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RNS Number : 1085G Barclays PLC 24 April 2025
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: 23 Apr 2025
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making YES:
AVIVA PLC
disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
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: 10 10/11p ordinary
Interests Short Positions
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 37,291,230 2.84% 5,821,366 0.44%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 6,070,978 0.46% 36,398,980 2.78%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
purchase/sell:
43,362,208 3.31% 42,220,346 3.22%
TOTAL:
(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a) Purchase and sales
Class of relevant Purchase/sale Number of Price per unit
security
securities
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 470,210 2.7819 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 190,600 2.7835 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 95,185 2.7813 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 54,343 2.7816 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 49,152 2.7836 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 26,419 2.7738 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 20,254 2.7803 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 12,443 2.7806 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 10,240 2.7804 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 6,233 2.7735 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 5,946 2.7797 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 4,492 2.7793 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 4,050 2.7858 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 3,729 2.7720 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 3,546 2.7920 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 2,945 2.7940 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 2,319 2.7709 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 2,218 2.7719 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 1,809 2.7833 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 1,763 2.7862 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 1,082 2.7762 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 530 2.7820 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 425 2.7680 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 191 2.7715 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 180 2.7860 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 104 2.7740 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 40 2.7880 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 22 2.7875 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 182,548 2.7805 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 181,809 2.7820 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 71,684 2.7776 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 15,029 2.7788 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 13,867 2.7795 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 6,952 2.7750 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 6,446 2.7791 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 6,263 2.7740 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 5,258 2.7777 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 5,241 2.7679 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 4,246 2.7813 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 3,012 2.7720 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 3,012 2.7800 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 2,942 2.7757 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 2,042 2.7787 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 1,628 2.7845 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 1,137 2.7760 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 1,004 2.7920 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 935 2.7756 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 841 2.7641 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 478 2.7739 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 425 2.7680 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 293 2.7789 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 252 2.7770 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 227 2.7832 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 180 2.7860 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 126 2.7780 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 31 2.7880 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 31 2.7882 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of Product description Nature of dealing Number of Price per
relevant
reference
unit
security
securities
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,241 2.7679 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 478 2.7740 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 136 2.7760 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 71,684 2.7776 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,042 2.7787 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6,446 2.7791 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6,335 2.7799 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 142,726 2.7819 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 22,403 2.7820 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 227 2.7832 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 57,700 2.7786 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 15,420 2.7791 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 28,259 2.7800 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 101 2.7811 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 95,185 2.7813 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 293,173 2.7820 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 16,880 2.7821 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,167 2.7826 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 49,152 2.7836 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 132,900 2.7856 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,050 2.7858 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,945 2.7940 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 8,074 2.7777 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 10,002 2.7782 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 5,436 2.7767 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 9,780 2.7799 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 19,996 2.7805 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 7,040 2.7817 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 person 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: 24 Apr 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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