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:

30 May 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:

723,926

0.15%

9,544,253

2.01%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

9,616,616

2.03%

570,107

0.12%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

10,340,542

2.18%

10,114,360

2.13%

(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

799262

10.8350 GBP

10.4446 GBP

0.4p ordinary

Sale

1479758

10.8350 GBP

10.4450 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

Closing Short

7,950

10.6619 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

18

10.8100 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

65

10.5177 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

379

10.6035 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

412

10.6430 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

518

10.6595 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

522

10.5095 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

807

10.6321 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,330

10.5478 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,757

10.6504 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,324

10.4886 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,830

10.5290 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,533

10.6500 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,163

10.5667 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,167

10.6128 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,959

10.5898 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,773

10.6316 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9,132

10.6500 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9,454

10.5780 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

14,035

10.5816 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

15,113

10.5933 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

16,687

10.5367 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

19,900

10.5976 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

23,992

10.6029 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

33,997

10.5599 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

58,819

10.5401 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

159,032

10.5429 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

213,512

10.6401 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

33

10.8229 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

59

10.5497 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

63

10.8250 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

72

10.8228 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

691

10.6069 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,489

10.6361 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,200

10.6240 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,038

10.6358 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

7,799

10.6649 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

7,799

10.6436 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

14,000

10.5070 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

19

10.6299 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

60

10.8268 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

140

10.5900 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

211

10.6398 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

213

10.5546 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

287

10.5250 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

311

10.5575 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

433

10.5891 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

443

10.6771 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

547

10.4650 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,120

10.5566 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

13,122

10.7263 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

15,657

10.6656 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

68,081

10.5897 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

140,323

10.6499 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

141,853

10.5981 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

196,227

10.6500 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

454,172

10.6500 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

237

10.7813 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

348

10.4303 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

385

10.5039 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,116

10.7199 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

2,499

10.4596 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

7,799

10.6678 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

53,050

10.5601 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

140,000

10.6473 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:

31 May 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213