Hargreaves Lansdown sets date for shareholders to approve £5.4bn takeover deal

Following 9 August takeover offer

Linus Uhlig
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Shareholders of Hargreaves Lansdown will be asked to approve the recommended final cash acquisition of HL at a meeting next month, ahead of the company’s annual general meeting in December.

In a stock exchange notice today (26 September), the platform said shareholders will be asked to greenlight the deal to takeover HL by Harp Bidco, a private equity consortium made up of CVC Capital Partners, Nordic Capital and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, at shareholder meetings on 14 October. Hargreaves Lansdown agrees to £5.4bn PE takeover offer As a result, HL's upcoming AGM will be held in December this year, having previously been scheduled for 22 October, with the exact date in December to be communicated to shareholders in due course.  The company's board also noted that ...

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