Hargreaves Lansdown PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (1989K)

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RNS Number : 1989K

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC

19 September 2016

Hargreaves Lansdown plc

DIRECTOR / PDMR Shareholding

19(th) September 2016

Notification of Transaction of Directors, Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR") or Connected Persons

Christopher Hill, a Director, has increased his shareholding in the Company from 0 to 14,363 ordinary shares of 0.4 pence ("ordinary shares").

Hargreaves Lansdown plc has received notification from Christopher Hill, a Director, that on 15(th) September 2016 he exercised the following nil cost share options granted under the Unapproved Executive Share Option Scheme:

 
Director         No of shares    Exercise Price  Grant Date    Total number   Total current        Total percentage 
                 exercised                                     of shares      shareholding         shareholding 
                                                               over which     (excluding options)  (excluding options) 
                                                               options are 
                                                               held 
                                                               following 
                                                               notification 
---------------  --------------  --------------  ------------  -------------  -------------------  ------------------- 
Christopher 
 Hill            27,100          0p              3 March 2016  73,000         14,363               0.003% 
---------------  --------------  --------------  ------------  -------------  -------------------  -------------------

The market value at the date of exercise was GBP12.74. No new shares have been issued as a result of the exercise of the share options.

Following the exercise of the share options, Mr Hill sold a total of 12,737 ordinary shares at a price of GBP12.72 per share. This sale was solely made to meet the cost of the taxation arising on their exercise and the transaction results in an overall increase in Mr Hill's holding in the Company. The number of ordinary shares sold represented 0.0027% of the ordinary shares in issue.

Following these transactions, the beneficial shareholding of Mr Hill (including his connected persons) is 14,363 ordinary shares representing 0.003% of the ordinary shares in issue.

Hargreaves Lansdown (Nominees) Limited is the registered shareholder as nominee for the above PDMR.

This announcement is made under the UKLA's Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.2R.

Enquiries:

Judy Matthews

Company Secretary

Hargreaves Lansdown plc

+44 (0) 117 988 9880

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