20th Jun 2025 17:45
FORM 8.3 Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 4367N published at 14:31 on 18/06/2025, changes made to section 2a and 3a. | |||||||
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 |
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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: | 17 Jun 2025 | |||||
(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? | AVIVA PLC |
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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: | 10 10/11p ordinary | ||||||
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(1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 35,237,613 | 2.68% | 3,318,743 | 0.25% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 3,648,290 | 0.28% | 33,207,777 | 2.53% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 38,885,903 | 2.96% | 36,526,520 | 2.78% |
(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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| options) |
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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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10 10/11p ordinary | Purchase | 1,500,000 | 3.0126 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Purchase | 252,188 | 3.0263 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Purchase | 171,375 | 3.0279 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Purchase | 168,494 | 3.0260 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Purchase | 130,458 | 3.0259 GBP | ||||
ADR | Purchase | 81,888 | 16.2600 USD | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Purchase | 57,698 | 3.0248 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Purchase | 35,437 | 3.0266 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Purchase | 33,290 | 3.0284 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Purchase | 26,973 | 3.0240 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Purchase | 22,376 | 3.0184 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Purchase | 22,203 | 3.0265 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Purchase | 21,988 | 3.0252 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Purchase | 15,813 | 3.0275 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Purchase | 14,167 | 3.0193 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Purchase | 13,125 | 3.0264 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Purchase | 11,487 | 3.0285 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Purchase | 8,471 | 3.0280 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Purchase | 7,208 | 3.0203 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Purchase | 6,832 | 3.0267 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Purchase | 6,670 | 3.0310 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Purchase | 4,905 | 3.0198 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Purchase | 4,895 | 3.0214 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Purchase | 4,697 | 3.0233 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Purchase | 4,682 | 3.0246 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Purchase | 4,542 | 3.0283 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Purchase | 3,119 | 3.0282 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Purchase | 2,281 | 3.0270 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Purchase | 281 | 2.9864 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Sale | 6,340,790 | 3.0273 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Sale | 2,905,623 | 3.0265 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Sale | 344,866 | 3.0260 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Sale | 177,410 | 3.0203 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Sale | 149,938 | 3.0230 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Sale | 111,230 | 3.0206 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Sale | 86,877 | 3.0266 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Sale | 72,590 | 3.0258 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Sale | 58,399 | 3.0255 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Sale | 48,468 | 3.0249 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Sale | 37,821 | 3.0210 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Sale | 33,286 | 3.0253 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Sale | 27,237 | 3.0198 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Sale | 14,478 | 3.0248 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Sale | 6,670 | 3.0310 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Sale | 6,297 | 3.0219 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Sale | 5,489 | 3.0259 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Sale | 3,529 | 3.0299 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Sale | 2,908 | 3.0274 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Sale | 2,654 | 3.0251 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Sale | 997 | 3.0252 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Sale | 822 | 3.0250 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Sale | 759 | 3.0285 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Sale | 674 | 3.0080 GBP | ||||
10 10/11p ordinary | Sale | 328 | 3.0240 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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10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 281 | 2.9864 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,428 | 3.0079 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 11 | 3.0140 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 37,821 | 3.0210 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 250,000 | 3.0219 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 149,938 | 3.0230 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 80,809 | 3.0235 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 8,709 | 3.0240 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 137 | 3.0246 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 48,468 | 3.0249 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7,500 | 3.0253 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 38,259 | 3.0258 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,489 | 3.0259 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,905,623 | 3.0265 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 86,877 | 3.0266 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,908 | 3.0274 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 22,574 | 3.0237 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,682 | 3.0246 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 21,120 | 3.0248 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 65,442 | 3.0252 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 107,100 | 3.0257 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 219,718 | 3.0260 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 123 | 3.0262 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 13,125 | 3.0264 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 87,244 | 3.0266 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,200 | 3.0270 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 6,691 | 3.0272 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 124,128 | 3.0278 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 38,728 | 3.0279 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 45,303 | 3.0282 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,542 | 3.0283 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 33,290 | 3.0284 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 11,487 | 3.0285 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 449 | 3.0300 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 15,300 | 3.0117 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 24,368 | 3.0193 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 912 | 3.0197 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 6,340,790 | 3.0273 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 51,396 | 3.0190 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 48,736 | 3.0193 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 22,669 | 3.0204 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 12,091 | 3.0205 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 6,124 | 3.0206 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 130,342 | 3.0268 GBP | |||
10 10/11p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 21,350 | 3.0278 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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Class of relevant | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (if | ||||
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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: | 20 Jun 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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