Form 8.3 -DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC

07 January 2025, 15:09

Source - LSE Regulatory

RNS Number : 4579S

Barclays PLC

07 January 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 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:			06 Jan 2025
(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:				7,317,909	0.56%	12,390,327	0.94%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				13,127,868	1.00%	7,148,570	0.55%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				20,445,777	1.56%	19,538,897	1.49%

Class of relevant security:				Convertible Bond 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	502,004	2.5883 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	418,468	2.5800 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	201,761	2.5829 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	76,079	2.5795 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	40,267	2.5836 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	39,501	2.5793 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	33,750	2.5807 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	31,175	2.5814 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	26,483	2.5794 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	24,558	2.5917 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	20,806	2.5796 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	20,175	2.5842 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	17,580	2.5920 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	16,529	2.5799 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	13,681	2.5765 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	12,722	2.5898 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	10,045	2.5751 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	9,315	2.5824 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	8,509	2.5815 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	7,363	2.5857 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	6,791	2.5819 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	5,712	2.5778 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	3,681	2.5787 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	3,669	2.5780 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	3,362	2.5790 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	3,277	2.5782 GBP
ADR	Purchase	3,200	12.9000 USD
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	2,185	2.5789 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	1,713	2.5760 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	1,657	2.5840 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	1,368	2.5940 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	1,189	2.5873 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	1,121	2.5880 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	1,009	2.5901 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	800	2.5900 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	776	2.5897 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	704	2.5937 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	412	2.5891 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	260	2.5759 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	30	2.5802 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	261,474	2.5920 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	167,004	2.5810 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	113,165	2.5769 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	102,203	2.5844 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	67,504	2.5804 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	48,374	2.5919 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	48,059	2.5786 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	42,700	2.5869 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	25,390	2.5774 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	25,008	2.5776 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	23,439	2.5833 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	18,246	2.5783 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	18,017	2.5800 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	17,564	2.5788 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	10,300	2.5798 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	10,198	2.5772 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	7,094	2.5797 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	5,875	2.5775 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	3,700	2.5773 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	3,474	2.5870 GBP
ADR	Sale	3,200	12.9000 USD
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	1,672	2.5939 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	1,534	2.5762 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	1,368	2.5940 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	1,304	2.5782 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	1,121	2.5880 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	941	2.5779 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	859	2.5899 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	452	2.5811 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	224	2.5790 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	179	2.5760 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 Short	32,858	2.5834 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	3,700	2.5773 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	4,893	2.5775 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	941	2.5779 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	17,941	2.5783 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	47,053	2.5787 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	10,300	2.5798 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	791	2.5800 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	67,504	2.5804 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	36,313	2.5866 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	17,642	2.5871 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	3,284	2.5880 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	6,387	2.5883 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,246	2.5885 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	859	2.5899 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	2,124	2.5912 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	48,374	2.5919 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,243	2.5780 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	3,277	2.5782 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	3,591	2.5784 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	153,533	2.5794 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	9,122	2.5796 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	8,445	2.5799 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	57,274	2.5800 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	87,389	2.5811 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	250,671	2.5813 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	8,509	2.5815 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	5,597	2.5820 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	9,315	2.5824 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	69,098	2.5829 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	40,267	2.5836 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	9,927	2.5851 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	412	2.5891 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	30,642	2.5920 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	15,465	2.5766 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	1,581	2.5897 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	1,555	2.5898 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	1,691	2.5601 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	3,000	2.5682 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	33,355	2.5862 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:				07 Jan 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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