UK direct-to-investor investment and online trading firm Hargreaves Lansdown PLC (LON:HL) announces that Chris Hill has exercised an option under the 2021 Deferred Performance Bonus Plan (DPBP) of 18,270 Ordinary Shares of 0.4p each.

Mr Hill then immediately disposed of 8,595 Ordinary Shares acquired under the exercise to meet the taxation arising on the exercise. Mr Hill then transferred 14,487 Ordinary Shares acquired under the exercise to Vanessa Hill who is a Person Closely Associated with him.

The transactions took place on 22 September 2022. Following these transactions, the beneficial holding of Chris Hill (including his connected persons) in the Company has increased.

Chris Hill, CEO of Hargreaves Lansdown, has considerable strategic, leadership and operational skills and experience from a number of business sectors. He has extensive finance and accounting experience having joined the Group initially as CFO and then moving in quick succession to the position of CEO where he is also responsible for driving forward the cultural and risk management aspects of the business.

Prior to joining Hargreaves Lansdown he was CFO at IG Group Holdings plc and prior to that CFO at Travelex.

He qualified as a Chartered Accountant at Arthur Andersen and is an associate member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers. He is on the Board of the Investment Association and member of the FCA Practitioner Panel.