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:

17 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:

10,736,187

2.26%

78,707

0.02%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

340,289

0.07%

10,147,288

2.14%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

11,076,476

2.34%

10,225,995

2.16%

(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

281,877

11.0446 GBP

11.0175 GBP

0.4p ordinary

Sale

161,811

11.0365 GBP

11.0150 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

485

11.0237 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

579

11.0249 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

19,753

11.0275 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,084

11.0307 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,807

11.0336 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

86,799

11.0350 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,022

11.0258 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

20,505

11.0268 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

29,561

11.0280 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,503

11.0296 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13,310

11.0300 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,136

11.0313 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13,591

11.0319 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,262

11.0324 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

59,892

11.0348 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,197

11.0350 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

909

11.0358 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

28,015

11.0370 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,287

11.0446 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

9,616

11.0338 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

11,209

11.0350 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

126

11.0159 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

12,345

11.0329 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

13,698

11.0350 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:

20 Jan 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213