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:

26 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:

758,776

0.16%

3,901,953

0.82%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

3,776,379

0.80%

567,954

0.12%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

4,535,155

0.96%

4,469,907

0.94%

(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

331728

11.1000 GBP

10.9800 GBP

0.4p ordinary

Sale

215478

11.1000 GBP

10.9849 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

Increasing Short

200

11.0500 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

588

11.0097 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

5,590

11.0211 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

935

11.0225 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

128

11.0370 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,195

10.9873 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

742

11.0147 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,988

11.0857 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

57,433

10.9850 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,405

10.9974 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

15,374

11.0192 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9,593

11.0233 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

35,140

11.0264 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

773

11.0495 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

54,291

10.9849 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

541

10.9928 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,785

11.0038 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,098

11.0047 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,006

11.0080 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

18,138

11.0083 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,589

11.0149 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,523

11.0149 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

294

11.0550 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,583

11.0747 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

790

11.0750 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

327

11.0801 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

500

11.0426 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

145

10.9911 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,527

10.9852 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

499

11.0063 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,695

11.0166 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

212

11.0600 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

249

11.0800 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

38,806

10.9850 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

15,685

11.0249 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,453

11.0426 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:

29 Jul 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213