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RNS Number : 8137O Barclays PLC 27 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: 26 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: 29,597,443 2.26% 11,527,496 0.87%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 11,763,132 0.90% 29,024,476 2.21%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 41,360,575 3.15% 40,551,972 3.08%
(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 99,077 3.0640 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 86,239 3.0647 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 70,084 3.0671 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 66,650 3.0762 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 34,982 3.0666 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 22,132 3.0716 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 10,194 3.0743 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 9,896 3.0700 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 8,692 3.0740 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 8,525 3.0739 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 7,330 3.0722 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 6,241 3.0706 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 5,553 3.0726 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 5,130 3.0720 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 5,106 3.0690 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 4,641 3.0701 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 3,360 3.0711 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 2,912 3.0713 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 2,281 3.0745 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 2,190 3.0715 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 2,017 3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 2,002 3.0697 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 1,121 3.0719 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 1,067 3.0746 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 906 3.0680 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 868 3.0760 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 854 3.0800 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 641 3.0748 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 88 3.0725 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 190,964 3.0727 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 136,154 3.0637 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 126,867 3.0640 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 65,000 3.0774 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 64,634 3.0658 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 49,446 3.0732 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 25,915 3.0738 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 20,993 3.0742 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 19,852 3.0718 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 13,350 3.0650 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 12,672 3.0739 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 5,545 3.0766 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 5,287 3.0753 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 4,473 3.0720 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 3,942 3.0680 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 3,790 3.0764 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 2,645 3.0700 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 2,512 3.0729 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 2,508 3.0724 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 2,080 3.0730 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 2,017 3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 1,970 3.0697 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 1,894 3.0690 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 1,547 3.0701 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 868 3.0760 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 Decreasing Short 136,154 3.0637 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,366 3.0638 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 31,878 3.0640 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 22,496 3.0687 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,970 3.0697 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 35,635 3.0699 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,911 3.0711 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 18,048 3.0712 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 19,852 3.0718 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,512 3.0729 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,080 3.0730 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 13,162 3.0735 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 14,901,600 3.0756 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 4,200 3.0757 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 26,950 3.0768 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 65,000 3.0774 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 74,195 3.0640 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 4,071 3.0641 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 9,949 3.0692 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 12,075 3.0708 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 22,132 3.0716 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 657 3.0720 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 26,394 3.0722 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 11,261 3.0743 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 641 3.0748 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 12,548 3.0760 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 54,102 3.0763 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 2,979 3.0720 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 218,128 3.0727 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 2,979 3.0640 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 11,672 3.0642 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 45,925 3.0706 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: 27 Jun 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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