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:

09 Oct 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:

5,546,317

1.17%

162,122

0.03%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

312,227

0.07%

5,330,019

1.12%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

5,858,544

1.24%

5,492,141

1.16%

(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)

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

1143800

10.8450 GBP

10.8146 GBP

0.4p ordinary

Sale

142188

10.8378 GBP

10.8217 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

4

10.8200 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,493

10.8217 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,711

10.8230 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6

10.8249 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,012

10.8293 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

370

10.8314 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,085

10.8337 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

69

10.8350 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

45,888

10.8367 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

164

10.8378 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

69,664

10.8276 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,042

10.8291 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,610

10.8296 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

348,622

10.8304 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

21,781

10.8308 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,459

10.8321 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,536

10.8350 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,105

10.8354 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

159

10.8450 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

100

10.8251 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

31,922

10.8146 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

31,373

10.8157 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

55,474

10.8171 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

100,000

10.8177 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

49,691

10.8221 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

50,000

10.8227 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

253,675

10.8260 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

25

10.8268 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

14,044

10.8320 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

7,930

10.8357 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:

10 Oct 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213