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

Hargreaves LansdownAnnouncement

21/03/2025 07:00

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RNS Number : 6495B  Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc  21 March 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:                                                    20 March 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         232,080                     11.0900 GBP                           11.0825 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               SALES             1,810,466                   11.0900 GBP                           11.0815 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                                                     8,466                           11.0854 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  increasing a long position                                                     1,781                           11.0900 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    68                              11.0850 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    3,447                           11.0850 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    4,190                           11.0852 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    1,625                           11.0852 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    4,460                           11.0858 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    10,919                          11.0883 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       1                               11.0850 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       1,781                           11.0850 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       823                             11.0854 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       26,105                          11.0865 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      200,000                         11.0815 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      400,000                         11.0830 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      120,235                         11.0840 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      457,456                         11.0844 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      93                              11.0850 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      19,950                          11.0850 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      9,074                           11.0850 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      19,503                          11.0850 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      1,000                           11.0850 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      364,139                         11.0850 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      4,798                           11.0854 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      1,232                           11.0856 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      6,502                           11.0857 GBP
 0.4p ordinary               CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      14,684                          11.0900 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:  21 March 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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