21st Mar 2024 12:06
FORM 8.3 | |||||||
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY | |||||||
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR | |||||||
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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 |
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| positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): | ||||||
(c) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC | |||||
| relevant securities this form relates: | ||||||
(d) | If an exempt fund manager connected with an |
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| offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of | ||||||
| offeror/offeree: | ||||||
(e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 20 Mar 2024 | |||||
(f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making | YES: |
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| disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? | AGEAS SA/NV |
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2. | POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
(a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree |
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| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any) |
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Class of relevant security: | Ordinary 10 10/11p | ||||||
| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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(1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 16,105,941 | 1.23% | 9,529,620 | 0.73% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 4,961,842 | 0.38% | 14,541,261 | 1.11% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 21,067,783 | 1.61% | 24,070,881 | 1.84% |
(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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Class of relevant security in relation to |
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which subscription right exists |
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Details, including nature of the rights |
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concerned and relevant percentages: |
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3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
(a) | Purchases and sales |
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Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Number of | Price per unit | ||||
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Ordinary 10 10/11p | Purchase | 289,462 | 2.1152 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Purchase | 225,067 | 2.1310 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Purchase | 199,890 | 2.1150 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Purchase | 120,948 | 2.1148 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Purchase | 104,546 | 2.1162 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Purchase | 79,877 | 2.1210 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Purchase | 75,921 | 2.1134 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Purchase | 66,905 | 2.1142 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Purchase | 49,504 | 2.1181 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Purchase | 36,229 | 2.1214 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Purchase | 23,171 | 2.1141 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Purchase | 13,092 | 2.1201 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Purchase | 12,742 | 2.1093 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Purchase | 10,436 | 2.1120 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Purchase | 9,972 | 2.1169 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Purchase | 9,912 | 2.1282 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Purchase | 9,556 | 2.1262 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Purchase | 5,700 | 2.1053 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Purchase | 3,417 | 2.1208 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Purchase | 3,087 | 2.1173 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Purchase | 1,556 | 2.1300 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Purchase | 1,489 | 2.1050 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Purchase | 1,307 | 2.1226 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Purchase | 1,250 | 2.1225 GBP | ||||
ADR | Purchase | 800 | 11.0000 USD | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Purchase | 705 | 2.1161 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Purchase | 573 | 2.1090 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Purchase | 553 | 2.1085 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Purchase | 58 | 2.1020 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Purchase | 34 | 2.1063 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Purchase | 8 | 2.1067 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Purchase | 4 | 2.1100 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Sale | 256,775 | 2.1155 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Sale | 229,297 | 2.1151 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Sale | 223,451 | 2.1310 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Sale | 80,304 | 2.1210 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Sale | 69,259 | 2.1150 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Sale | 57,460 | 2.1152 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Sale | 48,649 | 2.1267 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Sale | 35,376 | 2.1153 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Sale | 34,990 | 2.1145 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Sale | 30,043 | 2.1148 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Sale | 28,990 | 2.1113 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Sale | 10,951 | 2.1100 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Sale | 9,462 | 2.1065 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Sale | 3,571 | 2.1269 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Sale | 3,251 | 2.1097 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Sale | 1,842 | 2.1167 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Sale | 1,434 | 2.1070 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Sale | 906 | 2.1075 GBP | ||||
ADR | Sale | 800 | 11.0000 USD | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Sale | 380 | 2.1090 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Sale | 331 | 2.1050 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Sale | 280 | 2.1080 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Sale | 280 | 2.1101 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Sale | 100 | 2.1230 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Sale | 18 | 2.1170 GBP | ||||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | Sale | 14 | 2.1192 GBP | ||||
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(b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
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Ordinary 10 10/11p | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 168 | 2.1172 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,586 | 2.1169 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,417 | 2.1208 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,954 | 2.1168 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 9,556 | 2.1262 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 10,622 | 2.1139 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 10,998 | 2.1259 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 12,012 | 2.1161 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 29,784 | 2.1158 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 31,592 | 2.1211 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 36,229 | 2.1214 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 240,445 | 2.1150 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,842 | 2.1167 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | CFD | Decreasing Short | 4,877 | 2.1300 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,767 | 2.1247 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 35,376 | 2.1153 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 42,882 | 2.1270 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | CFD | Decreasing Short | 59,649 | 2.1150 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | SWAP | Increasing Long | 6 | 2.1200 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | SWAP | Increasing Long | 14 | 2.1189 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | SWAP | Increasing Long | 280 | 2.1080 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,560 | 2.1259 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,235 | 2.1270 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,371 | 2.1094 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | SWAP | Increasing Long | 10,943 | 2.1100 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | SWAP | Increasing Long | 28,990 | 2.1113 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | SWAP | Increasing Long | 34,990 | 2.1145 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | SWAP | Increasing Long | 41,339 | 2.1150 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | CFD | Increasing Short | 800 | 2.1091 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | CFD | Increasing Short | 1,412 | 2.1150 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,838 | 2.1198 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | SWAP | Increasing Short | 7,697 | 2.1131 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | SWAP | Increasing Short | 10,412 | 2.1185 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | CFD | Increasing Short | 11,686 | 2.1137 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | SWAP | Increasing Short | 13,861 | 2.1150 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | SWAP | Increasing Short | 15,500 | 2.1204 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | SWAP | Increasing Short | 55,974 | 2.1123 GBP | |||
Ordinary 10 10/11p | SWAP | Opening Short | 429 | 2.1151 GBP | |||
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(c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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(i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
of | description | purchasing, | of | price |
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(ii) | Exercising |
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(d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
(a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
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Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, |
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formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal |
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or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party |
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to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: |
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(b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between |
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the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
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(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or |
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(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which |
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any derivative is referenced: |
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(c) | Attachments |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 21 Mar 2024 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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