Form 8.3 - Ageas SA/NV

Barclays PLC

01 March 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				AGEAS SA/NV
	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:				29 Feb 2024
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				YES:
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?				DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP 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:				Ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			2,514,271	1.34%	1,498,126	0.80%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			435,742	0.23%	447,689	0.24%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,950,013	1.57%	1,945,815	1.04%
Class of relevant security:				Convertible Bond XS0147484074
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			500,000	0.27%	0	0.00%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			500,000	0.27%	0	0.00%
Class of relevant security:				Convertible Bond BE0933899800
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			1,750,000	0.93%	0	0.00%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			1,750,000	0.93%	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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
Ordinary		Purchase		189,380		39.1985  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		80,997		39.2000  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		63,333		39.1910  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		52,663		39.1824  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		51,291		39.1717  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		29,680		39.1897  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		20,131		39.2400  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		18,553		39.1748  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		13,137		39.1870  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		11,634		39.1805  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		10,324		39.1106  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		10,184		39.2013  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		7,995		39.0539  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		7,352		39.0886  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		4,496		38.9775  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		4,309		39.0831  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		3,506		38.9070  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		3,502		38.9529  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		3,160		39.0788  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		2,418		38.9861  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		2,069		39.0388  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,968		38.8463  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,904		38.9870  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,256		39.1300  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,199		39.0705  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,090		39.0452  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,076		39.0122  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		917		39.0349  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		728		38.9882  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		668		39.0254  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		613		39.0436  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		595		38.9412  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		516		38.8309  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		469		39.0919  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		451		39.1088  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		395		39.0878  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		383		39.0767  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		373		38.8966  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		346		39.1905  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		236		39.0384  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		196		38.7490  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		165		38.6600  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		148		39.2939  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		121		39.1019  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		110		39.0600  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		107		38.8300  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		95		39.0839  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		86		39.0950  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		84		38.3699  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		79		39.0800  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		79		38.1300  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		77		39.0250  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		61		38.6850  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		55		38.7000  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		53		38.3919  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		36		39.1475  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		29		38.9300  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		27		39.1522  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		21		39.0400  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		7		39.0085  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		3		38.9800  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		2		38.3700  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1		39.1400  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		189,380		39.1985  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		153,474		39.1826  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		49,227		39.1937  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		36,999		38.1600  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		32,172		39.2199  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		26,274		39.1870  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		25,291		39.1533  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		20,652		39.2000  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		18,824		39.2400  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		18,553		39.1748  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		14,447		39.1454  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		9,743		39.2021  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		6,300		39.0746  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		2,424		38.8325  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		2,248		38.9775  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,968		38.8463  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,904		38.9870  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,329		39.2367  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,302		38.9347  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,076		39.0122  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,071		39.1486  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,034		38.6820  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		969		39.0433  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		960		39.1825  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		933		39.0719  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		917		39.0349  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		858		39.1116  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		653		38.9269  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		613		38.8684  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		536		39.0056  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		480		38.9671  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		393		39.1158  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		392		38.7490  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		383		39.0767  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		373		38.8966  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		364		38.9882  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		334		39.0254  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		330		38.6600  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		258		38.8309  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		239		39.1957  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		149		39.0860  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		121		39.0600  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		118		39.0384  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		116		39.0694  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		86		39.0950  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		79		38.1300  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		79		39.0800  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		77		39.0811  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		77		39.0250  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		68		38.9788  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		58		38.9300  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		58		39.0400  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		55		38.7000  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		36		39.1514  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		4		39.0200  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		3		38.9800  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1		38.3700  EUR
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
Ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		6,296	39.2000  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		44	38.2600  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1	39.0000  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3	39.0090  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3	39.1527  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		64	39.1022  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		71	39.2939  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		230	39.0918  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		609	39.0705  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,836	39.0836  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,342	38.9788  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,502	38.9529  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,450	39.2013  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	39.0000  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		58	39.0400  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		165	38.6600  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		196	38.7490  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		326	39.2000  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		480	38.9671  EUR
Ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,034	38.6820  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,391	39.1684  EUR
Ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		12,179	39.2000  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		25,291	39.1534  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,470	38.9428  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		36,999	38.1600  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	38.9838  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2	38.9788  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3	39.1542  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4	39.0090  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5	39.1123  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21	39.1520  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		37	39.0919  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		44	38.2600  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		52	39.1003  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		65	39.0682  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		77	39.2939  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		118	39.0384  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		202	39.0921  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		233	39.1742  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		258	38.8309  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		361	39.0776  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		364	38.9882  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		412	39.2244  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		525	39.0707  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		961	39.0263  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,256	39.1300  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,894	39.1741  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,064	38.9681  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,112	39.0835  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,305	39.0672  EUR
Ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		3,437	38.8771  EUR
Ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		4,000	39.2000  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,734	39.2013  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,324	39.1106  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		29	38.9300  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		570	39.1978  EUR
(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 exempt principal trader 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?				YES
Date of disclosure:				01 Mar 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213
DETAILS OF OPEN OPTION AND DERIVATIVE POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO
PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.				KEY INFORMATION
Identity of the person whose positions/dealings				Barclays PLC.
are being disclosed:
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose				AGEAS SA/NV
relevant securities this from relates:
2.				OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES
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
Ordinary	Call Options	Purchased	6,841	40.5519	European	2024-03-04 00:00:00
Ordinary	Call Options	Purchased	7,085	42.9153	European	2024-03-01 00:00:00
Ordinary	Futures	Selling	-9,090	38.6240	NA	TBC
3.				AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood:

 

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