Director/PDMR Shareholding

Hargreaves Lansdown plc

("Hargreaves Lansdown plc" or "the Company")

DIRECTOR / PDMR Shareholding

17th October 2011

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

Hargreaves Lansdown plc (the "Company") has received notification today from Nick Marson, a PDMR, that on 17th October 2011, his wife Mrs J Marson, a Connected Person, sold a total of 10,000 ordinary shares of 0.4 pence in the Company ("ordinary shares") at a price of 519.50p per share. The number of ordinary shares sold represented 0.002% of the ordinary shares in issue.

Following this transaction, the beneficial shareholding of Nick Marson (including his connected persons) is 647,676 ordinary shares representing 0.14% 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:

Hargreaves Lansdown

Judy Matthews

0117 980 9989