Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Hargreaves Lansdown plc

Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc

01 August 2024

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.         KEY INFORMATION

(a) Name of exempt principal trader:	Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Hargreaves Lansdown plc
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:	Hargreaves Lansdown plc
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	31 July 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 this offer?      If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"	N/A

2.         DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a)        Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security	Purchases/ sales	Total number of securities	Highest price per unit paid/received	Lowest price per unit paid/received
0.4p ordinary	PURCHASES	513,031	11.1900 GBP	11.0150 GBP
0.4p ordinary	SALES	487,036	11.1900 GBP	11.0100 GBP

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. CFD	Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position	Number of reference securities	Price per unit
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	4,650	11.0374 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,584	11.0500 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,500	11.0505 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	7,720	11.0777 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,177	11.0375 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	787	11.0446 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	297	11.0453 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	536	11.0457 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	16,062	11.0479 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	43	11.0486 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,232	11.0500 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	9,803	11.0500 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	67	11.0500 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	244	11.0500 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	154	11.0500 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	487	11.0500 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	26,306	11.0500 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	817	11.0502 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,063	11.0525 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	315	11.0548 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	10,345	11.0562 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,209	11.0665 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	592	11.0737 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1	11.0800 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,219	11.1021 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	200	11.1208 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,003	11.0330 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	88	11.0500 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	164	11.0500 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	7,743	11.0520 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	680	11.0592 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	6,398	11.0592 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,716	11.0858 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	984	11.0300 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	109	11.0344 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,177	11.0450 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	4,307	11.0495 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	680	11.0500 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	28,258	11.0500 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	17,884	11.0561 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	456	11.0969 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,219	11.1208 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1	11.1900 GBP

(c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.	Number of securities to which option relates	Exercise price per unit	Type e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money paid/ received per unit
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

(ii)        Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security	Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion	Details	Price per unit (if applicable)
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

3.         OTHER INFORMATION

(a)        Indemnity and other dealing 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: Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included.  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

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 or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

NONE

Date of disclosure:	01 August 2024
Contact name:	Craig Horsley
Telephone number:	[phone]

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service. 

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

 

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