| FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) | |||||||
| PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN | |||||||
| EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS | |||||||
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| 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 | ||||
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| relevant securities this form relates: |
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| (c) | Name of the party to the offer with which exempt | HARGREAVES LANSDOWN PLC | |||||
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| (d) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: |
| 20 Dec 2024 | ||||
| (e) | In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal | NO |
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| trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? |
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| 2. | POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
| (a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree |
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| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any) |
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| Class of relevant security: | 0.4p ordinary | ||||||
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| (1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 8,933,807 | 1.88% | 69,079 | 0.01% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 335,901 | 0.07% | 8,431,891 | 1.78% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 9,269,708 | 1.95% | 8,500,970 | 1.79% |
| (b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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| Class of relevant security in relation to |
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| which subscription right exists |
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| Details, including nature of the rights |
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| concerned and relevant percentages: |
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| 3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
| (a) | Purchases and sales |
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| Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Total number of | Highest price per unit | Lowest price per unit | |||
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| 0.4p ordinary | Purchase | 844,147 | 10.9700 GBP | 10.9450 GBP | |||
| 0.4p ordinary | Sale | 946,482 | 10.9550 GBP | 10.9447 GBP | |||
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| (b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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| Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
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| 0.4p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7,396 | 10.9447 GBP | |||
| 0.4p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 178,947 | 10.9448 GBP | |||
| 0.4p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 99,984 | 10.9450 GBP | |||
| 0.4p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 223 | 10.9491 GBP | |||
| 0.4p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7,758 | 10.9499 GBP | |||
| 0.4p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 30 | 10.9500 GBP | |||
| 0.4p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,071 | 10.9503 GBP | |||
| 0.4p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,085 | 10.9513 GBP | |||
| 0.4p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,841 | 10.9521 GBP | |||
| 0.4p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,427 | 10.9541 GBP | |||
| 0.4p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 20,349 | 10.9544 GBP | |||
| 0.4p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 495,273 | 10.9550 GBP | |||
| 0.4p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 584 | 10.9475 GBP | |||
| 0.4p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 472 | 10.9500 GBP | |||
| 0.4p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,204 | 10.9508 GBP | |||
| 0.4p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 7,147 | 10.9516 GBP | |||
| 0.4p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,218 | 10.9520 GBP | |||
| 0.4p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 90,636 | 10.9527 GBP | |||
| 0.4p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 41,727 | 10.9536 GBP | |||
| 0.4p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 318,072 | 10.9549 GBP | |||
| 0.4p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 156,886 | 10.9550 GBP | |||
| 0.4p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 15 | 10.9551 GBP | |||
| 0.4p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 9,312 | 10.9443 GBP | |||
| 0.4p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 102 | 10.9515 GBP | |||
| 0.4p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 102 | 10.9459 GBP | |||
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| (c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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| (i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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| Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
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| (ii) | Exercising |
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| (d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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| 4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
| (a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
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| Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, |
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| formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal |
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| or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party |
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| to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: |
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| NONE | |||||||
| (b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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| Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between |
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| the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
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| (i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or |
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| (ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which |
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| NONE | |||||||
| (c) | Attachments |
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| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
| Date of disclosure: | 23 Dec 2024 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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