Form 8.3 - Ageas SA/NV

Barclays PLC

12 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:				11 Mar 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:				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:				Ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			2,590,054	1.38%	1,580,957	0.84%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			208,866	0.11%	515,160	0.27%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,798,920	1.49%	2,096,117	1.12%
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		50,724		38.8272  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		28,017		38.8071  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		25,799		38.8769  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		18,846		38.7755  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		14,742		38.8724  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		13,249		38.9066  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		12,632		38.7950  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		10,637		38.7761  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		9,320		38.9277  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		6,288		38.7998  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		6,219		38.8029  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		6,168		38.7778  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		5,959		38.9009  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		4,775		38.7594  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		4,425		38.7994  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		3,573		38.7982  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		3,478		38.7878  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		3,470		38.7892  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		3,335		38.9258  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		3,162		38.7891  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		2,882		38.7781  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		2,707		38.7420  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		2,599		38.7889  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		2,514		38.8033  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		2,454		38.7771  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		2,445		38.7442  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		2,396		38.8304  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		2,320		38.7352  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		2,131		38.9200  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		2,074		38.9178  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		2,027		38.7965  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,770		38.7928  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,538		38.7898  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,455		38.7846  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,288		38.7192  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,146		38.7656  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,020		38.7444  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		907		38.7554  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		862		38.7929  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		854		38.7491  EUR
ADR		Purchase		595		42.3100  USD
Ordinary		Purchase		583		38.7569  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		522		38.7993  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		449		38.7600  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		443		38.8267  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		413		38.7708  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		389		38.8167  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		383		38.7900  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		380		38.8162  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		340		38.7831  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		322		38.7400  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		238		38.7495  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		236		38.7802  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		233		38.7793  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		230		38.7273  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		227		38.7873  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		185		38.6950  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		156		38.7751  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		139		38.8025  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		120		38.8200  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		120		38.8000  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		93		38.7368  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		77		38.7007  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		58		38.8100  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		7		38.7500  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		6		38.7861  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		105,546		38.8113  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		52,773		38.7000  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		52,430		38.8269  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		25,799		38.8769  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		18,844		38.7856  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		11,160		38.8616  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		10,068		38.8383  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		9,423		38.7755  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		5,959		38.9009  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		3,715		38.7467  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		3,162		38.7891  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		2,694		38.8651  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,835		38.7972  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,724		38.7929  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,530		38.7771  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,470		38.9200  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,380		38.7982  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,258		38.7936  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,157		38.7671  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,009		38.7357  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		953		38.7915  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		885		38.7928  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		787		38.7900  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		644		38.7192  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		618		38.7382  EUR
ADR		Sale		595		42.3100  USD
Ordinary		Sale		573		38.7656  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		460		38.7273  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		454		38.7873  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		443		38.8267  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		427		38.7491  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		410		38.7945  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		388		38.7673  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		357		38.8873  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		328		38.6627  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		317		38.7128  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		247		38.7400  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		236		38.7802  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		233		38.7793  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		220		38.5786  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		210		38.7600  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		193		38.7938  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		190		38.7100  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		189		38.7577  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		184		38.7893  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		182		38.7300  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		137		38.7500  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		128		38.8000  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		121		38.6750  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		86		38.7411  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		70		38.8197  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		68		38.8150  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		48		38.7695  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		44		38.8200  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		19		38.8468  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		17		38.7550  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		158,319		38.9115  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		741	38.9178  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		1,656	38.9200  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		8	38.7850  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		11	38.7700  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		31	38.8198  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		33	38.7738  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		37	38.7694  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		39	38.8196  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		48	38.7939  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		62	38.8000  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		145	38.7938  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		155	38.7451  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		165	38.6700  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		319	38.8900  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8	38.7850  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		62	38.8000  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		132	38.8160  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		165	38.6700  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		248	38.8163  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		319	38.8900  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		354	38.7444  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		505	38.7847  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		666	38.7443  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		686	38.7983  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		836	38.7439  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		851	38.7770  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		950	38.7845  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,576	38.7438  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,603	38.7771  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,197	38.7982  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,882	38.7781  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,470	38.7892  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,478	38.7878  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,168	38.7778  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,219	38.8029  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,288	38.7998  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13,249	38.9066  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14,742	38.8724  EUR
Ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2	38.8200  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		34	38.8150  EUR
Ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		227	38.7823  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		230	38.7273  EUR
Ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		383	38.7871  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		548	38.6289  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		690	38.7982  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		862	38.7929  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,160	38.8616  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,694	38.8651  EUR
Ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		15	38.9253  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		77	38.7003  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		396	38.7292  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		427	38.7491  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		995	38.7905  EUR
Ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,246	38.7443  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,335	38.9258  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,320	38.9277  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,720	38.7764  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		28,017	38.8071  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?				NO
Date of disclosure:				12 Mar 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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