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:

05 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:

793,409

0.17%

5,028,548

1.06%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

4,911,181

1.04%

631,345

0.13%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

5,704,590

1.20%

5,659,893

1.19%

(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

452097

11.2100 GBP

11.0350 GBP

0.4p ordinary

Sale

255313

11.1950 GBP

11.0160 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

Decreasing Short

8,500

11.0500 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

579

11.1893 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,543

11.0915 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,235

11.0391 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

275

11.0500 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

25,935

11.0509 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,210

11.0885 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

18,462

11.0959 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

84

11.1950 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5

11.2750 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

275

11.0441 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

47,678

11.0500 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

251

11.0771 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

13,218

11.0973 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,097

11.0986 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

113,441

11.1163 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,475

11.0059 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

12,955

11.0164 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,967

11.0284 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,382

11.0304 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

43,349

11.0499 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

12

11.0542 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

49

11.1151 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

14

11.1300 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

16,282

11.1373 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,283

11.1382 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,685

11.1500 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

500

11.1153 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,880

11.1482 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

31,117

11.0500 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

28,935

11.0849 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,512

11.0950 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:

08 Jul 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213