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RNS Number : 3437I GoldmanSachs International 26 March 2024
FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)
PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED
INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Name of exempt principal trader: (GS) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form AGEAS SA/NV
relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC
connected:
(d) Date dealing undertaken: 25 March 2024
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader YES - disclosed previously for DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC
making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities
of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(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 Purchases/ sales Total number of securities Highest price per unit paid/received Lowest price per unit paid/received
Ordinary Purchases 194,515 41.6078 EUR 41.4483 EUR
Ordinary Sales 152,325 41.6340 EUR 41.0000 EUR
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security Product description Nature of dealing Number of reference securities Price per unit
e.g. CFD e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
position
Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 12,848 35.6500 GBP
Ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 298 40.7500 EUR
Ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 509 40.7500 EUR
Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 3 40.7500 EUR
Ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 44 40.7500 EUR
Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 37 40.7500 EUR
Ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 3 40.7500 EUR
Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 130 40.7500 EUR
Ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 890 40.9955 EUR
Ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 1,413 40.9997 EUR
Ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 612 40.9997 EUR
Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 2,463 41.2795 EUR
Ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2,575 41.3547 EUR
Ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1,288 41.3975 EUR
Ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 6,211 41.4459 EUR
Ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 6,528 41.4459 EUR
Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 3 41.4462 EUR
Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 28 41.4462 EUR
Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1 41.4462 EUR
Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 98 41.4462 EUR
Ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 7,280 41.4500 EUR
Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 7,208 41.4503 EUR
Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 46 41.4506 EUR
Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 106 41.4663 EUR
Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 363 41.4663 EUR
Ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4,900 41.4677 EUR
Ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 146 41.4695 EUR
Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 28 41.4832 EUR
Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 66 41.4832 EUR
Ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 9,900 41.4909 EUR
Ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 100 41.4910 EUR
Ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 6,100 41.4927 EUR
Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 599 41.4952 EUR
Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1,100 41.5018 EUR
Ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1,287 41.5071 EUR
Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 23 41.5101 EUR
Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 31 41.5101 EUR
Ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2,179 41.5120 EUR
Ordinary CFD Opening a long position 187 41.5195 EUR
Ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1,685 41.5253 EUR
Ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 20,081 41.5274 EUR
Ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 706 41.5282 EUR
Ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1,797 41.5285 EUR
Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 6 41.5312 EUR
Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 77 41.5312 EUR
Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 268 41.5312 EUR
Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 22,779 41.5322 EUR
Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 10,728 41.5322 EUR
Ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 341 41.5334 EUR
Ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 28,000 41.5351 EUR
Ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1,318 41.5382 EUR
Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 123 41.5386 EUR
Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1,191 41.5386 EUR
Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 45 41.5386 EUR
Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 4,123 41.5386 EUR
Ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4,152 41.5470 EUR
Ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 300 41.5487 EUR
Ordinary CFD Opening a long position 12,848 41.6000 EUR
Ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 507 41.6008 EUR
Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 187 41.6178 EUR
(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 Expiry date Option money paid/ received per unit
e.g. American, European etc.
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security Product description Exercising / exercised against Number of securities Exercise price per unit
e.g. call option
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if applicable)
e.g. subscription, conversion
3. 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 exempt
principal trader 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) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to
options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal,
between the exempt principal trader 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
Date of disclosure: 26 March 2024
Contact name: Papa Lette and Andrzej Szyszka
Telephone number: +33(1) 4212 1459 / +48(22) 317 4817
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.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .
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