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:

21 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:

707,083

0.15%

6,210,629

1.31%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

6,355,889

1.34%

642,321

0.14%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

7,062,972

1.49%

6,852,950

1.44%

(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

580361

11.3526 GBP

11.2435 GBP

0.4p ordinary

Sale

439542

11.3500 GBP

11.2375 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

Closing Long

3,928

11.3247 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

6,626

11.3350 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

16,704

11.3222 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

45,832

11.3350 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

151,437

11.3342 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6

11.3400 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

283

11.3250 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

284

11.3200 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

320

11.3312 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

358

11.3125 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

538

11.3250 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,196

11.3442 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,295

11.3252 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,828

11.3595 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,980

11.3222 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,442

11.3274 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,080

11.3289 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,864

11.3242 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

16,348

11.3118 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

28,496

11.2937 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

38,756

11.3312 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

90,499

11.3350 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

95,261

11.3333 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

184

11.3003 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,025

11.3310 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

12

11.3149 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

246

11.3253 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

272

11.3350 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

502

11.3243 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,159

11.2945 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,208

11.3478 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,249

11.3195 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,646

11.3099 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,752

11.3435 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,985

11.3160 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,626

11.3090 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,995

11.3123 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

48,754

11.2849 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

50,889

11.3350 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

74,145

11.2880 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

125

11.2841 GBP

0.4p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

982

11.2837 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:

24 Jun 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213