Form 8.3 - Ageas SA/NV

Barclays PLC

25 March 2024

 

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:				22 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:			1,469,288	0.78%	1,587,357	0.84%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			248,689	0.13%	345,518	0.18%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			1,717,977	0.91%	1,932,875	1.03%
(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		33,481		40.7101  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		20,949		40.7500  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		16,289		40.7332  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		7,442		40.7476  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		4,280		40.7186  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		3,987		40.7220  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		3,276		40.7594  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		3,199		40.6800  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,499		40.7271  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,304		40.6400  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,114		40.7178  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		980		40.7001  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		824		40.6931  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		711		40.6939  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		692		40.6423  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		686		40.6103  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		651		40.6471  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		542		40.5592  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		523		40.6743  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		359		40.7234  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		353		40.6365  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		341		40.7434  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		327		40.6331  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		313		40.6064  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		274		40.6189  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		248		40.6126  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		232		40.6020  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		210		40.6340  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		200		40.8423  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		190		40.5408  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		167		40.7507  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		157		40.7016  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		82		40.5596  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		82		40.7453  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		81		40.7339  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		79		40.7563  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		69		40.6976  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		68		40.6454  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		50		40.6500  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		39		40.7783  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		36		40.7788  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		19		40.5950  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		15		40.7666  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		14		40.6000  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		13		40.8874  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		9		40.5500  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		7		40.7707  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1		40.6600  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		24,210		40.7500  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		8,335		40.7415  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		7,957		40.7522  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		7,442		40.7476  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		7,033		40.7346  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		6,398		40.6800  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		4,220		40.7540  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		2,671		40.6653  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,547		40.6060  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,498		40.7270  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,271		40.7602  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,203		40.7230  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		824		40.6931  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		700		40.6806  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		682		40.7434  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		654		40.6331  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		652		40.6400  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		601		40.6353  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		548		40.6189  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		401		40.6500  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		362		40.7292  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		359		40.7234  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		353		40.6365  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		343		40.6103  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		342		40.8800  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		270		40.7132  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		232		40.7265  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		227		40.8965  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		207		40.6660  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		188		40.7446  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		167		40.7507  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		139		40.7800  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		137		40.8626  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		105		40.6340  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		89		40.6481  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		60		40.7605  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		26		40.8400  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		21		40.7765  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		18		40.6600  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		16		40.8950  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1		40.9100  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		15	40.7662  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		71	40.7622  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		82	40.5595  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		82	40.7453  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		190	40.5408  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		200	40.8423  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		232	40.6020  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		248	40.6126  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		523	40.6743  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		651	40.6471  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		711	40.6940  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		733	40.6784  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		980	40.7001  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,114	40.7178  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,276	40.7594  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		270	40.7132  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		274	40.6189  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		327	40.6331  EUR
Ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		401	40.6500  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		572	40.6976  EUR
Ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		652	40.7447  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		700	40.6806  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,988	40.6653  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,335	40.7415  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,800	40.7548  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50	40.6500  EUR
Ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		81	40.7339  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		105	40.6340  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		343	40.6103  EUR
Ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		652	40.6452  EUR
Ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,459	40.5949  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		33,481	40.7101  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:				25 Mar 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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