11.1795 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

325

11.1855 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,685

11.1892 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

768

11.1966 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,305

11.2262 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

664

11.2303 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

20

11.2026 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4

11.2050 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,808

11.2200 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

13,457

11.2236 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

125

11.2241 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,829

11.2194 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

71,402

11.2205 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

72

11.1725 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,010

11.2178 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,261

11.1908 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

11,822

11.2013 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,055

11.2200 GBP

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Product description

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii)

Exercising

Class of relevant security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if applicable)

4.

OTHER INFORMATION

(a)

Indemnity and other dealings arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

NONE

(b)

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to: (i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or (ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:

NONE

(c)

Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:

03 Jul 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213