Morgan Stanley & Co. - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Hargreaves Lansdown plc

RNS Number : 9630I

Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc

21 October 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:	18 October 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

580,572

10.8600 GBP

10.8500 GBP

0.4p ordinary

SALES

413,068

10.8700 GBP

10.8475 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	238	10.8600 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,763	10.8500 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,300	10.8508 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	5,040	10.8525 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	43,523	10.8580 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,716	10.8586 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	4,460	10.8600 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,261	10.8600 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	4,679	10.8600 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	100	10.8551 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	355	10.8557 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	8	10.8575 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	5,887	10.8581 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,064,000	10.8500 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,261	10.8500 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	17	10.8576 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	368	10.8588 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	249	10.8600 GBP
0.4p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,882	10.8700 GBP

(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

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

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

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:	21 October 2024
Contact name:	Craig Horsley
Telephone number:	+44 141 245-7736

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