Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)Hargreaves Lansdown plc

Merkur Bank KGaA

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Barclays PLC

20 September 2024

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN
EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS
(OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)
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 relevant securities this form relates:			HARGREAVES LANSDOWN PLC
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected			HARGREAVES LANSDOWN PLC
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:			19 Sep 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?			NO
2.	POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree
	to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
Class of relevant security:				0.4p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:				4,316,230	0.91%	190,958	0.04%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				367,051	0.08%	4,036,022	0.85%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				4,683,281	0.99%	4,226,980	0.89%

(b)	Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive options)
Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:
3.	DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Purchase and sales
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Total number of securities	Highest price per unit paid/received	Lowest price per unit paid/received
0.4p ordinary	Purchase	1623427	11.0800 GBP	10.7517 GBP
0.4p ordinary	Sale	1011839	11.0875 GBP	11.0493 GBP

(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security	Product description	Nature of dealing	Number of reference securities	Price per unit
0.4p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	71	11.0540 GBP
0.4p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,623	11.0551 GBP
0.4p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,207	11.0568 GBP
0.4p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	888	11.0596 GBP
0.4p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	29	11.0597 GBP
0.4p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	7,288	11.0598 GBP
0.4p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	78	11.0600 GBP
0.4p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	40	11.0641 GBP
0.4p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	100	11.0788 GBP
0.4p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	23,120	11.0794 GBP
0.4p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,093	11.0800 GBP
0.4p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	23,033	11.0577 GBP
0.4p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	44,602	11.0588 GBP
0.4p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	9,908	11.0601 GBP
0.4p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	15,676	11.0610 GBP
0.4p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	145,533	11.0611 GBP
0.4p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,172	11.0630 GBP
0.4p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	49,141	11.0646 GBP
0.4p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	48,842	11.0772 GBP
0.4p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	28,305	11.0792 GBP
0.4p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	30,264	11.0799 GBP
0.4p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	17,673	11.0800 GBP
0.4p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,238	11.0805 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	4	11.0875 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	3,361	11.0538 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	13,773	11.0547 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	473	11.0594 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	7,602	11.0605 GBP

(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant security	Product description	Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc	Number of securities to which option relates	Exercise price per unit	Type	Expiry date	Option money paid/ received per unit


(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant security	Product description	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit


(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security	Nature of Dealings	Details	Price per unit (if applicable)

4.	OTHER INFORMATION
(a)	Indemnity and other dealings 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:
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 of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c)	Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				20 Sep 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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