Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Hargreaves Lansdown plc

Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc

24 September 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:	23 September 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	90,043	11.1450 GBP	11.0925 GBP
0.4p ordinary	SALES	229,355	11.1500 GBP	11.0925 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	25,366	11.1029 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,315	11.0983 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	656	11.1000 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	5,571	11.1005 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	8,983	11.1007 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,085	11.1016 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	9	11.1100 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,379	11.1101 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,582	11.1140 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	15,134	11.1180 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	14	11.1200 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	295	11.1000 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	431	11.1000 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	120	11.1003 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	25	11.1048 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	133	11.1095 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	132	11.1121 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	100	11.1129 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	53	11.1153 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	34	11.0990 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	148,220	11.1000 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	423	11.1000 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	758	11.1003 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	644	11.1106 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	749	11.1107 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	130	11.1115 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,315	11.1306 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:	24 September 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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