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Form 8.3 - Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

8th Jan 2025 12:02

RNS Number : 6100S
BNP Paribas London
08 January 2025
 

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:

 

BNP Paribas SA

 (b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):

The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.

 (c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

Direct Line Insurance Group plc

 (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:

For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure

07/01/2025

 (f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

Yes: Aviva plc

 

2.

POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

 

(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:

 

GB00BY9D0Y18 (10 10/11p ordinary)

 

 

 

Interests

 

Short Positions

 

 

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

34,397,923

2.62

-29,214,089

-2.23

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

 

6,346,456

.48

-24,535,851

-1.87

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0

TOTAL:

40,744,379

3.11

-53,749,940

-4.10

 

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

 

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

 

(b)

Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors'' and other employee 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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

 

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

 

(a)

Purchases and sales

 

Class of relevant

security

Purchase/sale

Number of

securities

Price per unit

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

3

2.5960 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

4

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

5

2.5970 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

6

2.5860 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

6

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

7

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

8

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

10

2.5970 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

11

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

17

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

19

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

23

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

24

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

24

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

27

2.5910 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

33

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

33

2.5910 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

34

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

46

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

47

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

50

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

51

2.5930 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

51

2.5930 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

52

2.5960 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

55

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

66

2.5970 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

72

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

77

2.5910 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

81

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

91

2.5880 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

91

2.5880 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

91

2.5880 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

93

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

94

2.5870 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

94

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

94

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

102

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

106

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

108

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

108

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

109

2.5860 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

109

2.5880 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

109

2.5880 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

109

2.5880 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

109

2.5880 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

111

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

111

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

118

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

118

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

119

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

121

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

125

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

132

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

132

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

137

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

148

2.5910 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

180

2.5840 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

182

2.5870 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

184

2.5960 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

196

2.5820 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

197

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

216

2.5960 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

218

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

252

2.5960 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

252

2.5970 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

255

2.5880 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

275

2.5910 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

338

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

338

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

338

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

338

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

348

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

461

2.5980 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

467

2.5980 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

467

2.5980 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

481

2.5880 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

481

2.5880 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

481

2.5880 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

481

2.5880 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

481

2.5880 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

481

2.5880 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

481

2.5880 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

481

2.5880 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

484

2.5930 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

484

2.5970 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

511

2.5840 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

546

2.5880 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

546

2.5880 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

550

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

550

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

568

2.5970 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

568

2.5970 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

602

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

602

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

651

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

654

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

665

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

673

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

675

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

676

2.5820 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

676

2.5840 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

676

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

676

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

676

2.5960 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

680

2.5820 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

709

2.5970 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

709

2.5970 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

737

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

749

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

754

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

761

2.5870 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

764

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

808

2.5970 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

808

2.5970 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

830

2.5970 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

932

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

974

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,017

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,059

2.5960 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,075

2.5880 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,077

2.5860 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,089

2.5960 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,113

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,159

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,160

2.5840 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,202

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,232

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,238

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,239

2.5870 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,239

2.5880 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,250

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,252

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,262

2.5870 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,273

2.5840 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,273

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,274

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,278

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,282

2.5870 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,285

2.5870 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,285

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,289

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,293

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,299

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,301

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,313

2.5960 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,315

2.5960 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,360

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,381

2.5910 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,388

2.5870 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,447

2.5880 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,453

2.5930 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,487

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,500

2.5970 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,500

2.5970 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,511

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,517

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,536

2.5980 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,556

2.5880 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,588

2.5850 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,600

2.5860 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,630

2.5970 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,656

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,660

2.5980 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,682

2.5960 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,694

2.5960 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,696

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,702

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,706

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,717

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,722

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,728

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,732

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,784

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,796

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,833

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,858

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,859

2.5840 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,906

2.5960 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,959

2.5960 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,988

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

2,000

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

2,012

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

2,019

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

2,124

2.5910 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

2,356

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

2,454

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

2,469

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

2,475

2.5880 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

2,562

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

2,600

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

2,600

2.5930 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

2,600

2.5970 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

2,600

2.5990 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

2,964

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

2,995

2.5880 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

2,995

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

2,995

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

2,995

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

2,995

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

2,996

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

3,125

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

3,173

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

3,430

2.5850 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

3,470

2.5930 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

3,474

2.5906 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

3,555

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

3,719

2.5860 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

3,820

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

3,954

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

4,174

2.5860 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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4,617

