Source - LSE Regulatory
RNS Number : 9989T
Barclays PLC
20 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:

17 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:

12,100,333

0.92%

12,734,573

0.97%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

13,438,906

1.02%

11,947,441

0.91%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

25,539,239

1.95%

24,682,014

1.88%

 








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

1,026,330

2.6276  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

579,427

2.6251  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

274,735

2.6180  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

188,194

2.6172  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

180,000

2.6213  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

76,242

2.6259  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

49,939

2.6210  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

45,494

2.6255  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

29,518

2.6239  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

26,354

2.6245  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

22,564

2.6225  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

20,688

2.6266  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

14,298

2.6220  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

7,897

2.6240  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

7,157

2.6202  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

7,123

2.6166  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

4,074

2.6150  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

3,180

2.6200  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

1,578

2.6223  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

1,238

2.6222  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

656

2.6340  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

420

2.6300  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

163

2.5860  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

112

2.6320  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

369,184

2.6256  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

111,580

2.6224  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

100,035

2.6180  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

83,666

2.6244  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

68,278

2.6234  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

34,420

2.6235  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

30,355

2.6245  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

26,994

2.6249  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

20,254

2.6220  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

17,310

2.6239  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

13,991

2.6246  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

11,611

2.6238  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

11,534

2.6159  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

10,857

2.6248  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

9,763

2.6240  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

7,671

2.6247  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

5,759

2.6192  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

3,721

2.6199  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

3,483

2.6179  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

3,180

2.6200  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

3,107

2.6205  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

2,602

2.6266  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

1,895

2.6233  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

1,851

2.6259  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

656

2.6340  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

420

2.6300  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

170

2.6195  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

112

2.6320  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

47

2.6207  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

119

2.5860  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

18,235

2.6176  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

25,800

2.6185  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

170

2.6195  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,721

2.6199  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,107

2.6205  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

13,766

2.6218  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

43,480

2.6224  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,579

2.6234  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

11,611

2.6238  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,577

2.6242  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

30,355

2.6245  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,184

2.6248  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

13,177

2.6256  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,851

2.6259  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

28,534

2.6262  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,602

2.6266  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

163

2.5860  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,123

2.6166  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

295,039

2.6180  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

21,385

2.6181  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

219

2.6198  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,586

2.6199  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,352

2.6208  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

49,939

2.6210  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

180,000

2.6213  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,238

2.6222  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,578

2.6223  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

22,564

2.6225  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

17,772

2.6228  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,613

2.6230  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,948

2.6238  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,630

2.6239  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

13,875

2.6242  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

11,206

2.6250  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,444

2.6251  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

30,054

2.6252  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,384

2.6253  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,558

2.6255  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

57,331

2.6258  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

19,507

2.6260  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

29,205

2.6261  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,923

2.6274  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

12,423

2.6238  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

2,116

2.6051  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

9,884

2.6069  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,026,330

2.6276  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:

20 Jan 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

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