REG-NATIXIS Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - Hargreaves Lansdown PLC

Hargreaves LansdownAnnouncement

19/03/2025 09:30

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

 

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:                                             NATIXIS SA               
 (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                                  
 connected:                                                                                                
 (d) Date position held/dealing undertaken:                                       18 March 2025            
 
                                                                                                         
 For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to                            
 the disclosure                                                                                            
 (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 the offer?                                            
 
                                                                                                         
 If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state “N/A”                                                 


2. POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one
class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy
table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant
security.

(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:                     480 398  0,10   0         0,00      
 (2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                        0        0,00   480 398   0,10      
 
                                                                                                        
                                                                                                          
 (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to                                      
 purchase/sell:                                                                                           
                                                                      480 398  0,10   480 398   0,10      
 
                                                                                                        
 TOTAL:                                                                                                   


All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded
options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be
given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors’ and other
employee 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

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities
of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 3(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               Purchase          212                         GBX 1107.50                           GBX 1107.50                          
 0.4p ordinary               Purchase          12 522                      GBX 1107.50                           GBX 1107.50                          


(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               Structured product   Increasing a short position                                                    212                             GBX 1107.50     
 0.4p ordinary               Futures              Increasing a short position                                                    12 522                          GBX 1107.50     


(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.                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        


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


(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                                            


4. 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                                                                             
 
                                                                                
                                                                                  
 
                                                                                
                                                                                  


(c) Attachments
 Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?  NO  

 Date of disclosure:  19 March 2025        
 Contact name:        Florence de Queylar  
 Telephone number:    +33 1 58 19 40 93    


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 +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

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