Form 8.3 - Direct Line Insurance Group plc

Barclays PLC
22 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

DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC

 

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:

21 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?

AGEAS SA/NV

 

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:

Ordinary 10 10/11p

 

Interests

Short Positions

 

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

16,102,811

1.23%

9,786,891

0.75%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

5,168,240

0.39%

14,666,339

1.12%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

21,271,051

1.62%

24,453,230

1.86%

(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 10 10/11p

Purchase

376,986

2.1203  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

172,576

2.1201  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

143,406

2.1171  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

134,027

2.1339  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

90,500

2.1251  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

88,464

2.1407  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

65,567

2.1194  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

55,172

2.1355  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

53,715

2.1101  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

50,927

2.1307  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

50,586

2.1519  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

47,641

2.1187  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

44,277

2.1170  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

44,262

2.1195  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

33,792

2.1333  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

29,141

2.1166  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

28,798

2.1301  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

26,170

2.1365  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

18,631

2.1434  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

9,958

2.1590  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

9,115

2.1357  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

8,788

2.1224  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

8,583

2.1215  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

7,593

2.1279  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

7,346

2.1348  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

7,153

2.1310  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

7,090

2.1450  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

6,400

2.1214  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

5,435

2.1326  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

4,569

2.1304  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

4,158

2.1233  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

2,952

2.1529  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

2,747

2.0820  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

2,736

2.1223  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

2,688

2.1367  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

2,676

2.1259  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

2,228

2.1153  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

1,550

2.1245  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

1,433

2.1570  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

1,317

2.1510  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

919

2.1262  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

890

2.1240  GBP

ADR

Purchase

400

10.6600  USD

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

246

2.1200  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

85

2.1158  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

1

2.1100  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

444,164

2.1170  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

229,845

2.1173  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

199,039

2.1186  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

156,495

2.1322  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

112,617

2.1169  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

102,801

2.1286  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

79,097

2.1156  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

78,223

2.1283  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

71,468

2.1203  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

70,798

2.1215  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

53,342

2.1165  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

44,262

2.1195  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

41,729

2.1515  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

37,013

2.1001  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

29,827

2.1256  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

26,666

2.1102  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

20,181

2.1281  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

20,108

2.1417  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

18,694

2.1062  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

15,541

2.1300  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

15,476

2.1304  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

11,059

2.1280  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

10,498

2.1590  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

9,896

2.1336  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

7,346

2.1350  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

7,026

2.1313  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

6,495

2.1392  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

5,945

2.1188  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

4,238

2.1550  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

4,209

2.1394  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

3,413

2.1318  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

3,237

2.1420  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

3,180

2.1272  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

2,717

2.1500  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

2,395

2.1140  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

2,243

2.0820  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

2,228

2.1153  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

2,090

2.1450  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

1,823

2.1385  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

1,697

2.1510  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

1,552

2.1247  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

1,522

2.1600  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

1,349

2.1380  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

1,327

2.1136  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

1,116

2.1405  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

926

2.1230  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

881

2.1570  GBP

ADR

Sale

400

10.6600  USD

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

374

2.1239  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

299

2.1210  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

246

2.1200  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

145

2.1209  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

127

2.1310  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

100

2.1390  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

1

2.1100  GBP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

 

reference

unit

security

 

 

securities

 

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Closing Short

26,173

2.1171  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Closing Short

26,602

2.1170  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Long

31

2.0820  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Long

806

2.1288  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,507

2.1299  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,661

2.1471  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,835

2.1295  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9,023

2.1292  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Long

23,913

2.1274  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Long

25,538

2.1315  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Long

63,581

2.1272  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Long

134,027

2.1339  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

CFD

Decreasing Short

427

2.1170  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,059

2.1215  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,152

2.1492  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,243

2.0820  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,952

2.1169  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

CFD

Decreasing Short

3,068

2.1575  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,523

2.1281  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,222

2.0499  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Short

19,639

2.1336  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

CFD

Decreasing Short

64,000

2.1213  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Short

112,617

2.1169  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,031

2.1098  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,413

2.1318  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Long

29,205

2.1170  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Long

46,699

2.1188  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Long

53,342

2.1165  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Long

56,971

2.1296  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Long

58,403

2.1271  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Long

78,223

2.1283  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Long

199,039

2.1186  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

CFD

Increasing Short

427

2.1170  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

CFD

Increasing Short

570

2.1530  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Short

665

2.1600  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,015

2.1376  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

CFD

Increasing Short

10,017

2.1139  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

CFD

Increasing Short

13,878

2.1094  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

CFD

Increasing Short

15,892

2.1169  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Short

24,611

2.1599  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Short

59,173

2.1327  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Short

60,200

2.1351  GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Short

172,576

2.1201  GBP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(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:

22 Mar 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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