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RNS Number : 4166O Barclays PLC 25 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: 24 Jun 2025
(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? AVIVA PLC
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: 36,526,619 2.79% 2,723,962 0.20%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 2,991,928 0.23% 35,996,550 2.74%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 39,518,547 3.02% 38,720,512 2.94%
(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
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 320,519 3.0608 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 300,525 3.0780 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 141,263 3.0663 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 64,493 3.0580 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 48,695 3.0736 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 23,469 3.0730 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 20,384 3.0591 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 18,570 3.0720 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 16,621 3.0694 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 13,747 3.0725 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 9,954 3.0751 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 9,740 3.0713 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 9,422 3.0735 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 9,259 3.0714 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 7,734 3.0744 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 7,597 3.0745 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 4,418 3.0674 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 4,066 3.0722 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 3,190 3.0700 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 1,816 3.0679 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 1,682 3.0740 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 1,666 3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 1,205 3.0786 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 979 3.0719 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 973 3.0791 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 137 3.0690 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 115,865 3.0637 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 103,325 3.0580 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 101,966 3.0715 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 90,180 3.0623 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 59,894 3.0700 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 47,335 3.0698 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 26,269 3.0714 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 23,518 3.0579 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 20,963 3.0717 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 20,384 3.0591 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 19,538 3.0780 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 11,534 3.0736 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 8,051 3.0737 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 6,989 3.0664 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 6,908 3.0720 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 6,735 3.0718 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 6,137 3.0722 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 5,886 3.0695 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 5,248 3.0782 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 4,572 3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 2,979 3.0725 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 2,823 3.0734 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 2,705 3.0707 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 2,683 3.0693 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 2,552 3.0760 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 2,245 3.0730 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 2,237 3.0690 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 1,248 3.0719 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 949 3.0680 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 841 3.0740 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of Product Nature of dealing Number of Price per
relevant description reference unit
security securities
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 346,806 3.0668 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 21,375 3.0579 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 77,554 3.0580 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 107,144 3.0629 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 63,009 3.0667 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 51,546 3.0668 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,803 3.0675 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 949 3.0680 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,191 3.0690 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 47,156 3.0698 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 56,091 3.0702 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,248 3.0719 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,823 3.0734 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 8,721 3.0737 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 179 3.0765 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 19,538 3.0780 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,248 3.0782 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 240,999 3.0580 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 141,263 3.0663 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,066 3.0722 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 13,747 3.0725 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 24,969 3.0728 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 19,739 3.0730 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 16,306 3.0733 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 299,408 3.0780 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,205 3.0786 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 93,284 3.0712 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 20,054 3.0582 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 50,000 3.0673 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 13,819 3.0724 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 28,063 3.0755 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 25,580 3.0757 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: 25 Jun 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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