Hargreaves Lansdown Regulatory News (HL.)

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:

14 Jun 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:

670,287

0.14%

5,744,870

1.21%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

5,902,095

1.24%

608,012

0.13%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

6,572,382

1.39%

6,352,882

1.34%

(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

470722

10.7300 GBP

10.3975 GBP

0.4p ordinary

Sale

278375

10.6606 GBP

10.3985 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 Long

429

10.4879 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

556

10.4365 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,112

10.4476 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,126

10.5050 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,973

10.5320 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,351

10.4569 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,386

10.4315 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,899

10.5099 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,674

10.4718 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,535

10.4471 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,842

10.5047 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

27,207

10.4800 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

51,731

10.4670 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

67,718

10.5100 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

206

10.5980 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

558

10.3800 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,460

10.4990 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,570

10.4340 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

15,685

10.5100 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

23

10.4299 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

81

10.4398 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

85

10.4449 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

86

10.6100 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

359

10.6606 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

432

10.4478 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,145

10.4511 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,650

10.5988 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

10,216

10.5100 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

45

10.6251 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

125

10.4310 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

138

10.4900 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

429

10.6259 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

4,526

10.5014 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

5,875

10.4917 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

15,420

10.4931 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

18,255

10.4484 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

3

10.4533 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:

17 Jun 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213