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

HARGREAVES LANSDOWN PLC

relevant securities this form relates:

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

HARGREAVES LANSDOWN PLC

principal trader is connected

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

28 Aug 2024

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal

NO

trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

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:

3,339,739

0.70%

487,845

0.10%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

367,949

0.08%

3,169,720

0.67%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

3,707,688

0.78%

3,657,565

0.77%

(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)

Purchases and sales

Class of relevant

Purchase/sale

Total number of

Highest price per unit

Lowest price per unit

security

securities

paid/received

paid/received

0.4p ordinary

Purchase

274,024

11.0782 GBP

11.0125 GBP

0.4p ordinary

Sale

221,343

11.7500 GBP

11.0099 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,000

11.7500 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

4,153

11.0232 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

29

11.0148 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,612

11.0257 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,350

11.0400 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,360

11.0255 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

72

11.0323 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

48

11.0194 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,701

11.0157 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,355

11.0252 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

686

11.0300 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,307

11.0400 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

67,235

11.0216 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,343

11.0242 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

539

11.0276 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

22,124

11.0400 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

19,461

11.0465 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

258

11.0099 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,349

11.0202 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,445

11.0206 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,036

11.0254 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

317

11.0288 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

84,050

11.0398 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15

11.0148 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

295

11.0273 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

30,044

11.0367 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

19,363

11.0206 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,693

11.0221 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

24,341

11.0400 GBP

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class

Product

Writing,

Number

Exercise

Type

Expiry

Option

of

description

purchasing,

of

price

date

money

relevant

selling,

securities

per unit

paid/

security

varying etc

to which

received

option

per unit

relates

(ii)

Exercising

Class of relevant

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

Exercise price per

security

securities

unit

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

security

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:

29 Aug 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213