2.5930 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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4,629

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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4,705

2.5840 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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5,048

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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5,196

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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5,223

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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5,439

2.5950 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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5,622

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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5,653

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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5,860

2.5840 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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5,883

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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6,053

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

6,122

2.5930 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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6,184

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

6,389

2.5930 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

6,505

2.5880 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

6,618

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

6,912

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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6,926

2.5880 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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7,740

2.5930 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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7,854

2.5840 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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7,854

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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7,896

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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7,897

2.5840 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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8,345

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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8,728

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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8,882

2.5860 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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9,111

2.5880 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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9,578

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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9,582

2.5890 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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9,607

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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9,742

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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10,419

2.5840 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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11,701

2.5880 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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11,833

2.5910 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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11,895

2.5880 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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11,941

2.5880 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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11,950

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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12,087

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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12,178

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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12,256

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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12,774

2.5946 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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13,291

2.5910 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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13,883

2.5950 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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15,413

2.5860 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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16,637

2.5880 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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17,878

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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20,789

2.5870 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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21,173

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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24,242

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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24,867

2.5840 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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24,891

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

25,538

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

26,557

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

26,557

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

26,557

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

29,973

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

32,393

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

32,743

2.5860 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

36,047

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

36,047

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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39,700

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

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40,090

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

41,741

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

57,673

2.5946 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

58,807

2.5860 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

67,970

2.5840 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

78,827

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

88,024

2.5928 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

100,000

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

115,015

2.5880 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

135,102

2.5946 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

160,478

2.5902 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

207,158

2.5906 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

460,659

2.5890 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

500,000

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

945,687

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-1,200,000

2.5918 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-743,174

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-662,500

2.5940 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-542,620

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-339,488

2.5911 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-135,297

2.5975 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-120,388

2.5902 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-96,968

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-40,090

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-25,943

2.5944 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-13,883

2.5950 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-8,398

2.5910 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-4,060

2.5920 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-1,816

2.5860 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-3,719

2.5860 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-192

2.5900 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-32

2.5860 GBP

 

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

Class of

relevant

security

Product

description

e.g. CFD

Nature of dealing

e.g. opening/closing a

long/short position

increasing/reducing a

long/short position

Number of

references

securities

Price per

unit

GB00BY9D0Y18

Contract for Difference

Increasing Short Position

-57,673

2.5860 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Contract for Difference

Increasing Short Position

-12,774

2.5860 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Contract for Difference

Increasing Short Position

-135,102

2.5860 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Contract for Difference

Reducing Short Position

345,421

2.5860

 

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

 

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 

Class

of

relevant

security

Product

description

e.g. call

option

Writing,

purchasing,

selling,

varying etc.

Number

of

securities

to which

option

relates

Exercise

price

per unit

Type

e.g.

American

European

etc.

Expiry

date

Option

money

paid/

received

per unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

Exercise

 

Class of

relevant

security

Product

description

e.g. call option

Exercising/

exercised

against

Number of

securities

Exercise price

per unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

Class of relevant

security

Nature of dealing

e.g. subscription, conversion

Details

Price per unit (if

applicable)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.

Other Information

 

(a)

Indemnity and other dealing 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 person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

 

NONE

 

 

(b)

Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

 

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 or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which

any derivative is referenced:

If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

 

NONE

 

 

(c)

Attachments

 

Is a supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

 

No

 

 

Date of Disclosure:

 

08/01/2025

Contact Name

 

Compliance Control Room

Telephone Number:

 

0207 595 9695

 

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

 

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel's Market Surveillance Unit.

 

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk

 

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