Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Hargreaves Lansdown plc

Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc

13 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:	12 August 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	1,117,920	11.0500 GBP	11.0100 GBP
0.4p ordinary	SALES	1,301,023	11.0500 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	1,972	11.0194 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	242	11.0200 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	18,100	11.0200 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	191	11.0200 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	24,245	11.0500 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,692	11.0129 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	49,505	11.0140 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	215,000	11.0156 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,318	11.0184 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	7,562	11.0185 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,821	11.0189 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,153	11.0189 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,311	11.0189 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	653	11.0189 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,637	11.0200 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	235	11.0200 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	971	11.0200 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	50,415	11.0200 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	8,669	11.0202 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	105,000	11.0203 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	110,000	11.0206 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	827	11.0214 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,773	11.0216 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	78,258	11.0277 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	36,835	11.0279 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	100,000	11.0306 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	299	11.0103 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	263	11.0121 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	241	11.0128 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	12,562	11.0131 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	3,797	11.0131 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	3,174	11.0173 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	26,324	11.0191 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	8,961	11.0196 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	20,902	11.0196 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	759	11.0200 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	241	11.0200 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	9,609	11.0200 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	4,856	11.0200 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	405	11.0201 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	930	11.0202 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	286	11.0203 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	146	11.0203 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,012	11.0203 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	47,733	11.0203 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	9,230	11.0204 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	8,000	11.0205 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	67,523	11.0206 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	33	11.0211 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,846	11.0214 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	258	11.0214 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	2,640	11.0216 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	980	11.0228 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	20	11.0498 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	191	11.0500 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	73,049	11.0171 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	78,258	11.0179 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	10,068	11.0183 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	262,578	11.0194 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	69,004	11.0194 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	70,095	11.0194 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,008	11.0196 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	29,801	11.0198 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	5,593	11.0198 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	482	11.0198 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	12,293	11.0198 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,426	11.0200 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	9,011	11.0200 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	4,445	11.0200 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,463	11.0200 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	36,835	11.0204 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	7,649	11.0204 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	72,580	11.0204 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	3,200	11.0208 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	69,881	11.0214 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	265,908	11.0214 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	7,800	11.0219 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	109,765	11.0241 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:	13 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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