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:

25 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:

762,124

0.16%

4,021,551

0.85%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

3,890,819

0.82%

570,242

0.12%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

4,652,943

0.98%

4,591,793

0.97%

(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

247215

11.0500 GBP

10.8916 GBP

0.4p ordinary

Sale

181903

11.0500 GBP

10.9050 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

CFD

Decreasing Short

13,614

11.0490 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

3,787

10.9271 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

6,481

10.9411 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

3,717

11.0500 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

698

10.9175 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

15,981

10.9226 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

15,588

11.0486 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

24,168

11.0500 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

36

10.8750 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

385

10.9200 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

70

10.9300 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

35,238

10.9369 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,978

10.9363 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,514

10.9282 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

439

10.9287 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,540

10.9303 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,971

10.9373 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

34,164

10.9399 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,188

10.9413 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

65,515

11.0500 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,781

10.9209 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

18,114

11.0500 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,257

10.9614 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,293

11.0486 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:

26 Jul 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213