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RNS Number : 9778H Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc 22 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: Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc
(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: 21 March 2024
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader YES- Direct Line Insurance Group plc
making disclosures in respect of any other party to this 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 144,320 40.8876 EUR 40.6000 EUR
Ordinary SALES 113,259 40.8900 EUR 40.6700 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 increasing a long position 99 40.7066 EUR
Ordinary CFD increasing a long position 1,540 40.7308 EUR
Ordinary CFD increasing a long position 2,220 40.7311 EUR
Ordinary CFD increasing a long position 66 40.7530 EUR
Ordinary CFD increasing a long position 1,116 40.7806 EUR
Ordinary CFD increasing a long position 1,405 40.7900 EUR
Ordinary CFD increasing a long position 18 40.7900 EUR
Ordinary CFD increasing a long position 3,062 40.7900 EUR
Ordinary CFD increasing a long position 200 40.7900 EUR
Ordinary CFD increasing a long position 447 40.7947 EUR
Ordinary CFD increasing a long position 1,079 40.7980 EUR
Ordinary CFD increasing a short position 2,278 40.7035 EUR
Ordinary CFD increasing a short position 23 40.7239 EUR
Ordinary CFD increasing a short position 351 40.7280 EUR
Ordinary CFD increasing a short position 359 40.7318 EUR
Ordinary CFD increasing a short position 23 40.7400 EUR
Ordinary CFD increasing a short position 1,031 40.7461 EUR
Ordinary CFD increasing a short position 81 40.7509 EUR
Ordinary CFD increasing a short position 184 40.7514 EUR
Ordinary CFD increasing a short position 471 40.7625 EUR
Ordinary CFD increasing a short position 6,936 40.7645 EUR
Ordinary CFD increasing a short position 41 40.7705 EUR
Ordinary CFD increasing a short position 316 40.7707 EUR
Ordinary CFD increasing a short position 4,070 40.7780 EUR
Ordinary CFD increasing a short position 93 40.7823 EUR
Ordinary CFD increasing a short position 3,845 40.7900 EUR
Ordinary CFD increasing a short position 671 40.7900 EUR
Ordinary CFD increasing a short position 13,054 40.7922 EUR
Ordinary CFD increasing a short position 1,257 40.8008 EUR
Ordinary CFD increasing a short position 1,557 40.8097 EUR
Ordinary CFD increasing a short position 341 40.8213 EUR
Ordinary CFD increasing a short position 30 40.8233 EUR
Ordinary CFD increasing a short position 985 40.9054 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a long position 506 40.7239 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a long position 3,046 40.7262 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a long position 2 40.7300 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a long position 238 40.7400 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a long position 685 40.7542 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a long position 66 40.7768 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a long position 22,263 40.7852 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a long position 2,427 40.7900 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a long position 120 40.7900 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a long position 1,654 40.7900 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a long position 1,888 40.7961 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a long position 33 40.8000 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a long position 66 40.8314 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a long position 6 40.8633 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a long position 12,785 40.8945 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a short position 23 40.6896 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a short position 106 40.7132 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a short position 47 40.7300 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a short position 10 40.7302 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a short position 829 40.7310 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a short position 105 40.7347 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a short position 243 40.7530 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a short position 2,878 40.7534 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a short position 311 40.7600 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a short position 673 40.7711 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a short position 66 40.7736 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a short position 2,678 40.7772 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a short position 3,507 40.7858 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a short position 15,312 40.7900 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a short position 55 40.7900 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a short position 4,635 40.7918 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a short position 3,055 40.7974 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a short position 49 40.7996 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a short position 341 40.8213 EUR
Ordinary CFD reducing a short position 76 40.8750 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.
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security Product description Exercising/ exercised against Number of securities Exercise price per unit
e.g. call option
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
(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
N/A N/A N/A N/A
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: 22 March 2024
Contact name: Craig Horsley
Telephone number: +44 141 245-7736
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 dealing 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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