Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Hargreaves

GoldmanSachs International

02 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:	(GS) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL
(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:	A CONSORTIUM COMPRISING CVC ADVISERS LIMITED, NORDIC CAPITAL XI DELTA, SCSP (ACTING THROUGH ITS GENERAL PARTNER NORDIC CAPITAL XI DELTA GP SARL) AND PLATINUM IVY B 2018 RSC LIMITED (A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF ABU DHABI INVESTMENT AUTHORITY MANAGED BY ITS PRIVATE EQUITIES INVESTMENT DEPARTMENT)
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	01 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 the 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	279,589	11.1250 GBP	10.9550 GBP
0.4p ordinary	Sales	88,348	11.0850 GBP	10.9539 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	1,458	10.9539 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2,816	10.9539 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2,052	10.9550 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	11,525	10.9550 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,905	10.9552 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	3,728	10.9559 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	1,309	10.9559 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	147	10.9805 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,108	11.0053 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	30,407	11.0098 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	44	11.0109 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	535	11.0119 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	3,945	11.0148 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	17	11.0153 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	32	11.0153 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	101,974	11.0203 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	42	11.0211 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	87	11.0211 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	6,828	11.0246 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	3,296	11.0246 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	7	11.0257 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	55	11.0275 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1	11.0301 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,022	11.0325 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	158	11.0325 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2,385	11.0481 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	34	11.0505 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	73	11.0505 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	83	11.0515 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	42	11.0520 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	241	11.0523 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	795	11.0524 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	115	11.0524 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	13	11.0543 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	29	11.0543 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4,496	11.0558 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2,856	11.0566 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,378	11.0566 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	343	11.0584 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	38	11.0613 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	8,054	11.0650 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	634	11.0659 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	3,525	11.0660 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	193	11.0817 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	412	11.0819 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	7	11.0854 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	671	11.0871 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	100	11.0874 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

(ii)        Exercise

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

(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)

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:	02 August 2024
Contact name:	Papa Lette and Andrzej Szyszka
Telephone number:	[phone] / [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 disclosure requirements on [phone].

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

 

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