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RNS Number : 0294O Barclays PLC 23 June 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: 20 Jun 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: 35,825,170 2.73% 2,653,068 0.20%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 2,935,709 0.22% 35,291,506 2.69%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
purchase/sell:
38,760,879 2.96% 37,944,574 2.89%
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 1,037,281 3.0760 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 431,768 3.0749 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 90,745 3.0793 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 77,696 3.0765 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 70,321 3.0761 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 42,925 3.0789 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 35,672 3.0766 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 28,580 3.0781 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 20,991 3.0700 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 18,036 3.0798 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 17,974 3.0779 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 15,148 3.0800 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 15,071 3.0783 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 14,988 3.0740 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 14,142 3.0790 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 10,630 3.0772 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 9,798 3.0810 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 8,127 3.0799 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 7,987 3.0792 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 7,873 3.0771 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 6,075 3.0785 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 5,207 3.0780 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 4,566 3.0782 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 2,690 3.0758 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 2,345 3.0820 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 2,033 3.0776 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 1,805 3.0713 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 485 3.0770 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 538,222 3.0760 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 66,473 3.0763 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 59,580 3.0781 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 21,077 3.0740 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 9,587 3.0806 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 8,987 3.0779 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 7,538 3.0780 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 3,865 3.0768 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 3,590 3.0759 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 3,043 3.0770 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 2,991 3.0743 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 2,345 3.0820 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 2,182 3.0785 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 926 3.0810 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 871 3.0731 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 236 3.0816 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 42 3.0592 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 42 3.0593 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,865 3.0768 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,043 3.0770 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 8,905 3.0779 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 21,471 3.0820 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,244 3.0720 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 7,082 3.0748 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 102,316 3.0759 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 637,010 3.0760 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 47,900 3.0764 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 77,696 3.0765 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 41,768 3.0770 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 10,630 3.0772 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 20,900 3.0777 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,075 3.0785 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 42,925 3.0789 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 7,987 3.0792 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 90,710 3.0793 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 25,461 3.0794 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 17,894 3.0796 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 18,036 3.0798 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 7,989 3.0814 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 335 3.0819 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 10,060 3.0740 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 17,671 3.0753 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 1,001 3.0760 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 40,394 3.0623 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 7,805 3.0637 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 10,540 3.0753 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 14,247 3.0760 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 100,000 3.0768 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 285 3.0780 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 2,345 3.0820 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 1,884 3.0822 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: 23 Jun 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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