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:

14 Jan 2025

(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:

10,080,468

2.13%

80,929

0.02%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

343,413

0.07%

9,556,891

2.01%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

10,423,881

2.20%

9,637,820

2.03%

(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

368,499

11.0258 GBP

11.0138 GBP

0.4p ordinary

Sale

135,387

11.0184 GBP

11.0125 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

Decreasing Short

752

11.0125 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,275

11.0143 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,390

11.0148 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,144

11.0149 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,306

11.0150 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

42

11.0153 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,802

11.0155 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,754

11.0184 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

17,209

11.0150 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,045

11.0151 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,403

11.0154 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,771

11.0157 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,692

11.0158 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

150,000

11.0168 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

51,693

11.0190 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

151

11.0200 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

9,715

11.0150 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

8,849

11.0150 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

162

11.0258 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:

15 Jan 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213