Form 8.3 - Ageas SA/NV

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:

Barclays PLC.

(b)

Owner or controller of interest and short

positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):

(c)

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

AGEAS SA/NV

relevant securities this form relates:

(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:

07 Mar 2024

(f)

In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making

YES:

disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC

2.

POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(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:

Convertible Bond BE0933899800

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

and/or controlled:

1,750,000

0.93%

0

0.00%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

1,750,000

0.93%

0

0.00%

Class of relevant security:

Convertible Bond XS0147484074

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

and/or controlled:

500,000

0.27%

0

0.00%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

500,000

0.27%

0

0.00%

Class of relevant security:

Ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

and/or controlled:

2,523,796

1.34%

1,392,135

0.74%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

311,222

0.17%

441,863

0.24%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

2,835,018

1.51%

1,833,998

0.98%

(b)

Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive

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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Purchases and sales

Class of relevant

Purchase/sale

Number of

Price per unit

security

securities

Ordinary

Purchase

120,830

38.5916 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

86,578

38.5794 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

28,284

38.6115 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

18,139

38.5292 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

14,364

38.6292 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

13,848

38.5821 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

12,105

38.6146 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

10,302

38.5813 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

9,234

38.5686 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

5,509

38.5600 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

4,023

38.6151 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

3,951

38.6295 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

3,244

38.4599 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

2,608

38.6364 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

2,537

38.5873 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

2,284

38.5928 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

2,235

38.5578 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

2,198

38.6366 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

1,881

38.5519 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

1,856

38.6832 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

1,838

38.6133 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

1,674

38.6555 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

1,584

38.5077 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

1,570

38.6485 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

1,470

38.6293 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

1,444

38.6448 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

1,428

38.6680 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

1,400

38.5677 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

1,389

38.6072 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

1,258

38.6105 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

1,053

38.6011 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

1,010

38.6714 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

991

38.5051 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

961

38.4786 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

928

38.6185 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

911

38.6282 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

895

38.6500 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

823

38.4489 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

822

38.6676 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

704

38.6257 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

700

38.5733 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

645

38.4268 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

596

38.4241 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

585

38.7062 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

579

38.4450 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

491

38.5408 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

463

38.6674 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

462

38.6411 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

447

38.6700 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

398

38.6600 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

361

38.7000 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

305

38.5301 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

296

38.6309 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

287

38.4138 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

266

38.6978 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

204

38.6017 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

201

38.5272 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

191

38.5913 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

168

38.6147 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

133

38.6100 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

132

38.6000 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

120

38.5800 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

115

38.5750 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

111

38.5500 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

100

38.4623 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

90

38.7100 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

84

38.8500 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

79

38.8336 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

75

38.6461 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

68

38.6395 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

28

38.5425 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

25

38.6620 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

4

38.5950 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

86,578

38.5794 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

79,760

38.6004 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

32,815

38.6099 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

30,000

38.5854 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

23,947

38.5992 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

22,253

38.6074 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

13,848

38.5821 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

8,405

38.6245 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

8,000

38.5657 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

6,750

38.6370 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

6,307

38.6366 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

5,405

38.6425 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

5,151

38.5813 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

4,924

38.6151 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

4,565

38.6334 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

2,871

38.8400 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

2,709

38.6615 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

2,568

38.5638 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

2,284

38.5928 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

1,856

38.6832 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

1,541

38.5600 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

1,470

38.6293 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

1,394

38.6440 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

1,089

38.6501 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

982

38.5408 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

932

38.5648 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

919

38.6500 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

741

38.5585 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

646

38.5894 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

629

38.6105 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

610

38.5301 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

592

38.6309 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

544

38.6411 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

484

38.5586 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

463

38.6674 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

411

38.6676 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

409

38.6154 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

404

38.5548 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

402

38.5272 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

366

38.5538 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

361

38.7000 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

352

38.6257 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

248

38.6350 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

138

38.6728 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

132

38.6000 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

120

38.5800 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

119

38.5550 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

116

38.6784 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

114

38.6700 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

111

38.5500 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

90

38.7100 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

84

38.8500 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

71

38.6395 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

59

38.4250 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

8

38.6750 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

6

38.6648 EUR

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

35

38.4623 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

65

38.4623 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

100

38.4138 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

126

38.5549 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

187

38.4138 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

333

38.4786 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

343

38.5051 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

579

38.4450 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

584

38.5754 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

596

38.4241 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

628

38.4786 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

645

38.4268 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

648

38.5051 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

653

38.4599 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

823

38.4489 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,000

38.4681 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,444

38.6448 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,198

38.6366 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,591

38.4599 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11

38.6497 EUR

Ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

15

38.5600 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

59

38.4250 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

68

38.6949 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

71

38.5999 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

71

38.6396 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

94

38.6666 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

116

38.6784 EUR

Ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

146

38.5550 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

201

38.5272 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

202

38.3780 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

315

38.6001 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

444

38.6855 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

455

38.5861 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

484

38.5586 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

491

38.5408 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

833

38.6086 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,405

38.6425 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

22,253

38.6074 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,871

38.8400 EUR

Ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

146

38.3850 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

216

38.5989 EUR

Ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

303

38.5224 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

352

38.6258 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

411

38.6676 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

489

38.6158 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,881

38.5519 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,394

38.5891 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18,139

38.5292 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

551

38.5578 EUR

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class

Product

Writing,

Number

Exercise

Type

Expiry

Option

of

description

purchasing,

of

price

date

money

relevant

selling,

securities

per unit

paid/

security

varying etc

to which

received

option

per unit

relates

(ii)

Exercising

Class of relevant

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

Exercise price per

security

securities

unit

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

security

applicable)

4.

OTHER INFORMATION

(a)

Indemnity and other dealings 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 exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party

to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

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 of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which

any derivative is referenced:

NONE

(c)

Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:

08 Mar 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213