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

Hargreaves LansdownAnnouncement

07/01/2025 11:15

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RNS Number : 4290S  Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc  07 January 2025

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  Hargreaves Lansdown plc
 relates:

      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is        Hargreaves Lansdown plc
 connected:
 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                    06 January 2025
 (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader    N/A
 making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?

      If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "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         1,061,213                   10.9975 GBP                           10.9800 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               SALES             822,204                     10.9995 GBP                           10.9848 GBP

 

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

 Class of relevant security  Product description  Nature of dealing                                                              Number of reference securities  Price per unit

                             e.g. CFD             e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
                                                  position
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  increasing a long position                                                     576                             10.9850 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  increasing a long position                                                     5                               10.9850 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  increasing a long position                                                     2,431                           10.9862 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  increasing a long position                                                     18,919                          10.9867 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  increasing a long position                                                     16,946                          10.9869 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  increasing a long position                                                     21,989                          10.9870 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  increasing a long position                                                     4,514                           10.9880 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  increasing a long position                                                     5,689                           10.9900 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    4,309                           10.9800 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    2,717                           10.9850 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    1,721                           10.9850 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    6,286                           10.9850 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    7,390                           10.9850 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    1                               10.9900 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    400,000                         10.9900 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       5,689                           10.9850 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      120,228                         10.9848 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      727                             10.9850 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      6,286                           10.9857 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      5,333                           10.9878 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      112                             10.9900 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      2,922                           10.9921 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      32,100                          10.9995 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                           Expiry date  Option money paid/ received per unit

                                                                                                                                                                                      e.g. American, European etc.
 N/A                         N/A                                   N/A                                         N/A                                           N/A                      N/A                            N/A          N/A

 

(ii)        Exercise

 

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

                             e.g. call option
 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               Details  Price per unit (if applicable)

                             e.g. subscription, conversion
 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:  07 January 2025
 Contact name:        Craig Horsley
 Telephone number:    +44 141 245-7736

 

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 +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .

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