Source - LSE Regulatory
RNS Number : 8044Q
Barclays PLC
19 December 2024
 

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

 relevant securities this form relates:

DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC

(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:

18 Dec 2024

(f)

In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making

 disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

YES:
 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:

9,647,485

0.74%

12,769,001

0.97%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

13,527,016

1.03%

7,523,086

0.57%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

23,174,501

1.77%

20,292,087

1.55%

 








Class of relevant security:

Restricted Tier 1 Note XS1728036366


Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

200,000

0.06%

0

0.00%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

200,000

0.06%

0

0.00%

 








(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

 security

Purchase/sale

Number of

 securities

Price per unit

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

154,148

2.4300  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

147,033

2.4248  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

119,633

2.4281  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

69,971

2.4296  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

36,872

2.4283  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

31,502

2.4250  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

26,728

2.4260  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

20,205

2.4251  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

18,163

2.4234  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

16,307

2.4271  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

15,379

2.4232  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

6,758

2.4220  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

4,149

2.4245  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

4,108

2.4180  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

2,500

2.4261  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

1,882

2.4263  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

1,774

2.4225  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

1,604

2.4256  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

814

2.4280  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

477

2.4240  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

341

2.4264  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

31

2.4200  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

27

2.4276  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

8

2.4275  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

200,865

2.4268  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

148,152

2.4230  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

74,190

2.4242  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

74,011

2.4240  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

70,630

2.4299  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

26,900

2.4218  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

26,859

2.4223  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

22,430

2.4254  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

4,870

2.4247  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

4,108

2.4180  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

4,019

2.4214  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

3,493

2.4250  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

3,121

2.4284  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

2,872

2.4294  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

1,754

2.4290  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

1,523

2.4320  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

1,414

2.4319  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

381

2.4280  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

81

2.4283  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

51

2.4220  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

10

2.4279  GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

 relevant

 security

Product  description

Nature of dealing

Number of

 reference

 securities

Price per

 unit

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

22,900

2.4211  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,019

2.4214  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

148,152

2.4230  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

34,556

2.4231  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

70,677

2.4232  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

116,858

2.4242  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,000

2.4258  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1

2.4277  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

10

2.4279  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

81

2.4284  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

44,926

2.4295  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

386

2.4298  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

70,630

2.4299  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

17,571

2.4300  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,414

2.4319  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,013

2.4231  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

32

2.4240  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,149

2.4245  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

147,033

2.4248  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

54,288

2.4249  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

20,205

2.4251  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

395

2.4260  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,500

2.4261  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

8

2.4280  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

36,872

2.4283  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

112,620

2.4284  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

122,728

2.4300  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,572

2.4320  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,323

2.4195  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

21,063

2.4260  GBP









(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions

 (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class

 of

 relevant

 security

Product

 description

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

















(ii)

Exercising

 






Class of relevant

 security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

 securities

Exercise price per

 unit














(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for

 new securities)

Class of relevant

 security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

 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:

19 Dec 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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