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RNS Number : 1012H Barclays PLC 01 May 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: 30 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: 39,325,222 3.00% 6,155,230 0.46%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 6,448,253 0.49% 38,626,827 2.95%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
purchase/sell:
45,773,475 3.49% 44,782,057 3.41%
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 334,281 2.8301 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 196,462 2.8324 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 104,685 2.8300 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 86,190 2.8471 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 27,229 2.8294 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 20,937 2.8349 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 11,839 2.8345 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 9,411 2.8326 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 8,785 2.8411 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 8,539 2.8380 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 5,560 2.8292 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 4,111 2.8314 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 3,561 2.8360 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 3,184 2.8309 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 2,983 2.8319 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 2,554 2.8279 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 2,434 2.8320 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 2,358 2.8357 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 2,188 2.8355 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 2,125 2.8273 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 2,116 2.8304 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 2,018 2.8328 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 1,935 2.8327 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 1,740 2.8240 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 1,110 2.8337 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 606 2.8400 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 600 2.8333 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 535 2.8359 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Purchase 232 2.8347 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 348,894 2.8300 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 331,937 2.8301 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 137,306 2.8406 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 119,588 2.8303 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 88,058 2.8282 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 31,030 2.8323 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 4,869 2.8294 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 4,091 2.8286 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 2,983 2.8319 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 2,958 2.8331 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 2,672 2.8322 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 2,053 2.8310 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 1,651 2.8180 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 1,378 2.8299 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 1,315 2.8360 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 1,148 2.8540 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 738 2.8380 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 689 2.8240 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 606 2.8400 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 180 2.8320 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 61 2.8261 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary Sale 32 2.8352 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 8,807 2.8273 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 17,344 2.8277 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,869 2.8294 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,658 2.8297 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,378 2.8299 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 100,538 2.8300 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 53,525 2.8303 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,053 2.8310 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 31,030 2.8323 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,106 2.8361 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,554 2.8279 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 27,229 2.8294 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 86,009 2.8300 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 25,010 2.8304 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 31,324 2.8309 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 460 2.8311 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 722 2.8326 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 600 2.8333 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 16,585 2.8349 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,358 2.8357 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 300 2.8360 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,286 2.8408 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,577 2.8412 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 30,755 2.8257 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 1,148 2.8279 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 18,740 2.8300 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 2,116 2.8304 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 2,983 2.8319 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 33,860 2.8361 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: 01 May 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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