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:

02 Sep 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:

3,777,269

0.80%

498,696

0.11%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

668,608

0.14%

3,594,899

0.76%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

4,445,877

0.94%

4,093,595

0.86%

(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

418,235

11.0950 GBP

11.0299 GBP

0.4p ordinary

Sale

173,876

11.0950 GBP

11.0297 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

Opening Long

1,131

11.0297 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,462

11.0300 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

477

11.0400 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

727

11.0446 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

19,527

11.0498 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,361

11.0500 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,531

11.0505 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

496

11.0510 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,321

11.0537 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

35

11.0541 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

38

11.0547 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

342

11.0550 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,078

11.0568 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

113,581

11.0300 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,540

11.0355 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,620

11.0410 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

314

11.0450 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

102,973

11.0482 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

20,283

11.0500 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

362

11.0506 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,255

11.0529 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,474

11.0547 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,143

11.0553 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

691

11.0562 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,974

11.0566 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,680

11.0577 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

802

11.0587 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

99

11.0510 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

30

11.0566 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

7,927

11.0595 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:

03 Sep 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213