REG - Morgan Stanley & Co. Direct Line Ins Grp - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Replacement of Direct Line
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RNS Number : 8649P Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc 04 July 2025
AMENDMENT(2(b))
FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)
PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED
INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Name of exempt principal trader: Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form Direct Line Insurance Group plc
relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is Direct Line Insurance Group plc
connected:
(d) Date dealing undertaken: 01 July 2025
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader YES - Aviva plc
making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities
of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as
appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security Purchases/ sales Total number of securities Highest price per unit paid/received Lowest price per unit paid/received
10 10/11p ordinary PURCHASES 7,797,519 3.0740 GBP 3.0498 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary SALES 2,856,186 3.0840 GBP 3.0500 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security Product description Nature of dealing Number of reference securities Price per unit
e.g. CFD e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
position
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 1,234 3.0451 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 33,136 3.0500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 1,536 3.0500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 8,759 3.0500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 178 3.0500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 2,082 3.0500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 20,077 3.0500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 11,375 3.0500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 11,373 3.0500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 511 3.0500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 241 3.0502 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 564,481 3.0507 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 2,512 3.0578 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 9,635 3.0585 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 8,191 3.0612 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 5,263 3.0612 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 250,000 3.0615 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 2,205 3.0624 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 24,663 3.0631 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 3,282 3.0638 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 3,395 3.0640 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 7,558 3.0645 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 6,748 3.0649 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 55 3.0650 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 488,437 3.0650 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 7,149 3.0658 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 2,638 3.0659 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 172 3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 422 3.0700 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 986 3.0725 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 1,876 3.0740 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 14 3.0498 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 944,899 3.0500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 288 3.0500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 3,760 3.0500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 1,127,724 3.0500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 117,700 3.0500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 637,787 3.0500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 3,090 3.0500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 3,568 3.0500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 12,500 3.0500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 492,835 3.0500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 1,857,120 3.0500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 89,869 3.0500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 356,766 3.0501 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 114 3.0505 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 18,361 3.0505 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 21,078 3.0506 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 7,999 3.0509 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 18,530 3.0511 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 18,530 3.0511 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 23 3.0512 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 10,897 3.0523 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 6,142 3.0533 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 9 3.0534 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 40,673 3.0618 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 2,160 3.0631 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 6 3.0640 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 2,376 3.0653 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 71,151 2.5556 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 25,327 2.7852 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 24,885 2.7857 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 21,537 2.7862 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 33,897 2.7917 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 9,027 2.7977 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 240,428 2.8129 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 72,673 2.8232 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 60,912 2.8420 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 20,993 2.9900 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 488,669 2.9927 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 30,674 2.9940 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 405 3.0099 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 8,898 3.0238 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 60,951 3.0260 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 41,122 3.0360 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 1,536 3.0500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 2,082 3.0500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 12,876 3.0500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 11,375 3.0500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 33,136 3.0500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 8,759 3.0500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 20,077 3.0500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 601,853 3.0500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 44,037 3.0629 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 257,130 3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 11,140 3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 380,986 3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 19,992 3.0669 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 8,129 3.0669 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 400,000 2.5523 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 24,691 2.5752 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 8,660 2.5986 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 37,802 2.6415 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 64,495 2.6612 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 488,437 2.7163 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 63,508 2.7284 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 8,461,326 2.7713 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 999,596 2.8268 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 132,266 2.8334 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 1,240,514 2.8387 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 1,787,543 2.8443 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 1,918,957 2.8444 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 383,138 2.9308 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 2,442,948 2.9863 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 103,445 2.9900 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 129,296 2.9900 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 23,533 2.9984 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 727,867 3.0051 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 169,251 3.0080 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 507,750 3.0080 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 73,866 3.0200 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 86 3.0303 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 4,374,508 3.0340 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 243,494 3.0620 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 241 3.0625 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 2,846 3.0629 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 234,674 3.0640 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 288,955 3.0640 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 1,088,489 3.0640 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 1,539,493 3.0640 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 58,322 3.0640 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 355,007 3.0640 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 4,856,372 3.0640 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 2,376 3.0650 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 5,398,586 3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 918,881 3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 25,570 3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 2,293,356 3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 3,563,705 3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 171,643 3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 43,735 3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 8,248 3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 1,349,479 3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 316,674 3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 27,470 3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 274,561 3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 329,952 3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 2,001,082 3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 42,278 3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 1,270,266 3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 902,822 3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 230,957 3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 993,942 3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 4,218 3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 1,246 3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 41,578 3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 2,062,197 3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 9,635 3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 492,168 3.0713 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 14,935 3.0747 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 5,531,845 3.0753 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 3,386,877 3.0753 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 298,412 3.0754 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 1,511,291 3.0754 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 1,982,522 3.0754 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 98,417 3.0760 GBP
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant security Product description e.g. call option Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. Number of securities to which option relates Exercise price per unit Type Expiry date Option money paid/ received per unit
e.g. American, European etc.
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security Product description Exercising/ exercised against Number of securities Exercise price per unit
e.g. call option
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if applicable)
e.g. subscription, conversion
N/A N/A N/A N/A
3. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Indemnity and other dealing 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:
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If
there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
NONE
(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to
options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal,
between the exempt principal trader 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 or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant
securities to which any derivative is referenced:
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
NONE
Date of disclosure: 04 July 2025
Contact name: Craig Horsley
Telephone number: +44 141 245-7736
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service.
The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation
to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .
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