BNP Paribas

Major Shareholding Notification • Mar 3, 2025

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RNS Number : 1447Z

BNP Paribas London

03 March 2025

FORM 8.3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.         KEY INFORMATION

(a) Full name of discloser:	BNP Paribas SA
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):      The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient.  For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Hargreaves Lansdown plc
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:      For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	28/02/2025
(f)  In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?      If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"	No If YES, specify which:

2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

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(c), 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:	GB00B1VZ0M25 (0.4p ordinary)
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	11,265,908	2.3752	-8,532,686	-1.7989
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	60,810	0.0128	-10,638,233	-2.2428
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0		+0
TOTAL:	11,326,718	2.3880	-19,170,919	-4.0418

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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), 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	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit
GB00B1VZ0M25	Purchase	178	11.0450 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Purchase	182	11.0450 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Purchase	364	11.0450 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Purchase	374	11.0450 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Purchase	1,106	11.0450 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Purchase	3,935	11.0450 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Purchase	698,016	10.9900 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-1,000,000	10.9900 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-148,113	11.0400 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-115,000	11.0400 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-88,910	11.0400 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-44,763	11.0450 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-28,981	11.0400 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-27,155	11.0400 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-23,765	11.0400 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-23,136	11.0400 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-17,615	11.0400 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-5,702	11.0400 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-4,311	11.0400 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-3,935	11.0450 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-3,594	11.0400 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-2,865	11.0400 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-2,599	11.0418 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-2,370	11.0400 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-1,729	11.0081 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-1,714	11.0400 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-1,250	11.0400 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-1,226	10.9950 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-1,059	11.0400 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-860	11.0400 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-774	11.0400 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-758	11.0400 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-554	11.0400 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-553	11.0400 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-459	11.0400 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-430	11.0400 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-404	11.0400 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-364	11.0450 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-348	11.0400 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-337	11.0400 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-297	11.0400 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-248	10.9950 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-234	11.0400 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-165	11.0400 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-1	11.0400 GBP
GB00B1VZ0M25	Sale	-1	11.0450 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
GB00B1VZ0M25	Contract for Difference	Increasing Long Position	1	11.0450
GB00B1VZ0M25	Contract for Difference	Reducing Short Position	44,763	11.0450 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 e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii)        Exercise

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

(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)

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 person 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 person 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:	03/03/2025
###### Contact name:	Compliance Control Room
###### Telephone number*:	0207 595 9695

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.

*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel's Market Surveillance Unit.

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